It may be despised as the vector of a really nasty virus*, but like all bats, Australia’s Grey-headed Flying Fox is an aerobatic (sorry) marvel – and it’s provided part of the model for researchers trying to mimic bat flight using a combination of articulated wings and smart materials. The Madrid Polytechnic researchers, …

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Monday 4th June 2012 05:05 GMT Charles Osborne

Polydimethylrazzmatazz

Silicone membrane, despite the caption in the source material.

Paris? You need ask?

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Monday 4th June 2012 06:52 GMT Michael H.F. Wilkinson

Holy Shmoly Batmat!

Calm down, Robin, it's just the batbot

It can't be that time already?

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1. Monday 4th June 2012 07:01 GMT Michael H.F. Wilkinson
  
  Re: Holy Shmoly Batmat!
  
  Duh! Batmat == Batman
  
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Monday 4th June 2012 11:27 GMT Anonymous Coward

Missing Footnote?

The asterisk after virus implies a footnote, but I don't see any.

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1. Monday 4th June 2012 20:51 GMT stu_san
  
  Re: Missing Footnote?
  
  * Rabies
  
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2. Monday 4th June 2012 21:53 GMT The Aussie Paradox
  
  Re: Missing Footnote?
  
  Hendra virus is the current nasty that bats bring. No rabies in Australia!
  
  Spreads from bats to horses to humans often with fatal results to the horses and humans.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henipavirus
  
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Monday 4th June 2012 21:58 GMT The Aussie Paradox

Welcome

I, for one, welcome our new mechanical Chiroptera overlords.

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