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Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

Mark Rober · 47.2M views · 2023-03-18 · 21:32

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Overview

Mark Rober visits Zipline and looks at its autonomous delivery drones, including medical and blood deliveries in Rwanda. He demonstrates how the drones' propeller design and cable-lowered delivery pod make them quiet and precise.

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HN commenters cite it as the clearest look at Zipline's real-world drone operations, especially for medical delivery and the solved noise problem.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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What people said

lathiat · 2024-08 · Recommendation

Mark Rober covered the “Zipline” drones which are near silent, unlike almost any other drone you hear. There’s a demo in the video. Done by varying the propeller design so that the noise is spread out over many frequencies instead of concentrated in the buzzy band. I also remember Apple talking about doing the same in their MacBook pro fans at one point. Varying the blade pitch from blade to blade to do the same. [VIDEO]

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pedalpete · 2024-04 · Recommendation

Their medical delivery stuff is so impressive [VIDEO] , I'm a bit disappointed they weren't able to find another more valuable market than "we'll stick food in a box and get it to you faster".

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Flockster · 2023-09 · Recommendation

A video from Mark Rober about Zipline, to get an idea. I was very impressed when I first heard of them. [VIDEO]

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