Drones have made their way into numerous different industries and one of the more promising areas has been within the medical community.
Drones have been used to deliver medical supplies in numerous places around the world for some time now. Researchers from Sweden, Tanzania, the US, Rwanda, and other areas, have been experimenting with using drone technology to deliver life-saving medical supplies not only in rural areas but also in major metropolis settings as well.
In Switzerland,...
researchers there have been experimenting with their very own autonomous drone network that has been delivering packages, containing items like blood and medical supplies, to different testing facilities and hospitals.
Current options for delivery of those items are usually very costly third-party delivery services or in some cases they've even resorted to using a taxi to shuttle the necessary equipment. This drone network is a much more direct approach for getting the supplies where they need to be.
It's a different delivery system that has been envisioned to perform as a distributed, peer-to-peer network. The hospitals involved in the network will have established their own drone base, that could easily be located in their parking lot or on a rooftop, and they'll have had to hire technicians that will be able to work on-site in order to reload or recharge the drones if necessary.
The company behind the new drone network in Switzerland, is the California startup known as Matternet. Below is a video of the drone in action.
This project is only one of many that is seeking to introduce drone technology into the medical industry.
If drones can improve efficiency when it comes to delivering life-saving medical supplies and equipment, then it's no wonder that many hospitals might be interested in adopting this technology.
Those behind the new drone medical delivery network in Switzerland just received permission to start testing their network in populated urban areas early this year.
And this medical drone delivery network is said to be the first of its kind that is operating in a densely populated city area. They hope that their system will expand soon and eventually be introduced to Japan, along with Europe, and the US.
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Sources:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/20/matternet-autonomous-delivery-drone-network/
https://www.wired.com/story/switzerlands-getting-a-delivery-network-for-blood-toting-drones/
https://www.fastcompany.com/40467761/switzerland-is-getting-a-network-of-medical-delivery-drones
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/20/matternets-autonomous-delivery-drones-can-now-refuel-and-reload-by-themselves/
That's awesome. Prescription delivery via drone.... The future is bright, especially for those living in the outskirts or in rural areas.
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It is interesting!
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it's amazing In today's modern era everything is easy on many fronts, even almost all countries already have this tool. thank you very much for sharing, @doitvoluntarily
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very good technology,
and I think this is very important information for everyone ,,
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That's really interesting!
Drones are time-saving and therefore could be life-saving, especially in big cities were traffic is a problem and delivery by car lasts longer.
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I agree with you! 😃 😄 I hope you have a wonderful day!
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Thank you! You too!! :D
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Hopefully it's true that they use it for medical and non-military purposes.
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Technology is getting better and human society is getting worse every day
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Absolutely incredible. I have heard of companies looking into this in the states for medical marijuana but I'm not sure the government is ready to allow it. I am reposting this.
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wow, what a facility, Very helpfull to people in needy area and in switzerland their are hilly areas , can easily send medicines to one hill to other hill without moving your but from sofa
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Best gadget and more from the last years. And See what could be done, more will follow, food dropping, you name it....
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Yoohoo! This is amazing! I guess Switzerland the drone laws in densely-populated areas have been made more flexible to facilitate this advances. Not sure if the other countries they want to move into will follow suit so readily, though there's a good reason for similar adaptation.
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drones, the transport service for the next 10 years? I don't think so
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Love seeing technology being used for the purpose of good... Feel Good Story Thxs for Sharing...
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Thanks for the video. That is really amazing.
I am a bit scared of them! But hopefully, they will be successful and help people :)
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It would definitely be some improvement for some cases as e.g. in emergencies you might not have to wait for someone to get through all the traffic. But that being said there are as well some new challenges like bad wheather that will have to be considered.
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Nice does it have refrigeration facilities?? 😃 😄 I hope you have a wonderful day!
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