Why Scientists Are Flying Blood Over the Desert

That blood flew for three hours inside a climate-controlled container that was attached to a drone. But why would blood even travel that long via drone, anyways? (Credit: Medical Drones, Vimeo) Drone delivery is sexy. We’ve seen Domino’s pizza and 7-11 Slurpees dropped by drone. And then there are drones delivering something every human needs to live: blood. Timothy Amukele, a pathologist with Johns Hopkins University, and his team flew a drone for three hours with blood samples as its payload to see if drones offer a viable solution to transport blood over long distances in hot temperatures. It took a little ingenuity, but they once again demonstrated the usefulness of getting airborne cheaply.