We've all seen lectures go awry when plastic trans-parencies slide off projectors, but L. Mahadevan was probably the first to seriously analyze a plastic sheet's fall from grace. It is even safer to assume he was the first to use it as a model for a flying carpet. Now, due to Mahadevan's curiosity and an enterprising grad student, scientists have created an electrically powered sheet that propels itself through the air.
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