Re: Glass Bees

[Gary Kern <gkern@ucr.campus.mci.net>]

Jessica Burstein wrote:
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> Re. The Glass Bees
> 
> FYI: The New York Times (English Edition--sorry, guys) had an article 1 and 1/2 weeks ago about mechanical protoypes, albeit after the Jungerian fact, of mechanical surveillance devices patterned along the aerodynamics of insects--a brave new world for the designers, given that the truisms of the physics of flight dynamics do not translate down to the micro level; they have to approach this differently because wind resistance, or whatever, works differently when you are a bug: that is, tiny. These mechanical insects walk, jump, and fly, and presumably sting. The article, in the Science section, ran along side a lovely image of several of these critters--it would be simple to track it down (and if you do, I would appreciate the specific cite--I forgot to clip it).
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Cannot find it on the NYT website, as it does not permit a search
through past issues.  That means a dreary search at the library.  Can
you not provide more information--exact date, author's name, etc.?

GK