Centuries before the Wright brothers, Leonardo da Vinci sketched flying machines that seemed impossible. But could his designs have actually worked?

A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone ...

Through digital restoration, a replica of one of Da Vinci's iconic paintings, The Last Supper, shows visitors how it looked during the artist's lifetime. [Photo provided to China ...

“Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius,” from Vienna-based exhibition-producing company EMS, has traveled throughout Europe and most recently to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

LEGO Icons Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machine (10363) set will be available to order starting on December 31st / January 1st at 9pm PT / 12am ET right here at the LEGO Shop priced at a ...

Leonardo da Vinci sketched something similar more than 500 years ago. And the same principle is behind the bamboo-copter toy invented in China at least 1,000 years before that. Now the concept has ...

Article Summary. Explore LEGO's new Icons set of da Vinci's 15th-century Flying Machine, now in 493 pieces. The set captures da Vinci's ornithopter design with a 11.5” x 13.5” x 10” model ...

Following a buildable Mona Lisa, Lego has tackled another da Vinci creation with a 493-piece replica of the renaissance polymath’s flying machine.It still can’t actually fly, but a system of ...

Encore Fridays, Jan. 17 and 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Jan. 19 and 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This is a two-part, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns ...

Researchers examined folio 843 of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus to determine the ... flying machines, bicycles, cranes, missiles, machine guns, an “unsinkable” double-hulled ship, ...