Robots · February 2016Gaffe level: Typo
Dutch Police Trained Eagles to Snatch Rogue Drones Out of the Sky
Faced with drones buzzing where they shouldn't, Dutch police recruited eagles to grab the offenders mid-flight. Nature's anti-aircraft system came with talons instead of firmware updates.
Source: Reuters
Drone-Delivered Vaccines Reached 3.9 Million Nigerian Children Who Missed Routine Shots
Cross River State's zero-dose project used Zipline drones and 160 field teams across nine local government areas to reach children in riverine and mountainous areas where roads made conventional delivery nearly impossible. Zipline's Africa CEO says zero-dose prevalence fell 36% in Cross River and 42% in Bayelsa.
Source: Stone Reporters News