Zipline is doing some freaking amazing things!
Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Meanwhile in Rwanda:
There have been 13,000 deliveries to date and it has been estimated Zipline drones distribute 65% of blood outside of the capital city, Kigali.
pharmaceutical-technology.com/…/zipline-ghana-med…
Just because Amazon is doing a terrible job of it, doesn’t mean it’s a job that can’t be done.
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yeah. Personal deliveries to your home may never be a practical thing. But, Zipline shows that there is a niche for drone deliveries that’s pretty amazing.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s real macgyver stuff. Maybe it doesn’t fit into the cyber aesthetic, but its some pretty fucking amazing stuff. I hope more such applications get found in time.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Ok. That’s incredible. This is more what I saw for the technology’s potential. Not cutting all corners possible to make delivery of disposable goods worse.
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
If you’re interested there are some great videos about it.
PizzaMan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Shit like that is also a far, far better use of airspace/resources