pigeons
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It’s About Time They Upgraded The Carrier Pigeon
12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | We knew certain prisoners used pigeons to smuggle mobile phones, but this guy looks like he’s merely keeping up with the times. Tying paper messages onto a bird’s leg is so 20th century. [Terra] More »
Phones
Mobile-Smuggling Pigeons Are a Jailbird’s Best Friend
1:40PM Wilson Rothman | Hey you jailkeepers, you know how the inmates been asking about keeping harmless little pigeons around? Well, it’s a con: They’re using them to smuggle in mobile phones. More »
Vehicles
UAV Courier Pigeons Deliver Medical Supplies, Sans Awkward Number Two’s
8:00AM Jack Loftus | Here’s a great example of a robot originally developed for war being reused to help those in need. These tiny UAVs were once spy planes, but today they could deliver medical samples from isolated South African villages to labs for testing, or deliver emergency medicines and antidotes to those same locations. “The implications of these delays are huge for the individual and for the community,” says Barry Mendelow, a project leader with the South African National Health Laboratory Service. “The patient is waiting for treatment, and in the meantime they could be passing on a very contagious disease.” More »
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