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‘A Lot Like Uber’: UPS To Test Drones For Deliveries In Africa
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2182477" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://afkinsider.com/125541/a-lot-like-uber-ups-to-test-drones-for-deliveries-in-africa/" target="_blank"><strong>‘A Lot Like Uber’: UPS To Test Drones For Deliveries In Africa - AFK Insider</strong></a></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]KP-3xjB8Hd8[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery company, has partnered with two other companies to test drones for delivering blood transfusions and vaccines in remote parts of Rwanda.</p><p></p><p>If all goes well, ordering drone delivery could work a lot like ordering an Uber, one of the partners said.</p><p></p><p>Through its UPS Foundation, UPS has committed $800,000 to the project with Zipline, a California robotics company; and Gavi, a Switzerland-based group that works to bring vaccines to children in poor countries, <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/story/money/companies/2016/05/10/ups-spend-800k-drone-project-africa/84195482/" target="_blank">CourierJournal</a> reported.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2182477, member: 1"] [URL='http://afkinsider.com/125541/a-lot-like-uber-ups-to-test-drones-for-deliveries-in-africa/'][B]‘A Lot Like Uber’: UPS To Test Drones For Deliveries In Africa - AFK Insider[/B][/URL] [MEDIA=youtube]KP-3xjB8Hd8[/MEDIA] United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery company, has partnered with two other companies to test drones for delivering blood transfusions and vaccines in remote parts of Rwanda. If all goes well, ordering drone delivery could work a lot like ordering an Uber, one of the partners said. Through its UPS Foundation, UPS has committed $800,000 to the project with Zipline, a California robotics company; and Gavi, a Switzerland-based group that works to bring vaccines to children in poor countries, [URL='http://www.courier-journal.com/story/money/companies/2016/05/10/ups-spend-800k-drone-project-africa/84195482/']CourierJournal[/URL] reported. [/QUOTE]
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