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06.03.2011

Norwegian engineers have created a "smart" sprayer that, using video cameras equipped with image recognition software, recognizes weeds and sprays herbicide only on them, and not on cultivated plants. Chemicals are saved and environmental pollution is reduced.

Before processing the bullet, photographs of the most common weeds in a given place must be stored in the memory of the device.

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