The science fiction fantasy of flying robots the size of houseflies may become a reality within five years, if UC Berkeley researchers have their way.
...the flying robot could be used for military surveillance, data collection, and search and rescue, among several possible uses.
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"The nice application is that it makes pretty good toys," Avadhanula said. "(The fly)'ll be pretty cheap."
and via metafilter, e-newspaper can't be folded yet but it's close:
The screen is less than 0.3 millimetres thick, flexible enough to be rolled into a tube just 4 mm across and can be viewed from almost any angle.
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