> get lamp

http://www.humanbirdwings.net/



DO WANT

(anyone up for a trip to the Netherlands where we beg, borrow, bribe, or steal these?)

Unfortunately, the supplies involved seem to include a parasailing kite, which nevermind all the engineering involved (these are motorized; he's just controlling the timing of flapping) sounds expensive.

Does really drive home just how big of wings you need on a human-sized body (never mind a dragon) to enable flight in Earth gravity, though.

edit: See also Man Claims to Fly With Custom-Built Bird Wings; Analysis of the Human Birdwings, which discusses whether there's anything in the video saying it must be a fake based on camera motion and some of the physics; and Man Flies Like a Bird Flapping His Own Wings (Update 6) on Gizmodo, which has a bunch of updates with people saying both "OMG fake" and "this is feasible".

This really doesn't look like 3D CGI to me, though it could possibly be a physical rig with cables painted out.

WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags

Although my understanding is that even "biodegradable" stuff doesn't decompose all that well in landfills either, because of the way they're packed, but hey, it's something.