Bio-drone simply melts away when it crashes

NASA-advised project to develop drone from fungi and bacteria, minimizing crash footprint

IT'S alive! Well, almost. The first "biological drone", an autonomous vehicle stitched together largely with materials from living things, made…

Full text: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429952.400-biodrone-simply-melts-away-when-it-crashes.html#.VGsQaecTFNE

Author

Aviva Rutkin

Source

NewScientist, 2014-11-12.

Supplier

Brown University
Ecovative Design LLC
NASA
Stanford University
University of Michigan

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