Ever heard of Amazon's attempt at increasing ship time by utilizing drones to deliver packages quickly? It's likely you have, however have you ever thought of other uses a drone can have (outside of photography)? Zipline did.
Zipline is a California based company operating life saving drones over Rwanda and moving into Tanzania. Since the beginning of the company in 2016, Zipline has primarily transported blood supplying Rwanda with up to 20% of the nations blood supply. The company has just announced its plans to begin operations in Tanzania to better help the country reach its large population of rural citizens with crucial medical supplies. Apart from supplying the country with blood transport system Zipline will be adding anti venom and rabbies vaccines across the country. There will be 4 distribution centers spread across the country expected to maintain approximately 2,000 deliveries a day to a thousand different medical facilities. This will allow the supplies to be delivered in approximately 30 minutes. For more information please visit:
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/zipline-expands-medical-drone-delivery-tanzania-aid-gates-foundation/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leifwalcutt/2017/08/24/zipline-is-launching-the-worlds-largest-drone-delivery-network-in-tanzania/#4d369bab293b
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Believe it or not its possibility is closer to reality than not! A research team at Ohio State University has been working on a project to turn skin cells into any type of cell the body might need. To do this the team has created a black silicon chip, about the size of a finger nail, that is activated by a drop of genetic code and an energy source. The chip has yet to be tested on humans, however has seen very promising results on animals if applied within 72 hours of the damage occurrence. The non-abrasive procedure has the ability to take place in a variety of location due to its the procedure being non laboratory based. So far the team of twenty-six researchers covering the areas of engineering, medicine, and science have tested their technology on pigs as well as rats, focusing on rebuilding limbs and repairing brain damage.The leading researchers Sen and L. James Lee, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in Ohio State’s College of Engineering recently published a letter in the Nature Nanotechnology journal, a peer-reviewed scientific publication about their innovation. Next steps for this innovate life changing technology is to begin trial testing on humans. Clinical testing with humans will begin next year. To find out more about this technology or review sources please visit http://www.timesreporter.com/news/20170808/ohio-state-researchers-report-breakthrough-in-cell-regeneration and https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/08/Ohio-state-genetic-device-breakthrough-organ-tissue-repair/and https://news.osu.edu/news/2017/08/07/regenerative-med-study/. |
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