In Ghana, drones carry vaccines

Ghana may be the first country to launch a nationwide program to deliver a coronavirus vaccine using drones with the help of a U.S. startup. San Francisco-based Zipline has been using its proprietary drone technology since 2016 for the automated delivery of plasma and other medical devices such as vaccines.

Drones in the fight against the Covid-19 virus

Countries are looking at how UAVs can be deployed in epidemiological control. Africa thinks more clearly: it supplies a vaccine with it. It was a joke last year that while one is preparing for Mars, he cannot wash his hands… We now know that half of this was no joke, and although man has recently sent a “cameraman” and a “chemist” to Mars – well and of course a drone – , a year ago, all mankind, by all means, is primarily about to banish the coronavirus Covid-19 from the pages of history. In this fight, more and more of the decision-makers in the 192 countries affected by the pandemic are looking for which tool is best suited for which task, so they are finding the tasks of drones in more and more places.

The latest drone from DJI

His first FPV (First-Person View) drone was unveiled by the DJI, whose camera image can be tracked by pilots from a “first person view” by recording the included headset. The new model, simply dubbed the DJI FPV, promises significantly higher flight speeds and agility than the manufacturer’s traditional consumer drones, while retaining the useful features known from the company.

Drones in technology competition

The European Commission on Monday announced three flagship projects, in the fields of drone technologies, space communications and space traffic management, aimed at securing the European Union’s competitive advantage in these sectors. The Civil, Defense and Space Cooperation Action Plan is designed to promote technologies at the interface between defense, space and civilian applications, such as cloud computing, processors, cyber technology, quantum and artificial intelligence. research and innovation.