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  OT needed - Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-17 08:21 -0700
    Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-17 13:24 -0700
      Re: Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-17 14:23 -0700
    Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-18 00:01 +0000
      Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-18 01:18 +0000
      Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-18 13:01 -0700
    Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-04-18 05:31 +0000

#490527 — OT needed - Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones

Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones to
explore the Red Planet
5 Amazing Things You Can Do with Drones

(Like the sensors in Spoor's "Boundary")

1:04
/
1:52

Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones to explore the Red 
Planet
The Curiosity Rover has done its share of exploring Mars by land, but 
now, NASA is looking to take to the skies above the Red Planet. A team 
of Japanese and American engineers is hoping to send a team of drones 
inspired by bees, aptly named “Marsbees.”

NASA has granted the innovative researchers funding as part of its 
“Innovative Advanced Concepts” program, which selects a few early 
concept ideas for space exploration to support on a yearly basis. The 
scientists hope that with NASA’s blessing, they’ll be able to create a 
swarm of robo-bees capable of autonomously exploring our neighboring 
planet. The Marsbees would still be dependent upon a rover, which would 
serve as a central command station and a charging port. The rover would 
also download the information collected by the Marsbees, and would help 
transmit it back to Earth.

As for the bee-inspired drones, scientists describe them as “robotic 
flapping wing flyers of a bumblebee size with cicada-sized wings.” These 
disproportionally large wings, Fast Company explains, will help the 
drones compensate for the much thinner atmosphere of Mars (as compared 
to Earth).

But why would bees be better than rovers? According to the researchers, 
having a swarm of flying robots is much hardier than a singular rover. 
If one of the bees falls from the swarm, there will be plenty of others 
who can make up for its absence. Similarly, each bee can perform 
independent of its compatriots, but when needed, would be able to take 
on a team-based mentality to cover a wider swath of the planet. 
Researchers also believe that they’ll be able to program the bees to 
perform as various types of sensors. And of course, the Marsbees’ 
ability to fly will give scientists a new vantage point on the Mars’ 
surface.

But don’t get too excited about this concept. As it stands, it is still 
very much in concept stage. The team still needs to solidify the wing 
design, and determine exactly how these bees will fly and how much power 
they’ll require. Currently, the scientists are testing their prototypes 
in a special chamber that reflects the air density of the Martian 
atmosphere. In later testing phases, they’ll also look into the 
Marsbees’ maneuverability, takeoff and landing capacities, and establish 
a potential mission.

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https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/nasa-marsbees-mars-bees/

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#490548

I hope I remember right that ironically drones are mostly
 the least useful type of bee.  Or I will look stupid.

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#490554

Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote in news:e2b7bc2e-
483a-4364-96bb-80aae6f37743@googlegroups.com:

>  Or I will look stupid.
> 
I hate to be the one to tell you this, Bobbie (not, actually, I 
don't), but in your case, it's not just a look.

-- 
Terry Austin

Vacation photos from Iceland: 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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#490563 — Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones to
> explore the Red Planet
> 5 Amazing Things You Can Do with Drones
>
> (Like the sensors in Spoor's "Boundary")
>
> 1:04
> /
> 1:52
>
> Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones to explore the Red

> Planet
> The Curiosity Rover has done its share of exploring Mars by land, but
> now, NASA is looking to take to the skies above the Red Planet. A team
> of Japanese and American engineers is hoping to send a team of drones
> inspired by bees, aptly named "Marsbees."

_Martian Chronicles_ (Bradbury) calls them "golden bees." Weaponized
Martian golden bees murder more savagely than a predator drone.

    Late in the day Dr. Nlle had not put in an appearance. Ylla's
    husband did not seem overly surprised. When it was quite late
    he murmured something, went to a closet, and drew forth an
    evil weapon, a long yellowish tube ending in a bellows and a
    trigger. He turned, and upon his face was a mask, hammered
    from silver metal, expressionless, the mask that he always
    wore when he wished to hide his feelings, the mask which
    curved and hollowed so exquisitely to his thin cheeks and
    chin and brow. The mask glinted, and he held the evil
    weapon in his hands, considering it. It hummed constantly,
    an insect hum. From it hordes of golden bees could be flung
    out with a high shriek. Golden, horrid bees that stung,
    poisoned, and fell lifeless on the sand.

    That passage contains an obscure (to me) grammar rule. It looks like
it's legal for a writer to use the conjunction "and" multiple times in a
row.

Thank you,

--
Don

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#490574 — Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones

In article <20180417a@crcomp.net>, D B Davis  <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>
>a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones to
>> explore the Red Planet
>> 5 Amazing Things You Can Do with Drones
>>
>> (Like the sensors in Spoor's "Boundary")
>>
>> 1:04
>> /
>> 1:52
>>
>> Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones to explore the Red
>
>> Planet
>> The Curiosity Rover has done its share of exploring Mars by land, but
>> now, NASA is looking to take to the skies above the Red Planet. A team
>> of Japanese and American engineers is hoping to send a team of drones
>> inspired by bees, aptly named "Marsbees."
>
>_Martian Chronicles_ (Bradbury) calls them "golden bees." Weaponized
>Martian golden bees murder more savagely than a predator drone.
>
>    Late in the day Dr. Nlle had not put in an appearance. Ylla's
>    husband did not seem overly surprised. When it was quite late
>    he murmured something, went to a closet, and drew forth an
>    evil weapon, a long yellowish tube ending in a bellows and a
>    trigger. He turned, and upon his face was a mask, hammered
>    from silver metal, expressionless, the mask that he always
>    wore when he wished to hide his feelings, the mask which
>    curved and hollowed so exquisitely to his thin cheeks and
>    chin and brow. The mask glinted, and he held the evil
>    weapon in his hands, considering it. It hummed constantly,
>    an insect hum. From it hordes of golden bees could be flung
>    out with a high shriek. Golden, horrid bees that stung,
>    poisoned, and fell lifeless on the sand.
>
>    That passage contains an obscure (to me) grammar rule. It looks like
>it's legal for a writer to use the conjunction "and" multiple times in a
>row.

Well, "legal" doesn't enter into it.  It's grammatical.  It may
not be considered the best of style by some, but style is to some
extent a matter of personal taste.  I just searched for, and
couldn't find, a cartoon by S. Harris representing two dogs,
labeled "Hemingway's Dog" and "Faulkner's Dog."

I'm going to have to misquote from memory, since I can't find the
thing by searching, but Hemingway's dog is saying things like,
"Woof.  Bow and wow.  A nice woof," and Faulkner's dog is saying
things like, "Bowing and wowing, the bow and wow woofed woofishly
through the woofs...."

Style.  Most writers have one, and a reader accustomed to their
work can frequently recognize a writer's style without seeing his/her
name on the page.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#490636 — Re: OT needed - Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones

On Wednesday, 18 April 2018 01:01:28 UTC+1, D B Davis  wrote:
> a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones to
> > explore the Red Planet
> > 5 Amazing Things You Can Do with Drones
> >
> > (Like the sensors in Spoor's "Boundary")
> >
> > 1:04
> > /
> > 1:52
> >
> > Robot bees on Mars NASA funding a swarm of drones to explore the Red
> 
> > Planet
> > The Curiosity Rover has done its share of exploring Mars by land, but
> > now, NASA is looking to take to the skies above the Red Planet. A team
> > of Japanese and American engineers is hoping to send a team of drones
> > inspired by bees, aptly named "Marsbees."
> 
> _Martian Chronicles_ (Bradbury) calls them "golden bees." Weaponized
> Martian golden bees murder more savagely than a predator drone.
> 
>     Late in the day Dr. Nlle had not put in an appearance. Ylla's
>     husband did not seem overly surprised. When it was quite late
>     he murmured something, went to a closet, and drew forth an
>     evil weapon, a long yellowish tube ending in a bellows and a
>     trigger. He turned, and upon his face was a mask, hammered
>     from silver metal, expressionless, the mask that he always
>     wore when he wished to hide his feelings, the mask which
>     curved and hollowed so exquisitely to his thin cheeks and
>     chin and brow. The mask glinted, and he held the evil
>     weapon in his hands, considering it. It hummed constantly,
>     an insect hum. From it hordes of golden bees could be flung
>     out with a high shriek. Golden, horrid bees that stung,
>     poisoned, and fell lifeless on the sand.
> 
>     That passage contains an obscure (to me) grammar rule. It looks like
> it's legal for a writer to use the conjunction "and" multiple times in a
> row.

I'm not sure which "and" you're worried about.
I can hop, skip, and jump.  If I want to,
I can hop and skip and jump.  Some will allow me
to hop, skip and skip.

I count two "and" in the quote where a sentence happens,
and another sentence happens.  A full-stop could be used,
and not doing so couples the sentences more closely together 
than if on simply followed the other.

So "He turned, and [now you saw] upon hiS face was a mask..."

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#490591

In article <pb53dc12tqo@news4.newsguy.com>,
a425couple  <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones to
>explore the Red Planet

Mike Glyer reported this one over on File 770 and it inspired some
truly marvelous filking to songs such as "Yesterday", "Life on Mars"
(and of course "Let it Bee"). <http://file770.com/?p=41612>

-- 
   David Goldfarb          |"Atheists view their theist friends with 
goldfarbdj@gmail.com       | much the same feeling as nonsmokers do 
goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu  | their smoking friends."
                           |  -- David R. Henry, on rec.arts.comics.xbooks

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