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Harun Yahya

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21 century researchers use insects
as models for progress

In recent years, various scientific research groups and major universities have
been working on manufacturing micro-flight vehicles by imitating insects’ flight
mechanisms. One of the most important of these is supported by the British-based
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and is playing a key role in the

new aerial vehicles' development. 27
Dr. Richard Bomphrey, from the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, says
that the findings from analysis of the architecture of in-
sects’ wings “will make it possible to aerodynami-

cally engineer a new breed of surveillance vehi-
cles that, because they're as small as insects
and also fly like them, completely blend into
their surroundings."

The research team uses cutting-edge com-
puter modeling capabilities and the latest
high-speed, high-resolution camera technology
to investigate insect wing structure and perfor-

mance. Key to the work is the calculation of air
flow velocities around insect wings. This is
achieved by placing insects in a wind
tunnel, seeding the air with a light fog

and illuminating the particles with
pulsing laser light - a tech-
nique called Particle Image
Velocimetry. 28

One important characteristic of the
insects that appear suddenly in the
fossil record, together with all their

flawless structures, is their extraordi-
nary flight techniques. These marve-
lous flying insects have had the same
wing architecture since they were
first created as they have today, 125

million years later. They have never
undergone any evolution. This beetle
that lived 125 million years ago was

petrified in stone together with all its
fine detail.

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