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UPS to help deliver blood by drone in Rwanda –video

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US delivery company UPS are backing drone start-up that delivers medical supplies across Rwanda. It will provide $800,000 (55,5376) to the company Zipline and allow for critical blood transfusion deliveries to be made 20 time faster than motorcycle. In addition to the humanitarian work, UPS are using the trials to test how unseful the drone system could be in its commercial sector

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