Bio-drone Simply Melts Away When it Crashes
Drones are great tools for a variety of different jobs. Ranging from surveillance, to exploration, to military, our little companions seem to pose one big problem. Many times drones will get stuck, or crash atop an unreachable place. When something like this happens, people are not able to recover their equipment without accessing an air vehicle. Researchers from NASA's Ames Research Center in California have developed a biodegradable drone chassis with the goal in mind to make the entire drone environment friendly. The chassis is made up of a fungal substance called mycelium grown in labs. The team is working towards developing degradable sensors using E. coli bacteria. Something almost unthinkable is coming into existence.
This is really cool. It's interesting to see how technology and biology can come together in such a useful way.
ReplyDeleteHow does E. Coli act as a sensor? I think that this is a really cool concept that should be utilised in other fields such as sensing medical issues in the human body.
ReplyDeleteWhat happens if it crashes but you don't want it to degrade? Is it possible to stop that?
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