Probably not the most airworthy of aircraft, this near full-scale Bell 47 helicopter was built entirely from corrugated cardboard by artist Shannon Goff. Here’s a link to more detailed photos of the cardboard ‘copter.
[via BoingBoing]

I’m a self proclaimed robot freak and while Googling for homemade gadgets, this is what I found. It’s a Dragonfly robot. There are no specs on the site I found it on so no word on whether it actually flies or not, but it would be scary if it did. Enter: Nightmares about swarms of […]

Probably the most expensive gadget ever featured on any gadgets blog anywhere on in the solar system, the space shuttle discovery launched this morning without incident from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From CNN:
Discovery roared into orbit this morning, carrying the first U.S. crew to orbit on a U.S. spacecraft since the 2003 Columbia disaster. […]

If freaking out your permanently stoned, Project Bluebook/Area 51/Trekkie obsessed neighbors is on your list of favorite things to do on a sunday night, you need to take a serious look at the X-UFO. Firebox.com says:
A stabilising gyroscope and four independent rotors are suspended on an ultra-light, yet durable carbon-fibre frame, giving the X-UFO […]