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Controlled burn at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE. Sebastian Elbaum and Carrick Detweiler have engineered a drone able to light controlled prairie burns using balls dropped from the sky. The drone injects a liquid into the plastic spheres to start a delayed fiery process so the balls can fall to the ground before igniting. Elbaum and Detweiler are Professors of computer science and engineering. Twidwell is an assistant professor and range land ecologist in the school of natural resources. April 22, 2015. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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Controlled burn at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE. Sebastian Elbaum and Carrick Detweiler have engineered a drone able to light controlled prairie burns using balls dropped from the sky. The drone injects a liquid into the plastic spheres to start a delayed fiery process so the balls can fall to the ground before igniting. Elbaum and Detweiler are Professors of computer science and engineering. Twidwell is an assistant professor and range land ecologist in the school of natural resources. April 22, 2015. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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As the edge burn smokes in the background, the drone's payload is loaded onto the drone for a flight into the center of the fire area. Controlled burn at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE. Sebastian Elbaum and Carrick Detweiler have engineered a drone able to light controlled prairie burns using balls dropped from the sky. The drone injects a liquid into the plastic spheres to start a delayed fiery process so the balls can fall to the ground before igniting. Elbaum and Detweiler are Professors of computer science and engineering. Twidwell is an assistant professor and range land ecologist in the school of natural resources. April 22, 2015. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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Liquid is reloaded into the drone's platform so another flight can take off. Controlled burn at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE. Sebastian Elbaum and Carrick Detweiler have engineered a drone able to light controlled prairie burns using balls dropped from the sky. The drone injects a liquid into the plastic spheres to start a delayed fiery process so the balls can fall to the ground before igniting. Elbaum and Detweiler are Professors of computer science and engineering. Twidwell is an assistant professor and range land ecologist in the school of natural resources. April 22, 2015. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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Professor Carrick Detweiler describes to the media how the drone will drop a small ball to start the burn. The ball has a chemical powder in it and while airborne, the drone will inject a second chemical. The drone then drops the ball and it bursts into flames within 60 seconds. UNL researchers use a small drone to set prairie burn at Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE. April 22, 2016. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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Dirac Twidwell, left, Sebastian Elbaum, and Carrick Detweiler are on fire with their new patent for setting range fires with small drones. The drone injects a liquid into plastic spheres to start a delayed fiery process so the balls can fall to the ground before igniting. Elbaum and Detweiler are professors of computer science and engineering. Twidwell is an assistant professor and gangland ecologist in the school of natural resources. October 29, 2015. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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Sebastian Elbaum, left, Dirac Twidwell and Carrick Detweiler are on fire with their new patent for setting range fires with small drones. Elbaum and Detweiler hold flaming table tennis ball similar to the ones carried by the drone flying above them. The drone injects a liquid into the plastic spheres to start a delayed fiery process so the balls can fall to the ground before igniting. Elbaum and Detweiler are professors of computer science and engineering. Twidwell is an assistant professor and gangland ecologist in the school of natural resources. October 29, 2015. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

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