The wing developed by MIT and NASA that could revolutionize the aviation industry

Composed of hundreds of small and flexible triangles, a new wing of aircraft is about to revolutionize the aviation industry, since it would replace the current one that has not undergone any significant changes since the invention of the current commercial aircraft in the decade of the 30.

The new prototype created by the Mbadachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, for its acronym), the best university in the world according to the QS ranking and the National University of Aeronautics and Space (NASA), It had already been tested in the wind tunnel and the results were encouraging.

He is created With resin, polyethylene and a coated polymer material, which makes the wing much lighter and more flexible as the current and that constitute an open network These materials that create the small figures that are badembled, are the ones that make possible the innovation of the artifact.

It differs from the wings of current planes composed of various mechanical parts, such as the fins, which they are arranged to change the turn and tilt of the aircraft. Although it has worked effectively, it represents a high maintenance cost.

With the new prototype, there would be no separate parts. It would be a whole that would also adapt to the type of flight required by the planewhich would help control it more effectively in the use of energy, in addition to reducing the cost of care.

In an MIT statement, Benjamin Jenett, author of the investigation, He explained that takeoff, maneuvers and landing have specific needs on the part of the wing to execute them properly.but the current, although it works, does not give optimal results. It would take motors and cables to reach wing deformationbut that would mean a greater expense in money for their upkeep.

Your new invention could get closer to the maximum performance of each flight phase thanks to the flexibility, by a self-adaptive pbadive reconfiguration this would automatically respond according to the needs of the flight.

The use of the new wing would also result in the manufacture of a larger number of devices. In addition, the design and materials could work apply other mechanisms as spaceships or mills.

The wing was made by hand, but it is expected that this can be done with robotic technology to be able to industrialize it. There is still no date to see the final product and be used in conventional aircraft.