No roads? There's a drone for that

Name: No roads? There's a drone for that
Uploaded: 2013-11-21T15:59:12Z
Duration: 9 min 11 s
Description: A billion people in the world lack access to all-season roads. Could the structure of the internet provide a model for how to reach them? Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet thinks so. He introduces a new type of transportation system that uses electric autonomous flying machines to deliver medicine, food, goods and supplies wherever they are needed.

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Andreas Raptopoulos |

TEDGlobal 2013

• June 2013

A billion people in the world lack access to all-season roads. Could the structure of the internet provide a model for how to reach them? Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet thinks so. He introduces a new type of transportation system that uses electric autonomous flying machines to deliver medicine, food, goods and supplies wherever they are needed.