[Video] Old Trafford drone
Bristol University flies drone at United's stadium ahead of the Everton game.
University of Bristol scientists researching how drones can be used to speed up landmine detection flew a drone over Old Trafford this weekend.
The demonstration was aimed at showing how their ground-breaking new technology can detect unexploded ordinances in large, football pitch-sized areas, mapping potential hazards much more quickly than current methods allow.
The research, led by Dr John Day of the Interface Analysis Centre in Bristol’s School of Physics, is funded by Find A Better Way, the charity founded by England and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton. Find A Better Way is currently funding nine different university programmes in the UK and Croatia researching faster, cheaper, and safer methods of landmine detection.