Comments on: Flyfire Creates Giant Dynamic 3D Display With Self-Organizing Micro Helicopters

By: nyoman suryasa

nyoman suryasa — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:03:46 +0000

it’s very beautiful and nice.wow…amazing

By: quantum_flux

quantum_flux — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:40:31 +0000

They should start out with static models, maybe like legos with LED pixels on them or something, or perhaps they could make this kind of swarm thing work under water in a pool first.

By: moron4hire

moron4hire — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:59:57 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if MIT pulled the project info because they figured out the students working on it were trying to bullshit everyone.

By: Brennon

Brennon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:52:54 +0000

Come on MIT, let’s see some more details! You’re a school, not a corporation!

By: Intermaggio

Intermaggio — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:45:12 +0000

The concept is truly an incredible one. Though it’s frustrating that MIT hasn’t released many specifics about the project, it’s very understandable given all the new technologies involved. I’m definitely looking forward to learning more about Flyfire as information becomes available!

By: Jim Norcal

Jim Norcal — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:36:53 +0000

The video just looks to be a CGI representation of what they could do and not of actual tiny helicopters. It’s too precise to be real and the video doesn’t show all of them flying in a lit room so you can actually see they’re the actual helicopters and not CGI animation. A disappointment to my expectation of seeing a few hundred little helicopters flying together to form objects. It would have been nice if they showed the copters forming in light so you could see them, then turn off the lights so you could then see their LEDs formed into an object of some kind.

By: dcigary

dcigary — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:33:43 +0000

Video works for me!

By: classy

classy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:53:34 +0000

whats up with the stupid video being private?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:13:26 +0000

Sounds like a cool project, unfortunately the video is unplayable.

By: Earthworm

Earthworm — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:01:36 +0000

Having had one of those little R/C copters back in the day, I’d be very impressed if this actually works. I would think stability and down-draft would be major issues since they are suppose to make a grid shape. All it would take is for one of these to fail and hit another and it would be a cascading event. Interesting in concept, probably not practical though…