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Humanitarian Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Roadless Areas

Humanitarian Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Roadless Areas
Andreas Raptopoulos wants to use aerial drones to save lives, by helping the one billion people who do not have year-round access to roads.

Andreas Raptopoulos wants to use aerial drones to save  lives.

Unmanned vehicle technology makes remote and hazardous areas accessible, whenever a family needs medicine but floods and muddy roads have cut off travel, a seasonal occurrence in some parts of Africa.

That idea soon became a start-up called Matternet – a network for transporting matter – which aims to help the one billion people who do not have year-round access to roads.

(READ the story in the Guardian)

 

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