Gizmag Comment Feed: Spiraling maple tree seeds inspire world's smallest single-winged rotocraft http://www.gizmag.com Students at the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering have turned to nature to create a flying device that can hover and perform surveillance duties, and that could lead to applications for military and emergency services. The enigmatic maple tree seeds (or samara fruit) - and the unique spiraling pattern with which they glide to the ground - have intrigued children and engineers for decades. Now aerospace engineering graduate students have applied the seeds’ design to airborne devices and created what they believe to be the world's smallest controllable single-winged rotocraft.en gizmag.com Comment on 'Spiraling maple tree seeds inspire world's smallest single-winged rotocraft' by gait55 http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-75079 http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-75079 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:04:13 -0500 Comment on 'Spiraling maple tree seeds inspire world's smallest single-winged rotocraft' by Eric Malatji http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-9718 http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-9718 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:29:04 -0500 Comment on 'Spiraling maple tree seeds inspire world's smallest single-winged rotocraft' by WMA http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-9622 http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-9622 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:12:12 -0500 Comment on 'Spiraling maple tree seeds inspire world's smallest single-winged rotocraft' by robinyatesuk2003 http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-9601 http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-single-winged-rotocraft/13160/#comment-9601 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:55:34 -0500