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 Medical Sample Courier Pigeons Use GPS Sense to Get Around

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Date posted: 15/09/2008

South Africans are testing the use of GPS-guided model airplanes to transport blood and saliva samples from remote areas to a central laboratory. Rather than each location having the facilities to test and upload the results, they simply have a charging station for the planes, which are interchangable between villages.








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