Comments on: Star Trek-inspired solid-state airplane takes to the sky without moving parts https://blogs.mathworks.com/headlines/2018/12/10/star-trek-inspired-solid-state-airplane-takes-to-the-sky-without-moving-parts/?s_tid=feedtopost Lisa Harvey discusses how MATLAB and Simulink are connected to today’s news stories around the world. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Ethan Krauss https://blogs.mathworks.com/headlines/2018/12/10/star-trek-inspired-solid-state-airplane-takes-to-the-sky-without-moving-parts/#comment-13507 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 06:46:55 +0000 https://blogs.mathworks.com/headlines/?p=2054#comment-13507 They also state in their Journal of Nature paper and video that it is the “first heavier than air ion propelled aircraft of any kind to carry its power supply.” That is not correct. While this article is spelling out the word airplane, it is still implying that MIT created the first ion propelled flying device to carry its power supply, or that it was somehow an efficient machine. The first ion propelled aircraft to carry its power supply is already patented under US Patent 10,119,527. The patent covers all ion propelled aircraft that carry their power supplies against earths gravity. This earlier device is considerably more than an order of magnitude more powerful and efficient for its weight.

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By: Assfaw Belay https://blogs.mathworks.com/headlines/2018/12/10/star-trek-inspired-solid-state-airplane-takes-to-the-sky-without-moving-parts/#comment-12682 Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:11:59 +0000 https://blogs.mathworks.com/headlines/?p=2054#comment-12682 Interesting information

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