A plucky bird named Obi was issued with a pair of special goggles before flying through lasers in a bizarre experiment. The study was carried out to gain more insight into how birds generate enough ...

A bird in laser goggles has helped scientists discover a new phenomenon in the physics of flight. To study the complex air currents produced by birds’ flapping wings, the researchers trained a Pacific ...

To the brave bird willing to wear goggles and fly through a laser sheet: we salute you. Thanks to you, we know a little more about how you and your kind fly. One way of visualizing airflow is by using ...

A parrotlet is outfitted with custom 3D-printed safety goggles made by Stanford engineers so the bird could fly through a laser grid. Who among us can truly say we have not been waiting our whole ...

Obi the parrotlet is helping Stanford researchers study what happens to the air after a bird has flown through it. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with ...

Even when unlocking the very secrets of the universe, one must always put safety first. That’s why researchers at Stanford University 3D-printed a pair of tiny safety goggles before teaching a parrot ...

Researchers studying flight at Stanford University recently used a novel method to debunk popular flight models: birds wearing tiny goggles flying through lasers. Eric Gutierrez, a former graduate ...

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Scientists at Stanford University made a bitchin’ pair of tiny little goggles for a very brave bird named Obi so that he could safely fly through a laser beam in order to teach mankind the secrets of ...