Nebraska researchers test new firefighting tool — drones

“Researchers in Nebraska tested a new tool on Friday that could eventually help in fighting grass fires — drones.

A team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln flew an unmanned aircraft over the prairie at the Homestead National Monument of America on Friday, dropping ping pong-like balls filled with a chemical mixture to ignite brush-clearing grass fires.

Local and federal officials are interested in the technology because it could help clear overgrown vegetation in rugged, hard-to-reach terrain, said Michael Johnson, a spokesman for the National Park Service.”

By: Grant Schulte | April 25, 2016 | Washington Post

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