Zipline Will Use Drones to Deliver Medicine to Remote Japanese Islands Written 21 April 2022
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CNET News reports that drone company Zipline will “begin delivering prescription drugs and other medical supplies in May to hospitals in Japan’s hard-to-reach Goto Islands.” Toyota Tsusho, which “invested in Zipline in 2018, will run the operation.” Zipline and Toyota Tsusho “said the service will cut delivery times to 30 minutes from several hours.” Test flights “are already underway.” Zipline said it plans to expand the service to several islands in time, with the ability to handle 250 deliveries a day “to thousands of facilities and homes within the service area.
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