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How Robo-Bees Could Save America's Crops | Popular Science - 1 views

  • Something is killing off up to half of America's bees
  • Fewer bees not only means less honey, it means less food
  • Researchers at Harvard are working on
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  • tiny drones the size of bees
  • flying robots designed to be small enough to pollinate a flower (they weigh just 80 milligrams
  • are also designed to hover, giving them plenty of time to transfer pollen
  • wings mimic those of a fly,
  • special ceramic that contracts when stimulated by electricity
  • The robo-bees aren't ready
  • time yet
  • they're so tiny, they can't fit a battery pack for power
  • will also need some sort of computer so they can guide themselves in flight
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