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wow! we still have so much to learn from nature. the "common swift" can stay in the air for 10 months straight at speeds of up to 69MPH? crazy. it feeds by flying through insect swarms and catching bugs with in their wings. we don't need slow weather balloons, or drones that deplete their batteries and must return, we CAN have agile, fast flying machines that we beam wireless energy to collectors under their wings. a bird can have thousands of mites on/in it. could we have an airplane substitute like a giant swift that can take us across the oceans faster and more efficient than today's airplanes???? aviation tech hasn't had a giant evolutionary tech breakthrough in many, many decades (not to disservice the amazing advancements in materials, wing design, fuel, .... ). either way it is a dream of mine to fly across the oceans on a Zeppelin-like blimp-- imagine Seville to Rio to NYC drinking an Aviator having a cigar (for the fun of it) looking out the windows in awe.....technology that is largely forgotten from the late 1930's (go oceansky and LTA!!! these are the types of sweet businesses that venture capital can make a reality again!)
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