On tweakers.net (<a href="http://tweakers.net/nieuws/80793/nederlander-gebruikt-wii-en-smartphone-voor-ornithopter.html" rel="nofollow">http://tweakers.net/nieuws/80793/nederlander-gebruikt-wii-en...</a>) (a very big tech-site based in the netherlands) there is a pretty large consensus that it is a hoax.<p>But to think that they were able to fool so many people is pretty amazing.
The video of the flight just screams fake, it's like the uncanny valley feeling. You just know something is wrong with what you're watching. Almost there though, all very elaborate.