Norway forgets about wind turbines for a while, and remembers a wind project with origins in the United States that had made promises of a flying kite producing 600 kW, so as to rewrite the clean ...

WAIMEA — Two miles east of West Hawaii Concrete, Kate Stirr walked out in the deep brush Tuesday afternoon to get a better look at the hover kite. The tail was just above the ground as its rotors were ...

In a groundbreaking effort to revolutionize the world of high-performance kites, Florida International University (FIU) is proud to announce the launch of its latest research endeavor: the FIU Wall of ...

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...

I learned a valuable lesson this afternoon. Don't fly a kite in 50 mph winds. I broke the crap out of my kite. The wind around DC has been awesome today, solid 40 mph winds, with gusts at 50 mph. So I ...

Kites are no longer just toys, but pioneering tools to exploit the untapped potential of wind energy. Lightweight, mobile, and ideal for remote or off-grid areas, they require up to 90% less material ...

Machine learning technique teaches power-generating kites to extract energy from turbulent airflows more effectively, ...

Taken from the December 2019 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Harnessing the wind". From Caribbean islands to the windswept coasts of northern Europe, a new way of ...

When Kay and Larry Day came across a kite shop while vacationing in Wisconsin nearly two decades ago, they decided to buy kites for their grandchildren. On a whim, Larry bought one for himself. “He ...