Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tiny airborne vehicles carrying meds in rural areas.



The Matternet Vision from Matternet on Vimeo.

I quote from The Economist
An American start-up, Matternet, envisions using small unmanned electric helicopters with a 2kg payload to transport medicine, vaccines and blood samples in remote places. The user puts a package in the load bay and presses a button for the helicopter to take off and make its delivery. Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet says the firm hopes to conduct a feasibility trial in the Dominican Republic later this year.

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