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How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives

1,311,939 views | Keller Rinaudo Cliffton • TEDGlobal 2017

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created the world's first drone delivery system to operate at national scale, transporting blood and plasma to remote clinics in East Africa with a fleet of electric autonomous aircraft. Find out how Rinaudo Cliffton and his team are working to transform health care logistics throughout the world -- and inspiring the next generation of engineers along the way.

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created the world's first drone delivery system to operate at national scale, transporting blood and plasma to remote clinics in East Africa with a fleet of electric autonomous aircraft. Find out how Rinaudo Cliffton and his team are working to transform health care logistics throughout the world -- and inspiring the next generation of engineers along the way.

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Learn more about Zipline, a drone delivery system operating at national scale that sends urgent medicines like blood to patients, no matter where they live.

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Keller Rinaudo Cliffton

Robotics entrepreneur

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Keller Rinaudo Cliffton is CEO and co-founder of Zipline, building drone delivery for global public health customers. (He's also co-founder of Romotive, makers of the tiny robot, Romo.)

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Learn more about Zipline, a drone delivery system operating at national scale that sends urgent medicines like blood to patients, no matter where they live.