AirVūz News: World of Drones 04/13/20

Published 04/13/2020 04:06
We begin in Africa, where healthcare technology company Lifebank has been working on a new way to deliver blood to hospitals in an efficient, timely and life saving manner. Temie Giwa-Tubosun, founder and CEO of Lifebank, is leading the project that would involve drones in their delivery services, which already includes ground and water transportation.
"After running our operations for three years we knew that there were some patients we could not reach on time. Like areas where there are bandits on the road so we need to fly," said Giwa Tubosun after she took home the $250k top prize in the first annual Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative last year.
While we’ve seen numerous businesses around the world being affected or even closed down because of the lockdowns and quarantine orders due to Covid 19, a family in the Channel Islands found a fun way to keep their cafe open. Jackson Lowe and his family at Nude Food Cafe located in Channel Island town of Jersey have started doing deliveries to stay afloat. But it’s not just conventional ground deliveries, they broke out the drone too. Oh, and that's just the beginning. In a message to AirVuz, Lowe says it’s his 7 year old son doing some of those drone deliveries, including the one in their new promotional film, which you can see on AirVuz!
We have been seeing more and more, and more empty streets due to the various lockdowns around the world. Each one just as jaw dropping as the last. Make sure to catch the latest AirVuz Info Story as we show you some of those cities around the globe. And if you have footage of your city while these lockdowns are taking place, please upload them to AirVuz.com.
We have been seeing more and more, and more empty streets due to the various lockdowns around the world. Each one just as jaw dropping as the last. Make sure to catch the latest AirVuz Info Story as we show you some of those cities around the globe. And if you have footage of your city while these lockdowns are taking place, please upload them to AirVuz.com.
Something we know our community enjoys is the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week.It was another wonderful week of uploads, here are the top-5 from last week:
Mountains Magic by TANYA SHKONDINA
GABONGO - A Story of Nature by Face du Monde
1 year above the World by Lancelot.Tintignies
Lockdown by Bachir_Photo_Phactory
Boka bay Catamarans by Beautiful Montenegro
And the winner is….. 1 year above the World by Lancelot.Tintignies
In this phenomenal reel, shot over the course of a year, new AirVuz contributor Lancelot shares his travels from some of the most recognizable locations in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. The editing in this video is absolutely epic as well! Congrats to Lancelot for taking home this week’s $250 prize and being named Drone Video of the Week. This video is now eligible for Drone Video of the Month, which will be selected by Jaxon Roberts.
Also, don’t forget to catch the latest AirVuz FPV Pilots to Watch, all who are now eligible for the April FPV Video of the Month, selected by Martin Novak with Flylifeco!

That will do it for this week’s World of Drones. Thanks again for joining us! Stay safe and we’ll see you next week on World of Drones!

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For more on the Lifebank drone delivery story CLICK HERE

To see the promo video of the Cafe is using drones to help keep their business afloat CLICK HERE

To check out the AirVuz Abandoned Streets - Covid 19 Info Story CLICK HERE

To catch our new AirVuz After Hours show CLICK HERE

To see last week's World of Drones CLICK HERE

SOURCES:

Prescott, Katie and Traenor, Sarah. "Drones in Africa: How they could become lifesavers ” bbc.com, BBC News, 7 April 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51837296

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