Tag: UAS

Drones for organ transport

A drone has been used to deliver a donor kidney for the first time
A drone has been used to deliver a donor kidney for the first time

Drones could get donor organs to recipients more quickly than traditional transport methods, increasing the likelihood that the organs will still be “viable” by the time they reach their destination. The test: On April 19 a drone delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center, ferrying it from a hospital…
MIT Technology Review MIT Technology Review

Spherical drone that allows safe flight in difficult environments

Flyability — Drones for indoor inspection and confined space
Flyability — Drones for indoor inspection and confined space

Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
www.flyability.com www.flyability.com

Need for quicker innovation in US SOCOM (UAS)

SOCOM Looks To Field New Drones, Upgrade Comms — Fast
SOCOM Looks To Field New Drones, Upgrade Comms — Fast

The head of the Special Operations Command is concerned that even the most advanced tech his troops use in the field today is being aged out, given rapid advances in commercial technologies that have overtaken military-grade gear.
Breaking Defense Breaking Defense

Need for quicker innovation of the disruptive nature