Flying conservationist

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2938, 2013, pág. 19
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Using zoologist Robin Freeman's subsequent work on GPS-tag miniaturization, engineers at Microsoft Research in Cambridge UK, introduced a new generation of tracking tags that can be interrogated from the air by drones. On sensing a weak signal from one postage-stamp-sized tag fixed to an animal, a drone can fly towards the creature on autopilot and retrieve the tag's data. Several conservation organizations are also getting ready to launch trials of the new tag system.