Www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/bird-counting-flying-robot/
Huge potential breakthrough appeared in ecological studies with a remote controlled airplane. Ecologists were having trouble analyzing numbers of birds on a particular island as they would fly away when they got anywhere near the shore. They simply wanted to count them and analyze the biodiversity but if the animals get scared it's game over. With a new spin on already created technology, they used remote controlled airplanes with gps trackers and cameras attached to the bottom of the planes. With the cameras they took pictures of the island below and they were able to count up the birds and wildlife without disturbing anything below. This type of research has enormous possibilities for ecologists everywhere to be less interfering in nature. For the classroom, this encourages further examination of already used or unused technology in the ecological field. Students need to think outside the box or even inside the box in the coming years to be able to stay a step ahead of competition. Competition is their peers and any other students that will want jobs in the future. I will make a note to encourage thought of technology like this because it is a good example to rethink old tech.
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