Armed with a remote-controlled helicopter nicknamed the "scientific predator", CSIRO scientists are circumnavigating Australia, documenting the tonnes of litter left or washed up on the nation's beaches and calculating the impact on marine life.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/eye-in-sky-filming-our-rubbish-sh...
Comment by Nick on February 24, 2012 at 10:29am Great way to use drone technology.
Comment by Ellison Chan on February 24, 2012 at 10:54am Anyone know who makes that drone, or is it a custom job? I like those props.

Ellison, I've seen it before, but I forget the name. I think it might be stupid-expensive.
Ah yes, Draganflyer X6.

Comment by Ellison Chan on February 24, 2012 at 11:14am Too bad, you know it's going to be expensive, when the "products" page has no listed prices. :-)
They used to be about $17k I expect they are cheaper now.

@Ellison: "Request Quote". ;)
Comment by Ellison Chan on February 24, 2012 at 11:30am Robert, I won't even be able to afford the props, let alone the whole system. ;-)

I was wondering why they bother with a shopping cart?
Comment by Ellison Chan on February 24, 2012 at 11:46am
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