Drone delivery in Rwanda

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http://fortune.com/2019/01/07/delivery-drones-rwanda/

Hard to find the right stuff in there to quote.  Anyway, they're using drones to deliver stuff.  Pretty cool that a developing country is doing something we're still dreaming of in the US.

 

 

[RoundRobin 828]

Is that how they deliver the Ebola?

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[BottleRocket 647]

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yemeni's use a drone delivery service.  highly effective.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46822429

 

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[YChang 3462]

One of the fascinating things about developing countries with poor infrastructure is to see them leap from certain old tech straight into the new. Phone lines? Why bother cell phone towers everywhere. Poor roads for delivery? Heck let's just use drones! Good stuff. 

Edited January 26, 2019 by YChang

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

20 hours ago, RoundRobin said:

Is that how they deliver the Ebola?

Next mass terrorist attack comes from above in the form of drones. Just a guess, but it seems plausible.

Edited January 26, 2019 by Onboard 2.0

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25 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Next mass terrorist attack comes form above in the form of drones. Just a guess, but it seems plausible.

It does. What counter measures could there be? The Gatwick Airport drone harassment sure seems like a dry run for something.

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17 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

It does. What counter measures could there be? The Gatwick Airport drone harassment sure seems like a dry run for something.

Yep, very damn scary.  I thought the Gatwick thing was just stupid civilians though. 

[RomaVicta 30024]

Well, one way or the other it illuminated how vulnerable we are to those things.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Well, one way or the other it illuminated how vulnerable we are to those things.

Yeah for sure, would love to know the degree of scrambling by their security company evaluating how they stop future incidents.

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One of the fascinating things about developing countries with poor infrastructure is to see them leap from certain old tech straight into the new. Phone lines? Why bother cell phone towers everywhere. Poor roads for delivery? Heck let's just use drones! Good stuff. 

Add internet to that. Why get a computer, or even a tablet, when you can internet on a cheap Android phone.

The lack of regulation and enforcement helps too.

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Add internet to that. Why get a computer, or even a tablet, when you can internet on a cheap Android phone.

The lack of regulation and enforcement helps too.

I’m in software development. This all sounds like greenfielding new projects vs adding to bloated legacy systems to me. Greenfielding provides an opportunity to use the latest and greatest, often more cheaply and efficiently than adding the same functionality to a legacy system. As features are added to a system, not taking proper care to maintain the existing system and keep it extensible slows feature development when compared to providing the same functionality in a brand new environment. The infrastructure of the US has been built up over a long period of time with fluctuations in the desire and ability to maintain it and keep it extensible. Building in areas with little or no existing infrastructure provides an opportunity to deliver solutions more cheaply and efficiently. It’s why a lot of the world has faster internet, or better cell service, or both; they’re using the best of what the world has to offer without the burden of building within a system that is difficult to change due to its complexity.

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On 1/25/2019 at 3:45 PM, BottleRocket said:

Username works.