Tiny Flyer Navigates Like Fly

An ultralight autonomous aircraft that mimics the navigational abilities of a fly could one day become a real fly on the wall. The 10gm microflyer, being developed by a team of researchers lead by Dario Floreano at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, has a 36cm wingspan. But it could one day be shrunk to insect size and used for search and rescue