{"id":15363,"date":"2023-09-04T19:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=15363"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T23:25:07","slug":"scientists-beat-nature-by-creating-the-worlds-smallest-ever-flying-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2023\/09\/04\/scientists-beat-nature-by-creating-the-worlds-smallest-ever-flying-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists \u2018beat nature\u2019 by creating the world\u2019s smallest ever flying machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Engineers have created the smallest-ever flying man-made structure: a tiny, moving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/microchip\">microchip<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Rogers\u2019 team studied the aerodynamic qualities of several plants\u2019 seeds, drawing inspiration from the\u00a0<em>tristellateia<\/em>\u00a0vine, which has star-shaped seeds, and experimented with various designs in laboratory conditions. The first designs of the tiny craft were made in two-dimensions, bonded onto a slightly stretched rubber substrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the substrate was relaxed, a controlled buckling process caused the wings to \u2018pop\u2019 up into a defined three-dimensional form. This meant that the engineers could build semiconductor devices in a conventional manner, which can then be \u2018popped up\u2019 like a children\u2019s book.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith, A. (2021, September 22). <em>Scientists \u201cbeat nature\u201d building world\u2019s smallest ever Flying Machine<\/em>. The Independent. https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/smallest-flying-machine-beat-nature-chip-b1924921.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an extension of the article about maple seeds, this is another article with natural inspirations for flight. Producing a flight example that is less environmentally harmful is one thing, but what if flight education could blend into nature in the way these sensors are made to? Especially with the &#8220;pop up&#8221; production this is a great example of another way to think about flight. This is on the cutting edge of a type of flight, maybe pulling from cutting edge tech be a window into explaining older models, or the history of the subject itself. It is certainly a compelling and attention catching approach. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Engineers have created the smallest-ever flying man-made structure: a tiny, moving\u00a0microchip.&#8221; &#8220;&#8230;Rogers\u2019 team studied the aerodynamic qualities of several plants\u2019 seeds, drawing inspiration from the\u00a0tristellateia\u00a0vine, which has star-shaped seeds, and experimented with various designs in laboratory conditions. The first designs of the tiny craft were made in two-dimensions, bonded onto a slightly stretched rubber substrate. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":15364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15365,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15363\/revisions\/15365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}