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Goggle-wearing parrots flying through lasers and aerosols have shown modern flight models on animals to be inaccurate, posing concerns for drone manufacturing. Science can often be arduous, with the ...

Scientists at Stanford University have trained a Parrotlet called Obi to wear some pretty rad goggles and fly through laser sheets in an effort to test models that predict the lift generated by flying ...

Equipped with a tiny pair of goggles, Obi the parrotlet is braving haze and lasers to help researchers learn what happens when a bird flaps its wings. Researchers have long known how planes fly and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A barely visible fog hangs in the air in a California laboratory, illuminated by a laser. And ...

Parrotlets flying through a field of lasers and microparticles helped test three popular models that predict the lift generated by flying animals. The work could help develop better flying robots. The ...

A barely visible fog hangs in the air in a California laboratory, illuminated by a laser. And through it flies a parrot, outfitted with a pair of tiny, red-tinted goggles to protect its eyes. As the ...