AirJelly is a remote radio-controlled airborne jellyfish with intelligent adaptive mechanics attached to a 1.35 meter helium-filled ballon.

Though the name conjures images of basketball shoes for children, the device is modeled after marine invertebrates belonging to the class Scyphozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. The tentacles are bladed at the tips and a mechanical swimming motion drives the slightly less than neutrally buoyant device through calm airspace.

There is amazing grace in this machine.

(See also: Festo)
(See also: Festo: AirJelly)
(See also: YouTube: AirJelly)
(See also: YouTube: AquaJelly)
(See also: Gizmodo: Aquajelly and Airjelly)
(See also: Roland’s take on AirJelly)
(See also: ZDnet article)