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UPS Partners with Matternet

UPS and Matternet announce a groundbreaking logistics service to deliver medical samples via drone across WakeMed, a major healthcare system in North Carolina. This is the first FAA sanctioned use of a drone system for routine revenue flights in the US.

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Swiss Post to transport laboratory samples between University Hospital and University of Zurich

During this time USZ, UZH, Swiss Post and Matternet will gather experience in long-term autonomous drone operation. The laboratory samples can reach their destination twice as quickly by air than by road in Zurich – the time saved can be invaluable to patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

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Establishment of an innovative model for the transportation of health commodities in hard-to- access areas of the Dominican Republic

On Thursday June 30, the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank, and e-Mprende, a local technology business incubator based in the Cybernetic Park of the Dominican Republic, signed a collaboration agreement to establish the first transportation network with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) to improve the response capacity of the Primary Healthcare Centers in rural areas of the Dominican Republic.

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How drones could deliver better health

Drones are the sexy, mysterious tech craze that are often a butt of a joke, a vague solution or an ominous threat. But no matter how flashy, good technology should still solve concrete problems. Amid the hype of getting packages and pizzas delivered in half the time, what if drones could revolutionize transportation networks, connecting people to what they actually need the most?

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