Airborne agriculture

Mongabay
By <a class="author-link"…Dec 22, 2015, 3:20 pm375 pts
A high-pitched hum swept across the Tanzanian sweet potato field. The sound came from above, from a jet-black drone whirring through the sweltering sky. The machine was an instance of high-technology DIY: a sophisticated octocopter capable of carrying a several-kilogram payload. The team-members had assembled…

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