While still at proof of concept stage, the work by the Cork-based team promises to revolutionise worldwide medical delivery systems. It offers the potential for a safer, faster and cheaper way of getting critical medicines from land to ferries, freighters, cruise ships and even oil rigs. The system also offers …
Read More »UPS Drones Are Now Moving Blood Samples Over North Carolina
If you’re inclined to puns, you might say medical samples are the lifeblood of hospital systems. But if you actually work with them, you know they’re more of a headache. Because the same road traffic that keeps you from getting home keeps the couriers charged with moving these tissue and …
Read More »Hospital using drones to fly blood samples between buildings
Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos walks next to an operator carrying a drone used for delivery of medical specimens after a flight at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 26, 2019. Matternet and UPS partnered with the hospital to start commercial flights of medical samples across the WakeMed campus. …
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