To the Rescue: A Swarm of Tiny Helicopters (Fast Company Magazine)

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When disaster strikes, rescue and survey teams sprint to the site, trying to find survivors and survey the damage. German scientists have invented a a better, quicker way to do the job: By using a swarm of mini helicopters to zoom around urban wreckage and gather data using infrared cameras, laser measuring tools and sniffer devices that detect hazardous substances. That information would then ...

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