[tt] Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans - Engadget

[Brian Atkins]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/

Those pesky spyplanes, always catching you in the act. Denel Dynamics built 
these two GPS-guided robot snoopers for the military, but it turns out they're 
well-suited to the world of rural medicine. They're being prepped for use by 
clinics in South Africa as carrier pigeons of sorts, taking medical samples from 
remote areas to labs for testing, or ferrying antivenom to snake bite victims. 
The mini-UAVs can carry a 500-gram payload through a stiff wind, and can land at 
a predetermined spot on auto-pilot or manually. We want one. You know... for, 
um, to do other good things for humanity. Video is after the break.

[Via Gearlog]
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Brian Atkins
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/