Re:UK set to have automated drone superhighway
by DocTomoe on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:15AM
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Helicopter pads are not available everywhere.
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Re:UK set to have automated drone superhighway
by martin_a on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:41AM
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Where do you think an organ transport helicopter would need to land? In a larger hospital or next to your local butcher?
Almost every hospital, at least everyone that does transplants, will have a landing pad.
Re:UK set to have automated drone superhighway
by EUROCARE on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:36PM
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But that's the point - this would enable new use cases, like for example performing emergency organ replacement at a smaller hospital, when transport is too dangerous for the person, or when a helicopter is not available.
Also, you might be transporting organs from a smaller place to a big hospital - donors that got into an accident probably didn't take care to have it near a helipad.
Re:UK set to have automated drone superhighway
by robertlagrant on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:59AM
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> Almost every hospital, at least everyone that does transplants, will have a landing pad.
Perhaps before they had that, this same line of thinking might have concluded they didn't need one, as they already had a car park.
Re:UK set to have automated drone superhighway
by worldsayshi on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:26AM
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I suppose helicopter pilots are a bit hard to come by also