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ICYMI: UAV for land and sea, Boeing's super rocket and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-501148{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-501148, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-501148{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-501148").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: The Drones For Good competition turned out a dual-purpose drone submission for use in search and rescue operations. The Loon Copter can both fly through the air and dive underwater -- a useful trait for evading other bad guy drones in any upcoming spy movies, we're certain.
A drone that can fly, float and dive underwater
In the future, there will be no escape from robotic observation. Proof (if proof were needed) comes in the form of Loon Copter, a drone developed by Oakland University's Embedded Systems Research Laboratory that can not only fly, but also land on and even navigate under the water's surface. The Loon Copter project has been around a while, but this latest prototype is much more polished, and a semifinalist in the 2016 Drones for Good competition.
