Teacher invents drone

Morapedi PIC: LESEDI MKHUTSHWA
Morapedi PIC: LESEDI MKHUTSHWA

FRANCISTOWN: Mater Spei College (MSC) Physics teacher Calvin Morapedi has invented a combat eagle rescue drone. The invention acts like a machine doctor in a warfare.

The mastermind behind the new gadget told Mmegi that a combat eagle rescue drone is a highly technological homemade aerial craft that delivers with precision, the demands of the modern day challenges.

Morapedi revealed that the drone won first position at the recent Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) Research and Symposium and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) festival. He said that the compact eagle rescue drone got the first position during its first entry into the competition under the innovation category.

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