A device is provided. The device includes one or more electric sifters externally mounted to an aircraft and configured to store a payload. Each electric sifter includes a loading port to add the payload and a distribution apparatus to distribute the payload when the aircraft is airborne. The device
A device is provided. The device includes one or more electric sifters externally mounted to an aircraft and configured to store a payload. Each electric sifter includes a loading port to add the payload and a distribution apparatus to distribute the payload when the aircraft is airborne. The device also includes an uploaded program, configured to control the aircraft and the device. The uploaded program directs the aircraft to land at a designated location in response to a payload of a designated one of the one or more electric sifters reaching a predetermined level. In response to the device receives a command to activate the distribution apparatus, the distribution apparatus distributes the payload from the device.
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1. A device, comprising: one or more electric sifters externally mounted to an aircraft and configured to store a payload, each electric sifter comprising: a loading port to add the payload; anda distribution apparatus to distribute the payload when the aircraft is airborne;a processor; anda memory,
1. A device, comprising: one or more electric sifters externally mounted to an aircraft and configured to store a payload, each electric sifter comprising: a loading port to add the payload; anda distribution apparatus to distribute the payload when the aircraft is airborne;a processor; anda memory, coupled to the processor, comprising: an uploaded program, configured to control the aircraft and the device,wherein the uploaded program directs the aircraft to land at a designated location in response to a payload of a designated one of the one or more electric sifters reaching a predetermined level, in response to the device receives a command to activate the distribution apparatus, the distribution apparatus distributes the payload from the device. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the uploaded program provides the command. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the payload comprises one or more of a powdered and a granular material. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the distribution apparatus comprises: a plurality of sifter doors;a control rod coupled to each door of the plurality of sifter doors; anda sifter door actuator coupled to each of the control rods, wherein each sifter door actuator is coupled to an opposite end of the control rod from the plurality of sifter doors, wherein the uploaded program independently controls each sifter door actuator, wherein the sifter door actuator extends and retracts the control rod to move a sifter door of the plurality of sifter doors between an open and a closed position, respectively, wherein the aircraft releases the payload when the sifter door is in the open position. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more electric sifters comprises: a screen, oriented downward on a bottom surface of the one or more electric sifters; anda motor, coupled to each of the one or more electric sifters to facilitate payload release when activated. 6. The device of claim 5, each of the one or more electric sifters further comprising: one or more springs mounted crosswise diagonally on the inside of the electric sifter between an inside surface of the electric sifter and an outside edge of the screen,wherein screen vibration imparted by the motor causes the one or more springs to vibrate sympathetically thereby causing payload in contact with the one or more springs to fall to the bottom of each of the one or more electric sifters. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more electric sifters comprises: one of a sonar and an optical sensor configured to detect a payload level in the electric sifter and provide a notification signal when the payload level is at a predetermined level. 8. A device, comprising: an electric sifter, mounted externally to an aircraft, comprising: a chamber for storing a payload comprising one of powdered and granular material;a side loading port to add the payload to the chamber;a distribution apparatus to distribute the payload when the aircraft is airborne, comprising: a sifter door;a control rod coupled to the sifter door; anda sifter door actuator coupled to the control rod, wherein each sifter door actuator is coupled to an opposite end of the control rod from the sifter door, wherein the sifter door actuator causes the control rod to move the sifter door between an open and a closed position;a processor; anda memory, coupled to the processor, comprising: an uploaded program, configured to control the electric sifter,wherein in response to the uploaded program commands the sifter door actuator to open the sifter door, the distribution apparatus distributes the payload from the device, wherein in response to the uploaded program determines when the payload has been distributed by the device, the uploaded program directs the aircraft to land. 9. The device of claim 8, wherein the electric sifter further comprises: a vibration motor, coupled to a surface of the electric sifter, for facilitating distribution of the payload from the device when the sifter door is open. 10. The device of claim 9, wherein the uploaded program utilizes aircraft and weather information to determine when to activate and inactivate the vibration motor and the sifter door actuator. 11. The device of claim 9, wherein the payload comprises one of a granular mixture comprising at least one of pollen, seeds, and a mixture comprising insect eggs and larvae, and beneficial insects. 12. The device of claim 9, wherein the electric sifter further comprising: a screen, on a bottom surface of the electric sifter, wherein the screen allows payload elements smaller than a mesh size of the screen to be distributed and prevents payload elements larger than the mesh size of the screen from being distributed. 13. The device of claim 12, wherein the payload comprises at least one of a pesticide, a fungicide, and a fertilizer. 14. The device of claim 12, wherein the vibration motor is a cell phone vibrator, wherein the vibration motor imparts sympathetic vibration to the screen to facilitate payload release. 15. The device of claim 8, wherein the electric sifter further comprising: one of a sonar and an optical sensor configured to detect a payload level in the chamber and provide a notification signal when the payload level is at a predetermined level. 16. A device, comprising: a plurality of electric sifters each mounted beneath and external to an aircraft and configured to store a payload, each electric sifter comprising: a distribution apparatus to distribute the payload;a processor; anda memory, coupled to the processor, comprising: an uploaded program, configured to control the electric sifter; anda wireless receiver, coupled to the processor, configured to receive commands from a ground-based operator,wherein in response to the uploaded program determines when the payload in the plurality of electric sifters has been distributed by the device, the uploaded program directs the aircraft to land at a designated location. 17. The device of claim 16, wherein the distribution apparatus comprises: a sifter door; anda sifter door actuator coupled to the sifter door, wherein each sifter door actuator is configured to move the sifter door between an open and a closed position based on a command from one of the uploaded program and the wireless receiver. 18. The device of claim 16, wherein the payload in each of the plurality of electric sifters comprises at least one of a powdered and a granular material. 19. The device of claim 16, wherein each electric sifter further comprises: a sensor to determine a payload level in the electric sifter, wherein the uploaded program determines when the payload in the plurality of electric sifters has been distributed by the device.
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