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Uploaded by on Sep 12, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14718?DCMP=youtube

Tiny planes used for spying during wars have now been modified to transport medical samples to remote areas.

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  • its good to see this technology used for peaceful endeavours rather than used for war.

  • Just so people know, the planes are carrying TB and HIV samples, for testing. It is becoming prohibitively expensive to train all the staff at every clinic in testing for TB, so some guys came up with this.

    It's super whizzy, I hope they get the funding they need for the rest of it.

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  • looks like a swift 2 haha FPV for the win!

  • slinger would make a better one.

  • i have a new use for my zagi flying wing

  • That's awesome

  • Well that's just a whole new type of cargo cult now...

  • Looks like a MS Composite Swift 2 EPP wing. Great rc plane.

  • Cool! Maybe small-time dealers can fly me 4 or 5 doobies of Mexican Chronic at a time across the border.

  • hawks wouldn't follow the routes you want you know :P

  • so can hawks and just about any other bird.

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