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Zipline operates the world’s only drone delivery system at national scale to send urgent medicines, such as blood and vaccines, to those in need – no matter where they live.

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Zipline launches the world's fastest commercial delivery droneZipline A couple of years ago, Zipline created a national drone delivery system to ship blood and drugs to remote medical centers in Rwanda. Now it has developed what it claims is the world's swiftest commercial delivery drone, with a top speed of 128 kilometers an hour (a hair shy of 80 miles per hour).
MIT Technology ReviewMartin Giles
Zipline's new drone can deliver medical supplies at 79 miles per hourA merry gang of engineers from SpaceX, Boeing, Google and Willow Garage, started Zipline in 2011 to make and use drones for social good. The company beat Amazon and FedEx to the punch, firing up drone-based logistics in 2016. In two years, they have logged more than 186,000 miles and over 4,000 deliveries.
CNBCMagdalena Petrova

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Samarth Sandeep@0gishere · Co-founder, Spysea
WHY IS THIS NOT A BIGGER DEAL?!?!? :O
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Greg Gilbert@gregoiregilbert · I make products and run companies.
@0gishere I was asking myself the same!
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Greg Gilbert@gregoiregilbert · I make products and run companies.
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Steyn Viljoen@steynviljoen · Product Designer at Afrolabs
African ideas rock!
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Mariana Salcido@mariana_salcido · Philosopher and social researcher
Can they go as far as Venezuela?
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