Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Mark Rober

Topic

delivery drones

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

17

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

• You can see more of Zipline drones in action in this video [0]. In particular the blood and medical supply delivery operation in Rowanda (at about 2:10) is very impressive. Not just a tech demo, this is modern drones in daily operation. [0] [VIDEO]

• [VIDEO] Saw saw this video the other day. Check out the drone around 13:55 regarding noise and rotor design. The whole video is worth a watch though. The company is zipline which is mentioned in a comment above.

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