Nathan Roach

Nathan Roach

Nathan Roach  //  An attorney and technologist, Mr. Roach maintains an active intellectual property law and litigation practice focused on helping inventors, innovators, and startups avoid trouble, protect their IP, and stay focused on transforming their field of endeavor.

As a former programmer and active entrepreneur, Mr. Roach also seeks to build new solutions to today's problems. Some past tech highlights include:

1999: Employee #19 @ Rackspace.com
2002: Co-Founder of Litigation Dynamics Inc.
2007: Involved with the Supreme Court of Texas Webcasting Project and the St. Mary's Technology Courtroom Project
2008/9: Guest lecturer, St. Mary's University Advanced Trial Advocacy course.

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Mar 1 / 10:27am

A Silent Rotor Blade Is High-Tech ... or is it?

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This new helicopter blade is supposed to reduce the noise produced by the rotor, and the linked article has some interesting computer data to back it up. But, It looks very similar to the wing configuration of a hawk or other predatory bird. Given that hawks and owls often dive their prey at high speed, reducing the noise produced by their approach increases their success rate.

I'm not surprised that CFD shows that function follows a form that's existed in nature for years.

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