March 25, 2011 11:07 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hpIhD2wq1ns/Ask-Slashdot-What-Gadgets-Would-You-Use-For-Hunting-Meteorites
Ask Slashdot: What Gadgets Would You Use For Hunting Meteorites?
DrPeper writes "I may have an opportunity to assist a pair of renowned meteorite hunters (yes, the ones on the Science Channel). Being the MacGyver-type everywhere I've worked and a consummate geek, I thought I would pose a question to the Slashdot community. If you were to go meteorite hunting, what gadgets would you use? I've already thought of using a UAV with a radio gradiometer, or attaching a coil to a quadrocopter, blimp, or terrestrial robot. (The point of which would be to have it automatically produce a gradient map of the density of ferrous metals in a given area.) Any other crazy ideas out there?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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