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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