LEGO is getting pretty creative with their latest LEGO Icons set as they bring Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine to life. Originally designed in the late 15th century, this machine was a visionary's ...

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A quadcopter drone that uses ancient technology instead of modern propellers made a huge impression at the recent Transformative Vertical Flight conference. University of Maryland graduate student ...

Following a buildable Mona Lisa, Lego has tackled another da Vinci creation with a 493-piece replica of the renaissance polymath’s flying machine. It still can’t actually fly, but a system of strings, ...

Following the Mona Lisa Art set that launched earlier this year, LEGO is diving back into Leonardo da Vinci with a new 493-piece set inspired by the flying contraption (ornithopter) outlined in his ...

Leonardo da Vinci was not just a painter. He was also a sculptor, an architect, and even an engineer and a scientist. In fact, one of his scientific sketches hides the secret to better drones. Da ...

HOW MUCH: $17 adults (ages 18-59), $15 seniors and youth (ages 6-17), $11 veterans and active military, and children under 5 are free. Tickets and information at nuclearmuseum.org Leonardo da Vinci ...

Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t just an artist - he was an inventor, anatomist, engineer, and visionary. This video explores the incredible range of da Vinci’s genius, from the Mona Lisa to his futuristic ...

I was interested in your piece on Leonardo da Vinci’s “aerial screw” design for a helicopter. The story focused on theoretical modelling showing it could have flown with modern materials and motors.