kites

Along with video visitation, commissary, grievance reporting (kites), inmate phones and just a whole list of other services.

Sounds good in theory, but in practice kites can move really fast when manoeuvring or doing tricks.

Typical kites can be flown by walking backwards at a normal walking speed (4-5 m/s or less).

It's also basically the same idea as used by the people flying trick kites on the beach.

At times wind from the burning would drift dark kites along and riders on the carousel caught petals in midair.

A german startup for energy kites based in berlin with a working prototype was even first.

The underlying technology for the Makani kites and a standard turbine are the same.

Dunno what happens when the wind drops and all your kites have to land.

This last winter was quite warm, we were flying kites outside over Thanksgiving with our extended family.

Software can't entirely save you -- a structural failure could cause one kite to careen into another, taking down a lot more kites.

And just like other wind-turbine replacement ideas (like kites or vertical-axis designs, but there are many more, just check Wikipedia), they probably never will.

They're largely focused soft form kites, rather than fast moving rigid wings.

I plan to add choosing colors and the "darts and kites" tiling.

It seems like if there were a "farm" of these kites, they would have to be very widely spaced out, or else they would crash into each other or get their tethers tangled up.

I think it works more like regular stunt and power kites, just relying on the "trim" of the airfoil to produce lift and thrust (and the tether's pull) to make it go upwards and then "fall" down.