Crowdfunded Drones Could Save White Rhinos From Extinction

URL

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/12/23/crowdfunded-drones-could-save-white-rhinos-from-extinction/

Description

To help protect their animals, the Conservancy has turned to an Indiegogo campaign to raise $35,000foranautonomousunmanneddronethatcanhelpmonitortheareaandnotifyrangersifthereareillegalhuntersaround.ThebrainsofthedronewillbeprovidedbyUnmannedInnovation,whichbuildsautopilotsfordifferentkindsofaircraft.Thedroneswillbeequippedwithcameras,andendangeredanimalscanbetrackedbythedronesusingtheirRFIDtags.$