In 100 years, computers will look like human brains, and airplanes will look like birds. Take a gander (ha ha ha):
DARPA builds an ornithopter - a device that flies like a hummingbird. The technology will allow small craft to fly using far less energy than tiny helicopters and the like:
http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-07/darpa-tests-first-robotic-ornithopters
An engineering student at the University of Toronto builds and flies a Boeing-sized ornithopter by FLAPPING HIS FREAKING ARMS:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-09/video-canadian-student-flies-bird-first-time-using-record-setting-ornithopter
Finally, and this is the coolest video, look how awesome it is to be a peregrine falcon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM
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