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All work and no play make Jack a dull boy – Happy Labor Day from the kitedrive team!
Falling on the first Monday of September, Labor Day is a national holiday traditionally seen as a time to relax and recognize the many hours of hard work put in by America’s workers. But you know that at kitedrive we … Continue reading
Tilting at…Kites?
Windmills are so Don Quixote. Want to harness wind power? Think kites! At least that’s what the people behind the Kiteboat Project believe. Their team has been on a mission to design a kite-powered boat since 2008. Their goal? Provide … Continue reading
Please place your tray in the full upright position: Kite-driven Innovation
150 years after Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment, two young brothers named Orville and Wilbur Wright also saw the creative potential in a simple toy kite, and ended up making every child’s dream of flying a reality. That’s right: we owe … Continue reading
One Dark and Stormy Night… Kite-driven Innovation
One dark and stormy night in 1750, a man and his son decided to go fly a kite. The man’s name was Benjamin Franklin and his now famous kite experiment was a landmark moment in the study of electricity. Not … Continue reading
Physics 101: Advanced Kite Flying
“Let’s go fly a kite!” Everyone can sing it, almost everyone can do it, but does anyone actually know how it works? Luckily for you, we’ve made the physics of kite flying, well, a breeze. Kite flight depends on the … Continue reading
