A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone ...

The helicopter is one of humanity’s greatest feats of engineering, reshaping transportation, military strategy, and rescue operations forever. However, the invention of the helicopter wasn’t the work ...

Scientists tested a 500-year-old flying machine design by Leonardo da Vinci using computers and found it could make today's ...

A kind of helicopter design first envisioned by the Renaissance -era Italian polymath Leonardo Da Vinci could help develop quieter and stealthier modern drones, according to a new study. At such a ...

Art History Leonardo da Vinci Invented the Parachute, the Helicopter, and, New Research Suggests, the Whoopee Cushion. In 1507, Leonardo designed what he called "a flatulence machine" to use on an ...

Apart from his iconic contributions to the world of art, Da Vinci was, of course, also a renowned inventor, with the likes of the bicycle, the parachute, the helicopter, and winged flying machines ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' idea. Gennai Yanagisawa, 75 ...

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The prototype helicopter called Leonardo's aerial screw could be used to make modern drones more quieter and stealhier.

A flying machine resembling a helicopter, designed by Leonardo da Vinci, could be used to develop quieter and stealthier modern drones, according to a new study published in the journal Bulletin ...

Technology Leonardo da Vinci's 'helicopter' design could make drones quieter. A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern ...