WEAV -- a Plasma-Powered Flying Saucer


	WEAV -- a Plasma-Powered Flying Saucer
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12-30-2008 9:52 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f48ed50c-3cf2-46f0-a647-2ab1ac4e565f/6B047BCF-CC22-438A-AB17-1F674BAD816F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4269027.html" href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4269027.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.popularmechanics.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4269027.html"><STRONG>NASA Jumps at Patent for Plasma-Powered UFO Technology</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4269027.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.popularmechanics.com/img/0EB9FDBE-F186-41F5-B8A0-80D8217C3A6B" alt="Flying Saucer" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4269027.html"><DIV> <SPAN>Subrata Roy, an aerospace engineer</SPAN> from the University of Florida, recently <A target="blank" href="http://news.ufl.edu/2008/06/11/flying-saucer/" linkindex="91" set="yes">submitted a patent application</A> for an aircraft that just happens to come in the shape of a flying saucer. Dubbed a “winged electromagnetic air vehicle,” or WEAV, the battery-powered prototype is designed at less than 6 in. across. Even so, Roy insists that the mini sci-fi mobile could be built full-scale for missions like atmospheric surveillance—and that’s got NASA and the Air Force interested. </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-first-flying-saucer" href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-first-flying-saucer" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-first-flying-saucer"><H1>The World's First Flying Saucer: Made Right Here on Earth</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-first-flying-saucer"><H2>A University of Florida researcher has plans on the drawing board for a saucer-shaped aircraft that turns the surrounding air into fuel</H2></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/WEAV.htm" href="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/WEAV.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/WEAV.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/img/5853FE37-6AE4-4B7C-BF9D-5890C9353B69" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/WEAV.htm">Cut-away schematic of the 
<A href="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/news-weav.htm" linkindex="1" set="yes">Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle</A> 
shows inner hollow chamber for payload cargo.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/WEAV.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/img/C58E45CF-05E8-4F11-952D-B814FF4A985C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/WEAV.htm">This is an artist’s illustration of what a 
<A href="http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/news-weav.htm" linkindex="2" set="yes">Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle</A> 
might look like as it flies in the atmosphere above Mars.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/09/engineer-aims-to-create-plasma-powered-micro-air-vehicle/" href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/09/engineer-aims-to-create-plasma-powered-micro-air-vehicle/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.engadget.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/09/engineer-aims-to-create-plasma-powered-micro-air-vehicle/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.engadget.com/img/CE2008FF-03F8-434A-8137-47A29F147065" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mae.ufl.edu/facultylist/ShowData.php?ID=91" href="http://www.mae.ufl.edu/facultylist/ShowData.php?ID=91" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mae.ufl.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mae.ufl.edu/facultylist/ShowData.php?ID=91"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.mae.ufl.edu/img/77426800-594C-447E-B591-F0292E3EDE62" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mae.ufl.edu/facultylist/ShowData.php?ID=91"><H3>Subrata Roy</H3></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6B047BCF-CC22-438A-AB17-1F674BAD816F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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