Name: Drone Startup ‘Zipline’ Is Saving Lives
Uploaded: 2019-01-04
Duration: 2 min 3 s
Description: Here's how.

Drones have brought big changes, to entertainment, to sports, to real estate, even to pizza delivery. But one company wants to use its drones to save lives. Its mission is bold. Bring life- saving medicine to the most difficult to reach places on the planet. Zipline is the worlds only drone delivery system operating at a national scale. In 2016, Zipline launced in Roanda, Africa, where just 25 % of roads are paved [ MUSIC ] impassable mountains and washed out roads are no match for the drones, which deliver blood and medicine straight to remote clinics. Here's exactly how it works. First, [ INAUDIBLE ] clinics and hospitals text their orders to Zipline. The medical products stored at Zipline's distribution center are then prepared for flight [ MUSIC ] Health workers receive confirmation that their order has launched. In under 30 minutes the medical products are delivered by parachute into a designated area. The zipline drone then returns to home base. To date zipline has delivered over 7000 units [ INAUDIBLE ] and taken over 10000 flights. Approximately a third of those have been in emergency life saving situations. Zipline has since expanded to Tanzania. And it hopes to launch in the US too. Zipline's longterm mission, to build instant delivery for the planet. In a world where billions of people lack adequate access to essential medical products, that can't happen quickly enough. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]