<![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> The story is "The Artist of the Beautiful," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the proto-steampunk story of a craftsman who creates a flying mechanical dragonfly, only to have it--wait for it!--destroyed (okay, I forget how--think it might have been a kid). Ah, the futility of art and of trying to capture true beauty!

eaglei20200

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> Now I'm confused. James Watt (inventor of the steam engine), James Watts (inventor of our robot dragonfly master race of the future) - if I name my son any of these is he to become one of the greatest inventors in history automatically? Or is this guy just the same, now being about 250 years old?

shadaik

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> @sophiausa: I'd hate to see how violated your computer is.

1 in 9 of the prominent links on the site you linked to was a trojan delivery system. The rest was crap.

Note to self: Avoid managedQ, and revert to snapshot.

soggy_cheerio

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> Awesome find. The Solar Dragonfly is an awesome example of what the power of a dream and a human mind can create. James Watt is a really amazing inventor. Check out more of this incredibly beautiful joining of science and nature.

sophiausa

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> All these remote controlled and robotic dragonflies remind me of a short story I read in a middle school english class...maybe 6th grade, in 1990 or so. The dragonfly was a robot/flying camera controlled by a boy. I don't remember anything else about it, does anyone know what I'm talking about?

bdesign

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> so, does it actually fly? that would be impressive, but i somehow get the feeling it doesnt

daversW

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> Perhaps the hypothesized Disney movie could be a "The Rescuers" prequel, with the part of "solar-powered dragonfly" being played by Evinrude (voiced by James MacDonald).

scarbrtj

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad]]> But will it pass the Hawk/bird of prey test?

Mandatory_Field

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