{"id":344564,"date":"2021-09-26T20:13:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T17:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/engineers-made-flying-microchips-inspired-by-nature-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-09-26T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T17:13:29","slug":"engineers-made-flying-microchips-inspired-by-nature-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/engineers-made-flying-microchips-inspired-by-nature-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Engineers Made Flying Microchips Inspired By Nature \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Engineers Made Flying Microchips Inspired By Nature \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Collections of millimeter-sized electronics may one day float through the air, collecting data on the air, the environment, and the human population. At least, that\u2019s the idea behind microfliers<\/a>, a new breed of gadget designed to achieve passive flight by riding the breeze like a windblown seed pod.<\/p>\n

Engineers at Northwestern University have created the first microfliers, the smallest of which measure just 500 micrometers wide (about the size of a grain of sand). These electronic devices carry small sensors and microprocessors and cascade through the air at predictable speeds and trajectories.<\/p>\n

Like other cutting-edge devices, microfliers are inspired by nature. The engineering team at Northwestern studied how gliding seed pods capture wind to travel<\/a> long distances, ensuring a wide dispersal even in a gentle breeze. A \u201cspinner\u201d seed design based on the tristellateia plant seems to work best, and is very easy to refine depending on a microflier\u2019s weight and size (two variables that change depending on processors, batteries, sensors, and other components.)<\/p>\n

In fact, Northwestern engineers claim that their microflier design is an improvement on tristellateia seed pods, as it can stay in the air for a longer period and runs a much more predictable flight path. (Though I should point out that the goals of a flying air quality machine are different from that of a seed pod. Plus, Northwestern hasn\u2019t factored outdoor wind patterns, rain, or smoke in its tests.)<\/p>\n