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WEAV -- a Plasma-Powered Flying Saucer
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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/242869bb-be6a-4cca-a32b-dbf07d77e943/6B047BCF-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://content6.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://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://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://content8.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://content9.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://content6.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; 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