Drone carries kidney for transplant..

[peterperkins]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48132595

It flew three miles.. to a hospital in the continental USA. :? From where? Area 51??

I didn't know there was impenetrable jungle or impassable terrain within three miles of any hospital capable of carrying out a kidney transplant in the US?

Unless i'm missing something this sounds like a monumental waste of time.

If it autonomously flew three hundred miles across steaming virgin amazonian jungle or frozen arctic tundra I would be impressed.

A decent runner could have picked it up and run three miles with it in under 20 minutes..

Edited by peterperkins on Thursday 2nd May 18:31

[Penelope Stopit]

I agree, I think they're Kidneying us

[Riley Blue]

The recipient had waited eight years for a transplant, I sure she appreciated how much time a drone flying three miles saved.

[abzmike]

As the story says, it’s a proof of concept. The applications for this type of use are huge.

[Riley Blue]

abzmike said:

As the story says, it’s a proof of concept. The applications for this type of use are huge.

Obviously, but you'd think they'd make a more powerful case for drone use for medical transport than this.

[peterperkins]

Proof of concept with a real kidney and waiting transplant patient?
It drops out of the sky and parachute fails splat??

I wonder if the patient had a choice :?

We can send the normal F1 transplant driver 3 miles in the 7L Ford interceptor to collect the kidney you've been waiting eight years for,
or we can try this new drone thingy which might mean you have to wait another eight years if it parachutes into a tree top.

Proof of concept with a trashy paperback from Amazon or perhaps a pig's kidney if they really have to have a kidney!! I understand..

[abzmike]

Well they wanted to get more attention than delivering a paperback. What if the F1 driver had been trying to cross central London a couple of weeks ago - which method would have been quicker? Clearly the vision is to have drugs, blood, test samples etc zooming around in the sky rather than being shuttled in vans and mopeds. Seems like a good idea to me.

[hutchst]

The climate protesters confirmed that they were not obstructing emergency services, so I can't see any problem there.

[Fundoreen]

welcome to the ghoulish future.
Ambulance drone operative's race to accident. Victim looks pretty beat up. Whip out organs and deposit in drone and it whisks off to whichever hospital has a patient waiting that can be prepped and ready first or biggest payday for drone operative.
Soon Uber style blokes with rusty knives and a drone springing up on every street corner but soon complain they get
as little as £5 for a kidney while bosses pocket millions.
Tory government hails good job figures and improved transplant waiting times while defending £75 tax they collected from uberorgan last year..

[Pesty]

hutchst said:

The climate protesters confirmed that they were not obstructing emergency services, so I can't see any problem there.

Lol.

Congestion all over the city. Roads closed tits glued to the floor, resources needed elsewhere having to babysit and attend.

Yeah absolutely no obstruction at all.

Fantasy land

[Rivenink]

peterperkins said:

Proof of concept with a real kidney and waiting transplant patient?
It drops out of the sky and parachute fails splat??

I wonder if the patient had a choice :?

We can send the normal F1 transplant driver 3 miles in the 7L Ford interceptor to collect the kidney you've been waiting eight years for,
or we can try this new drone thingy which might mean you have to wait another eight years if it parachutes into a tree top.

Proof of concept with a trashy paperback from Amazon or perhaps a pig's kidney if they really have to have a kidney!! I understand..

Everything has a first time.

Even those who like to piss on others' parades for the sake of it

[C.A.R.]

abzmike said:

As the story says, it’s a proof of concept. The applications for this type of use are huge.

Already in action.

My ex-boss has a friend with a GPS-enabled drone, he downloads pirate movies, sticks them on a USB drive then sends them to my boss, the drone lands in his garden then he sends his friend a text message once he's acquired the USB stick. Drone then autonomously flies back home

Not condoning this but it is quite funny (and genuine). They live in a small village and to be honest, it would probably be quicker for said friend to just walk around with the USB stick, but where's the fun in that?!!

[Rivenink]

C.A.R. said:

Already in action.

My ex-boss has a friend with a GPS-enabled drone, he downloads pirate movies, sticks them on a USB drive then sends them to my boss, the drone lands in his garden then he sends his friend a text message once he's acquired the USB stick. Drone then autonomously flies back home

Not condoning this but it is quite funny (and genuine). They live in a small village and to be honest, it would probably be quicker for said friend to just walk around with the USB stick, but where's the fun in that?!!

Be easier for friend to set up a Plex server...Shirley?

[dave_s13]

Rivenink said:

C.A.R. said:

Already in action.

My ex-boss has a friend with a GPS-enabled drone, he downloads pirate movies, sticks them on a USB drive then sends them to my boss, the drone lands in his garden then he sends his friend a text message once he's acquired the USB stick. Drone then autonomously flies back home

Not condoning this but it is quite funny (and genuine). They live in a small village and to be honest, it would probably be quicker for said friend to just walk around with the USB stick, but where's the fun in that?!!

Be easier for friend to set up a Plex server...Shirley?

Lol.....no VPN needed with the drone method though.

Excellent way to watch hooky movies with zero risk of jail time.

[hidetheelephants]

Old news; Ghana already has drones routinely delivering medical supplies, they really need it as their roads are utter st.