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OXFORD, U.K. — Oxford-based start-up BioCarbon Engineering, founded by former NASA engineer Lauren Fletcher, is planning to fight industrial deforestation by planting 1 billion trees a year using drones. In a video made by the company, BioCarbon Engineering explains that the drones would first fly above a selected area, map its level of deforestation and report back its potential for reforestation. Then automated planting drones carrying seed pods would fly one to two meters above the ground, following a pre-determined planting pattern, and fire germinated seeds into the soil. A small pressurized canister would provide the necessary propulsive force for the seed pods to easily penetrate the soil surface. The seed pods, filled with nutritious hydrogel to reduce the force of the seed's impact with the soil, would then break open upon impact and allow the germinated seeds to grow. "Our technology is making it easier for ecosystem restoration groups, mining companies and forestry groups, both private and public, to plant the trees, where they need them, at a fraction of the time and cost," Fletcher said in a statement on the company website. According to the Independent, one drone is able to plant 10 seeds per minute. With two operators controlling multiple drones, 36,000 trees could be planted in a single day. The drones are not yet ready for deployment, but the company has already attracted investment from French drone maker Parrot, which is expected to accelerate the development of the technology. ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus
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lighted project ☺
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Really smart of those ppl
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👍👍👍👍
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Oh look, I wonder what the feminists have to say about this. But... as always, they'll benefit from it with their bigotry and hypocrisy.
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I like good news
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finaly an good use of technology
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hey that's actually good deploy all of them immediately
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This is why you should ban drones.
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some hope in humanity
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awesome a green planet
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nice
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wow
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Cool idea
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FINALLY a piece of technology that is helpful to our earth and environment
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great! hi tech farming! i want that I'm selling my tractor
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️🌲🌳🌴🌴🌱🌿
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they should make drones that drop sour gummy worms and peanut butter snickers
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finally something useful
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so tomo news is telling me that a football field is a basketball court.....ok.
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how about you give a drone to my dealer so he can deliver my trees to my door