US Scientists Turning Dead Birds Into Drones

According to a report by Reuters, a team of scientists in New Mexico is using dead birds to develop drones that can study flight techniques that may assist the aviation industry.

The birds aren't real, but their bodies are.

A research team in New Mexico is converting taxidermic birds into drones in order to study flight patterns, Reuters reported.

Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor leading the project at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technol...

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