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Summarize the variety of ways that drones can be used, according to the article. Cite evidence in your answer.

DRONES PUT SPYING EYES IN THE SKY
by Stephen Ornes. 2014

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On a May night last year, Snitch gathered his surveillance1 team in a wild corner of South Africa. They waited until well after sunset before stealthily beginning their mission. Using a catapult2 powered by a bungee cord, the experts launched a small airplane over the deep and dark landscape, thick with acacia trees sporting 5-centimeter (2-inch) thorns.

Their robotic aircraft — or drone — is about as long as a bicycle and sports a 2.4-meter (8-foot) wingspan. In recent years, scientists have begun putting drones in the air to do many kinds of groundbreaking research. Drones carry no pilot, passengers or crew. They are often small and light. Some fly like an airplane, others like a helicopter or a blimp. Drones may fly autonomously (along a preprogrammed path) or under the control of a pilot on the ground.

That night in South Africa, Snitch and his team flew their drone by remote control over Kruger National Park. High in the sky, and under the cover of darkness, the Terrapin 1 flew undetected over the landscape. Though unseen, it could see perfectly. The experts scanned the ground using a special camera attached to their drone. This camera was designed to see anything that gives off heat, including elephants, rhinos — and people

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This article mentioned lots of benefits that the drone served. The benefits of the zone as enumerated in the article include;

1. To find poachers before they attack animals

2. Used by archeologists to find buried remnants.

3. Used by the U.S. military on battlefields.

4. Research by scientists

5. Used by Hobbyists

6. For deliveries by online retailers.

7. Used by individuals for picture-taking

8. Measuring radiation

9. Used by farmers to inspect crops.

The author of the article mentioned these varied used of drones. One major function of the drone was its use in detecting poachers whose activities were causing the extinction of animals like the rhinoceros.

An excerpt from the article said that Snitch and his friends "used mathematical formulas to predict where the animals would roam. This is where the poachers might be headed."

So, one major use of the drone was the detection of poachers.

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