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https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/africas-drone-medical-delivery-service-saves-lives-in-lockdown-14371 https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog
by jodrellblank 5y ago
https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/africas-drone-medical-delivery-service-saves-lives-in-lockdown-14371 https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/africas-drone-...
>”In Africa, doctors are also placing orders remotely, but for a rather different kind of sustenance: blood.”
> “The plasma is delivered by drones to far-flung communities in Rwanda and Ghana within minutes of the order being placed by text message, often in a context of life-and-death like childbirth gone wrong. They are the world’s first national-scale solution for the healthcare and emergency needs of people living in places not served or hard to reach by land transport. What started with blood supplies and vaccines now also includes medicine, contraceptives and personal protective equipment (PPE).”
ZipLine have been doing this since 2016, and are now doing it in the USA too.
- zigzaggy 5y agoI think this is a valuable contribution to this conversation. You have shown how drones are definitely being used in critical situations. I can't see why you're being downvoted. I always try to support comments that are being downvoted for the wrong reasons (in terms of the HN rules).
- cf141q5325 5y agoDidnt downvote, but you are missing the point. The bad part isnt the drone but the targeting algorithm. See stuff like https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-06-28 https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-06-28 >Under the FLA program, the only human input required is the target or objective for the UAV to search for—which could be in the form of a digital photograph uploaded to the onboard computer before flight—as well as the estimated direction and distance to the target.