[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #699: The pandemic has put the spotlight on drones

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OPLIN 4Cast #699: The pandemic has put the spotlight on drones
May 20th, 2020

[image: Drone in the sky] We've certainly covered drones before on the
4cast, but the COVID-19 pandemic has begun to highlight some of their
capabilities; in some cases, those capabilities are new...and perhaps
problematic, as the Electronic Freedom Foundation points out
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/05/using-drones-fight-covid-19-slipperiest-all-slopes>.




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   - CVS and UPS now delivering prescriptions via drone in Florida
   <https://gizmodo.com/cvs-and-ups-now-delivering-prescription-drugs-via-drone-1843108869>
   [Gizmodo] "Starting May 4, residents of The Villages retirement community,
   a collection of 55-plus communities in Florida, are eligible to have their
   prescriptions picked up from participating CVS pharmacies and delivered to
   their doorstep via a UPS-operated drone. The first test flights will be
   less than half a mile from one CVS store, and UPS Ground drivers will
   complete the delivery, at least initially. If that goes well, two more CVS
   stores will join at a later date."
   - ‘Pandemic drones’ are flying over the US to detect coronavirus symptoms
   <https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/04/21/pandemic-drones-are-flying-over-the-us-to-detect-coronavirus-symptoms/>
   [TheNextWeb] "The drones are fitted with sensors and computer vision
   systems that measure body temperature, breathing, and heart rates from up
   to 190 feet. They can also spot if someone’s sneezing, coughing, or
   following social distancing rules."
   - Drones could help fight coronavirus by air-dropping medical supplies
   <https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/tech/zipline-drones-coronavirus-spc-intl/index.html>
   [CNN] "Zipline, based in San Francisco, has used drones to deliver blood
   and medical products to hospitals and health centers in Rwanda since 2016.
   Last year, it expanded to Ghana and now it wants to accelerate plans to
   begin deliveries in the United States."
   - Israeli farmers deploy pollinating drones to fill COVID-19 labor
   shortage
   <https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israeli-farmers-deploy-pollinating-drones-to-fill-covid-19-labor-shortage-625357>
   [The Jerusalem Post] "The large-scale project uses multiple drones flying
   simultaneously, equipped with innovative pods developed by Dropcopter to
   store and effectively dispense pollen from the air. The solution replaces
   an alternative and inefficient technique using fans attached to tractors."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Counterpoint: The Use of Drones Raises Serious Questions about Human
   Rights, Foreign Policy, and Civil Liberties
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=93663204&site=ehost-live>
   (Koh, T. Y. (2019). Counterpoint: The Use of Drones Raises Serious
   Questions about Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Civil Liberties. *Points
   of View: Use of Drones*, 1.)
   - How Feasible Are Drones For Last-Mile Delivery From A Regulatory
   Perspective?
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=DBV5BENE3C2FEAE426D39EE>
   (FreightWaves. (2020, March 13). How Feasible Are Drones For Last-Mile
   Delivery From A Regulatory Perspective? *Benzinga*.)
   - A Brief History of Drones
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=139615020&site=ehost-live>
   (SHERMAN, P. (2020). A Brief History of Drones. *Model Airplane News*,
   *149*(2), 34.)

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