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R/C Fin-Fish Blimp Hypnotically Swims Through the Air [Floating Fish]
Gizmodo — Much like Festo's Air Ray and Airjelly contraptions, this Fin-Fish R/C blimp floats so gracefully through the air that it is liable to hypnotize you at your office desk until quittin' time. There isn't any information on device, but it appears to be an entry in the annual Airship Regatta held in Germany. And, and like the Air Ray, it is probably built with a helium-filled balloon and servo-driven fins. [Thanks Beeker! ] ...

Fish Tank Friday: Flying Fish
OhGizmo! — [ Direct Link ] By Evan Ackerman Fish tanks, by definition, are restrictive, and don’t give fish the freedom to explore the upper atmosphere. It’s a real problem, especially if you have a flying fish, like this one. Much like the Festo Air_ray, this fish is most likely filled with helium and controlled by servo-powered fins. There aren’t many more details, but it seems to have been an entry in a German airship regatta. Click here for a video of the longest recorded flight of a real flying fish. VIA [ ...

Radio Controlled Flying Fish
Fashionfunky.com — Radio controlled blimps have been around for some time. Some ingenius creative dude however decided to wrap up the whole thing in silver foil. He also added a couple of fins and a tail turning the blimp into a fish. However the way that the entire thing moves once its in the air is so surreal that it almost seems like the natural movements of the fish underwater. The fins appear to be servo driven and stuck onto the helium filled fish. Source ...

10 Hypnotic Gadgets You Just Can't Stop Looking At [Mesmerizing Monday]
Gizmodo — Another Monday (sigh). Don't you just wish that there was a way to skip forward in time to the point when when you clock out for the day? No, I don't have a time machine, but I do have the next best thing: 10 gadgets that you can use to hypnotize yourself until quittin' time. All you need to do is stare at the mesmerizing movement. The next thing you know you will be in your car on the way home...although you are sweating profusely and your underwear has mysteriously disappeared. What the hell just happened? Best not to think about it. Your co-workers will tell you allll about it tomorrow. The Ammonite Washbasin: So, ...

Ostraciform air ship - motorized silver balloon flying fish
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Fish blimp
MAKE Magazine: hacks — There's not a whole lot of information yet on this Fin-Fish blimp that was entered by team LaChLuVe into a recent airship regatta in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It suffices to say that it's one of the more unique and beautiful R/C blimps made to date, both from an aesthetic and a technical, propulsion design standpoint. From the looks of the video, the servo actuated pectoral fins are used as control surfaces to both steer and control elevation. The tail serves dual purpose as well, providing propulsion and acting as a rudder during hard turns. I know it's how ...