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Medical supplies and blood deliveries could open up the skies for routine drone deliveries

One of the best examples of drone deliveries must be Zipline’s blood and medical supply delivery system in Rwanda. The San Francisco-based company has successfully used drones to fly “more than 187,500 miles, delivering 7,000 units of blood over 7,500 flights” since they launched their service in Africa. Could medical cargo, where to benefit from using a drone to deliver the supplies seems most obvious, open up the skies for routine drone deliveries?

Amazon files patent to protect their delivery drones from hijackers

Amazon files patent to protect their delivery drones from hijackers

Amazon’s vision of delivering packages to customers via drones is still in progress as new patents were filed by the e-commerce giant based out of Seattle. The biggest challenge they face is safety. With drones flying throughout the sky, autonomously, they need to prove that they are a safe means of delivering items to get the approval of the government.