Inspired by the fluff of dandelions, a research team at the University of Tampere in Finland has developed a robot `` FAIRY '' that moves on the wind using materials and fibers that react to light.

The 15ft (5m) seed heads were created by Amy Wight, whose father Robin Wight installed the 15 fairies around the estate near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. The pretty dandelion heads have been ...

The morning breeze lifts a drifting sleet, not of snowflakes but fairies. These are millions of dandelion seeds, each with a pappus - a cluster of tiny feather sails - that catches the breeze and ...