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I had a toy ornithopter many years ago. It didn’t fly too well, but I thought it was really cool. I’m looking forward to advances in the field.

Around ten years ago there was this "Smartbird" which was much more than a toy:

but apart an initial hype I think it was never further developed.

A video is linked from the wikipedia page:

A decent ornithopter is going to be a wild technology: I mean literally you'll have to wonder if the bird that flew by is real or not.

Crazy times are coming.

Reminds me of the pigeons used during the cold war era.

Do you live underneath a rock?

Haven't you heard that birbs aren't real?