Helicopter reports near miss with RC plane near JFK after JetBlue drone strike

A helicopter pilot reported a remote-control airplane near JFK International Airport, marking the second possible drone ...
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Battle for the sky! Flocks of birds viciously attack RC planes in the sky

'Ernst Hiessleitner's decision to fly his RC planes on a pleasant, sunny afternoon didn't turn out to be a good one, and this ...

Helicopter pilot reports 2nd near miss with remote-controlled plane near JFK

A helicopter pilot says he was almost hit by a remote-controlled plane late this afternoon near John F. Kennedy Airport - the ...

A passenger jet reported hitting a drone approaching NY. A helicopter had a near miss hours later

A JetBlue pilot reported hitting a drone as he was approaching JFK International Airport to land in New York. The FAA is ...
Science Daily

These dinosaurs had wings but couldn’t fly

Some feathered dinosaurs may have briefly taken to the skies—only to give it up later. By studying rare fossils with preserved feathers, researchers uncovered a surprising clue hidden in molting ...
Indian Defence Review

Scientists Identify New Bird Species In Remote Indonesian Islands

A new songbird species, the cheerful fantail (Rhipidura laguceria), has been discovered on Indonesia’s Babar Islands, distinguished from its Tanimbar relative by ...
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Ornithologists Describe New Bird Species from Remote Indonesian Islands

A small songbird inhabiting the Babar Islands, in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, has been identified as a new species after a duo of researchers discovered that its distinctive song sets it apart from its ...
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Where Birds Sleep is a game about control. Or, well, your lack of control

The very essence of videogame design is giving the player control. You choose where your character goes; you choose what your character does. In Where Birds Sleep, however, you don't get to choose.
IEEE

Electromagnetic Formation Flying Using Alternating Magnetic Field Forces and Control Barrier Functions for State and Input Constraints

Abstract: This article presents a feedback control algorithm for electromagnetic formation flying with constraints on the satellites' states and control inputs. The algorithm combines several key ...
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Minnesota Bird Lovers: I Thought My Aunt Was Making This Up

Yesterday, my aunt casually dropped a bird fact on me that stopped me in my tracks. "Birds poop every time they take off to fly." I laughed and immediately questioned it. Really? Every single time? As ...
IEEE

Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Control of the Ultra-Close Flexible Spacecraft Formation Flying

Abstract: To realize higher resolution observations of the earth, the cooperative control problem of a two-spacecraft spaced antenna array formation flying mission is investigated. The relative ...