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Deutsche Post DHL to Deliver Medicine via Drone

32 pointsby msantosover 10 years ago

2 comments

mtmailover 10 years ago
More detail from a German article<p>- drone weight 5kg and can carry 1.2kg. Maximum speed 18m&#x2F;s (65km&#x2F;h, 40mi&#x2F;h) - the one-way distance is 12km - there is only one recipient: a pharmacy - on the photo you see a tier-shaped box. That contains the cargo. Extra wind and water resident - although they have all permissions each daily flight needs to be pre-authorized and watched
TillEover 10 years ago
Drone delivery to an island (with no bridge) is actually a good use case, unlike Amazon&#x27;s demo video of delivering whatever to some suburban house for no compelling reason.