How Zipline Drones Can Save Lives in Rural Rwanda

Written by Manali-Tiwari | Published 2019/12/27
Tech Story Tags: startups | zipline-drones-rwanda | tech-for-good | drones | healthtech | hackernoon-top-story | tech-in-rwanda | startups-top-story

TLDR Around 15% of the population lives in rural isolated areas with fewer hospitals and lack of blood and vaccines. Rwanda-based company Zipline has invented electric autonomous drones in the shape of an aircraft that can carry medical supplies to people in need, in less time. The company's latest drone aircraft version - introduced in 2019 - can carry up to 2 kg of medical supplies at a speed of 128 km per hour up to the range of 160 kms round trip. It has 4 parts that need to be assembled before the launch: cargo compartment, wings, battery pack and GPS circuitry.via the TL;DR App

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Written by Manali-Tiwari | Freelance Content Writer
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/12/27