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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

postheadericon Matternet would use UAVs to deliver supplies to remote villages

The Matternet is a proposed internet-like network, that would allow goods such as medicine...

Across Africa, along with other parts of the world, there are many villages that are inaccessible by road for at least part of the year. The only reasonably fast way of getting medicine and other essential goods to these locations is to fly them in by conventional aircraft. Such an approach can be costly, however, and requires the services of a trained pilot. Matternet, a startup company currently based out of Silicon Valley's Singularity University is proposing an alternative - a network of ground stations for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which would inexpensively deliver payloads to remote communities... Continue Reading Matternet would use UAVs to deliver supplies to remote villages





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