Friday, September 21, 2012

This Drone Aircraft Could Save Lives [Video]

via Gizmodo by Brent Rose on 9/7/12

We generally hear about drone aircraft killing people in war zones. But there's a reverse side to that narrative—an autonomous copter can drop medicine and supplies to people stranded after a natural disaster even when roads have been demolished. A humanitarian group called Ideate recently tested drones' viability as a real-world delivery vehicle in one of the harshest, most brutal environments imaginable—Burning Man. More »


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