Sometimes low-tech solutions can prove to be the most effective. Take for example the use of trained eagles to hunt spies drones.
In a new plan to patrol the skies, the Dutch police has worked with company Guard from Above, a company that trains birds of prey to counter drones. Their aim is to create a fleet of eagles who will oversee the skies and will have the unmanned airborne airplanes as well as obstacles to formal operations such as air transport.
A video released on Sunday in the official channel YouTube της Ολλανδικής αστυνομίας δείχνει έναν αετό να αρπάζει στο αέρα ένα drone and lower it to the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HifO-ebmE1s
“The eagle sees the drone as its prey, so it tries to take it to one safe part and to protect it from being taken away from him" says Sjoerd Hoogendoorn from the in the video Guard From Above.
Τα αρπακτικά πουλιά έχουν αποδειχθεί χρήσιμα σε άλλες τεχνολογικούς αποστολές. Για παράδειγμα, οι ερευνητές του Ευρωπαϊκού Οργανισμού Διαστήματος στην Ισπανία κάνουν χρήση γερακιών να προστατεύσουν κεραίες που αφουγκράζονται το space.
The Dutch police are currently testing to decide whether the use of raptors is the best way to deal with drones.
