Pressure distribution on the surface of the shuttlecock moving at 43 meters per second considering it to be rigid (left) and flexible (right). Note the lower suction on the inner surface of the ...

Players compete for gold, silver, or bronze medals, thus contributing to their nation’s Olympic medal table. Composite materials used in the manufacture of more efficient rackets and shuttlecocks have ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In Jadurberia village, the shuttlecock capital of India, workers have been making feathered badminton birdies for generations. But the rise of mechanized assembly ...

The recent surge in shuttlecock prices in China has sparked controversy about badminton becoming a sport for the wealthy.

THE first experimenter to succeed in making an aeroplane rise from the surface of the water was the French inventor, M. Fabre, who accomplished this feat with a monoplane of his own invention the ...

To have a great game of badminton, one integral part of it is the shuttlecock. Weight, quality, shape, size, and a few other aspects can either make or break one’s performance while playing.

From Kuala Lumpur’s streets to Copenhagen, Denmark’s courts, shuttlecocks’ rhythmic thwack has become familiar. However, as ...

Amol Yadav's plane was displayed at an air show in Hyderabad in March last year Seven years ago, Amol Yadav announced to his family and friends that he would build an aeroplane on the roof of a ...

An RAF aeroplane has been laid out "like an Airfix kit" ahead of its reassembly. The only surviving Blackburn Beverley is in the process of being put together and repainted at the Solway Aviation ...

Build a badminton training robot, of course. Automatic shuttlecock launchers are available commercially, but [Peter] found them very expensive and difficult to use. So he set himself a target to ...

We are all travelling more frequently and to further destinations than even a decade ago. Much of this increase in travel is by air. Long-haul flights and travel to exotic, but under-developed ...