[lenazegher]

I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?

[beambot]

There was a Georgia Tech spinoff that was commercializing something like this: http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/11/14/robot-dragonfly-techje...

[Thieum22]

The ornithopter article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter gives some details about such design. In SF, they are also part of Dune lore : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Dune_universe...

[DoubleCluster]

It's the future! I think that it would be great for agility, and perhaps to mimic insects so the army can use them covertly.

[ams6110]

Or to replace the bees (see "Bees Dying" currently on the HN front page) if/when they go extinct