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Last note from Jarno 14 Apr 2012 | 04:23 am
Last couple of weeks were insane. After the last video was posted on Youtube, loads of people got interested in the Human Birdwings project. I noticed that many people started to explore the story beh...
Flying like a bird 20 Mar 2012 | 06:32 pm
I did it! This weekend I brought out my wings again for a second test. And here it is. Do I need to say more? Just watch the video
The Flying Dutchman 16 Mar 2012 | 04:28 am
Last week a piece about my wings appeared in the German Financial Times. Click the picture to be sent straight through.
Flapping mechanism by Pascal Martinelli 6 Mar 2012 | 12:03 am
Henryk, a frequent poster on my blog just sent me this video. It’s a wing mechanism by Pascal Martinelli. And I have to say it looks very promising. It would be interesting to see how this combines wi...
interview with HUMO 3 Mar 2012 | 06:14 am
This tuesday (28th feb) an article about my project and my flying dream got published in the Belgian weekly HUMO. The picture they took is awesome. They made me look like batman! It’s written in Dutch...
Snow 17 Feb 2012 | 01:25 pm
You guys might have been wondering, what has Jarno been up to? The wing mechanism have been taken apart for detailed fixing. The freezing cold inside my workshop brought the risk of damaging the mech...
Learn from the birds 8 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm
After my first testrun I had to reconsider my take-off techniques. A lot of people have commented on the way my wings move and my running; the AoA of the wings would not have been ideal and the positi...
Podcast about my project 6 Feb 2012 | 06:34 am
Three geeks who call themselves Three’s a Quorum made a great podcast about ‘the least important news of the day’, and my project is one of the items they talk about. It’s fun stuff to listen to. So ...
Human Birdwings on WIRED 1 Feb 2012 | 05:06 am
These days I have been mainly focused with fixing details of the wings. So, you might have missed my regular updates? A digital friend actually wrote me wether I am still doing ok? I can tell you tha...
What’s next? 24 Jan 2012 | 06:38 am
I got a lot of comments on the last video in which you can see my first test of the wings. The response was massive, not just on my YouTube channel but also on a lot of other blogs. (check Engadget, T...
