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2008-08-08 13:11:28

In a recent research project between tech firm Qinetiq and Aberystwyth University, an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was sent into the sky in hopes that one day the technology will be compatible with monitoring farmland in the UK. The plane crossed over fields in England and Whales while gauging the nitrogen levels in soil, to determine whether fertilizer was needed. "You don't need to put pilots in a vehicle where you are only collecting data, providing you can do it...