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These objects may have names like Heron and Hawk, but this is no birdwatching guide -- it's for drones. Inspired by twitchers' field notes, Dutch designer Ruben Pater, 29, created the Drone Survival Guide, which illustrates 26 types of UAV, drawn to scale.
Pater is crowdsourcing translations of the leaflet online -- it's reached 32 languages -- and plans to add sound recordings this summer. "Some drones fly so high you can't see them, but you can hear them," he says. "People need to know if it's a Predator, or is someone playing around?"
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