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I N N O V A T I O N !! I guess when the electric light bulb was introduced, a lot of tallow sellers and candlemakers were a bit miffed. Na progress-oh.
Not to be "that" person, but how many HUMAN jobs is lost or provided with this ? Because I know big companies love not having to employ or pay people "cutting down costs"/"the false unicorn of eternal profit". And what are the possible MISSUSES of this technology ? Can they be intercepted by a third party, for instance ?
As a Rwandan, I am thrilled to see the progress my country is making through technology, and the impact that innovative companies like Zipline are having in developing countries. The revolutionary work of Zipline in providing medical supplies via drone technology is changing lives and improving access to healthcare in rural areas. I am grateful to see this highlighted in a video by Mark Rober, and I appreciate the attention it brings to the positive advancements happening in Rwanda.
Why doesn’t the hospital keep blood in it’s own premises? If the zip line stores it it seems like the hospital could store it. I understand if it’s a remote village but not a hospital.
Mark, my respect for what you do just went from stratospheric to intergalactic. This video was phenomenal, educational, and inspirational. Thanks so much for bringing it to us all. Rwanda's meteoric economic rise is a reminder to me that the more we help other countries succeed, the greater their contribution can be to the world!
I never heard of Zipline before and my mind is blown! I didn't even notice that drone technology and application in a civil context had already evolved this much! This is what the world needs more of, and it's really relieving to think that such projects exist and work greatly. Thanks for putting them under the spotlight and thanks to those people working hard for a better society.
Really happy to see videos on Zipline starting to get to millions of people. My mother has worked there for two years and I have always felt bad that they haven’t received the publicity they deserved, but I think they r finally getting it. Thanks Mark, your videos always make me happy.
Cool to see you talking about Zipline. We made a video about them years ago when they just had 1 depot in Rwanda. I knew they would be the future. Incredible company
I just want to say thank you for producing this very insightful piece. I'm a drone operator, so I came here to learn more about drones and ended up learning some fascinating insights about Rwanda. I was brought to tears when I saw the young boy sharing his home-made Zipline drone. Beautiful. Thank you.
This IS mind blowing. Zipline is so impressive, it's so great to hear a story of a really ambitious idea that actually comes to fruition thanks to hard work and perseverance. Nicely shot and narrated as always Mark!
Amazing video, Mark! It's fascinating to see how Zipline's drone delivery system is revolutionizing the way we deliver packages while reducing our environmental impact.
Mark, you're one of my favourite people on this planet. (And I don't even know you personally). The way in which you present your videos, the content and the people is just awesome! Thank you. This project is unbelievably amazing and thanks for presenting Rwanda with so much positivity! All the best from Germany.
I never thought an engineering video could touch me that way. Very inspiring story! Also, it feels like I've just watched a science fiction movie. But it's all real. Wow! Thank you, Mark!
Mad respect for Abdul. Was feeling down about my own life but homie suffered far worse and turned out a kind and helpful person. Aspiration and respect for not being destroyed and being so contributing and willing to continue
@figofagonagoitis The claim that he didn't invent anything is completely false. Although he didn't invent the drone itself, it doesn't diminish the fact that he invented the entire system for how it works, including its launching mechanism and ensuring all components work together seamlessly
@Let's Doodle Something HOME The people of Rwanda has literally no part in this, it's an American company. It's just used in Rwanda the people there has no part in it.
"Zipline designs and tests its technology in Half Moon Bay, California. The company assembles the drones and the technology that powers its distribution centers in South San Francisco. Zipline performs extensive flight testing in Davis, California, and operates distribution centers around the planet with teams of local operators."
Projects like these are what inspire me to become an engineer. I'm in my final year of high school and about to head into four long years of a mechanical engineering major. And while I am still very daunted by the idea of committing so much time and resources on those four years, projects and companies like Zipline and their mission in Rwanda remind me of why I wanted to study engineering in the first place. Thank you for sharing and telling Zipline's story.
This was probably one of my favorite videos you've ever made. Zipline is making a huge difference and I love how all the young Rowandans are watching the launches and being inspired. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Mark Rober is quite simply and truly an incredible human being on so many levels for what he teaches and shares with the rest of us. Thank you and Love you Mark!
I had heard of these medical delivery services, but I had no idea they had grown so much. Very cool story. Life has taken so much from him, yet he found a way to give others a chance to live on. Rockstar! 👍
I find it so fascinating how Zipline probably wasn’t known about by a lot of us, but now that Mark basically exposed them to millions of people, they have more of a chance to make a difference worldwide! I hope they succeed and make the world a better place for everyone who struggles with problems like the ones that their solving now.
Mark you rock. More people like you please. Rwanda now on my list to visit. Our planet is being abused and you just help greatly by showcasing such brilliant engineering. Thank you.
Gave me literal goosebumps! An amazing startup, willing to invest in this in every way even though leaglly i can't! I want to make a setup like this myself ( a smaller one ), I hope one day I actually can make it through online videos and articles, already have a prototype in my mind for this, need some heavy motors for the use i guess
This is absolutely one of the most inspiring videos I have ever seen. Thank you for your indefatigable positive, inspiring, and encouraging energy! We need more leaders like you in this world. I loved how your passion for Rwanda just burst forth into this video on technology. Life is really about loving others, after all.
Mark, as an engineer for the past 40 years, I not only love and am inspired by your videos, I enjoy sharing them with my children (some of whom are also engineers) and grandchildren! This was perhaps the most impactful video of your's that I've watched, can't wait to share it....
As much as I enjoyed your glitter bombs and the squirrel obstacle courses, I gotta say that this was the best video I've seen because of how something so simple in concept is helping to save lives. Absolutely wonderful video, thank you.
8lb (3629g) is probably pretty useful. I mean it would maybe limit how much you could get in 1 hit although the size restrictions actually look more constraining. Of all the deliveries I've had recently only 1 would be too heavy but several of them would be too big. If they can make it take more volume then this might be viable for less urgent delivery like from Amazon.
I’ve been watching KZclip every single day for two decades, and this is truly one of the very best videos I have ever seen on this platform. Well done Mark Rober.
Wow i had no idea this was happening for six years! I wish the news or mass media would cover stuff like this… just things that should inspire people to keep working hard to move forward and help others
I honestly couldn’t help but tear up a little watching this video. Abdul’s story, Rwanda’s story, the technological utilization for life-saving measures, and the overall attitude of both the people and their community. This is an amazing video and should be shared all over the world! Thank you for bringing attention to their amazing endeavors, Mark ❤️
@Draken0023 I totally see why you were confused. My apologies for simply assuming that you were trying to be rude about correcting his grammar, and for being hostile to you about it. From the context I think it is safe to assume that he was stating that he agrees fully.
@NateBuildsToys To be clear, I was confused by “anymore”. I wasn’t sure if maybe they agreed at first, then learned something, and now doesn’t or if it was just a typo
@NateBuildsToys I apologize for being genuinely confused by their comments and asking for clarification. I think a negative connotation was added to it by some and that was not my intent. No negativity here ✌️
Mark, i loved this video and the tech that is helping. By far the flying ambulance would be amazing. Here in Albuquerque people don't move for sirens. This would be life saving. I hope it gets developed. Thank you for all you do. ❤️
As an Australian, I can’t believe this hasn’t been adopted to aid the rural communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Hopefully someone important sees this and can help save the lives of those living rurally. Absolutely heart warming video
@chrisrnz yeah, and it's really sad to me when I see other countries (mainly Scandinavian) adopting all these new technologies or better ways to function, and we're just over here like we're still in the 20th century. (Not all parts but most)
@joshua As a Western Australian, the obvious impediment is distance In a city with a 5 minute delivery from a cafe, this technology is obvious When I lived on a sheep station, we just planned our shopping Fast food and impulsive shopping is just not viable in a remote environment, while forward planning is not that difficult a feat to achieve
@Rick Noyb brilliant! As long as the package could be automatically transfered between drones, you could have small solar powered transfer stations all over the outback. Could even station some emergency drones there to respond to EPIRBs
@Jim Lewis unless you adapt a pony express type system, transfer from one drone to the next charging station where another drone passes the baton. Drone stations every one hundred miles or so in radius all solar powered and waiting. You wouldn't even send them round trip it would be a continuous loop of ready to go emergency vehicles.
@cagney billingsley not every solution is perfect, but essentially trying ways to fix the small problems might just be effective in the long run. It doesnt have to be effective too, they can learn from their findings or engineer better solutions. Failure is a part of learning and making advancements.
Hello! Thank you for making this video Mark and kudos to Zipline for showing remarkable talent and giving a great idea a way to be reality. I just wanted to say that this video inspired my science teacher to have us write a long paragraph comparing zipline's use of the scientific method to another company.
This is exciting to hear, and it's amazing to see this outside of the usual "super power" countries that would put something like this out. I'd love to see America at this level of innovation and compassion, this would change so many lives for the better.
In the past year I've encountered several people from Rwanda. Their spirit and friendliness is something to be admired. A couple years ago I never would have thought it would end up on my short list of countries I'd love to visit! Rwandan's Rock!
As much as I love watch Mark Rober videos.....that dude who lost both his parents and all of his siblings as a child and still turned out to be a successful person, is like a hero to me. I wish I was a strong as he is. I can't imagine losing everything and everyone and still coming out ahead. Props to him. He is the definition of what a true success story looks like.
This is amazing, Thank you so much for sharing this, I've seen it used for small deliveries as in Walmart or such but to see it used in this aspect brings a whole new light to it, so thank you again.
super cool, lots of kudos to abdul and engineers. Obviously a major obstacle for larger and lowered tethered drones is battery-- this takes gobs of power. It will require many large batteries in constant rotation even for small packages on one shot deliveries.
I've heard of most of these technologies but the way this video presents them, and more importantly presents the people and country of Rwanda, is sublime! Thank you for making this excellent video
An 88% mortality rate reduction is actually insane. Thank you so much for sharing about this company to all of us, and I really hope they spread across the world because just imagine, 88% of deaths in hospita could be prevented with this (although I guess it’s gonna be more impactful in somewhere like Rwanda, but still, it’s crazy
@aaa aaa they have a long way to go to reach European standards, not least in democratic reforms. But they are far, far ahead of many of their neighbors.
@aaa aaa Well its on a bell curve, so 30 yrs ago they started out with nothing. So once they were committed to improving things the upward rise is going to be sharp. Plus You aren't seeing the whole picture here. This was a rose colored picture, obviously major improvements, it just isn't uniform yet.
We have this in Ireland already... past 2 years. Manna drones deliver food from it's own stores on it's related app but also brings small shopping from the local supermarket and even the local pet store. I used it a lot last summer. The company is still in "trial period" but makes no difference to me. lol
How hasn't this company been more publicized? They are so far and beyond Amazon's efforts. I finally see a realistic, practical, sustainable use for drone delivery technology!
there's one huge issue that will be very interesting to see how they overcome it: A UPS or Fed Ex truck has dozens up to hundreds of packages every day. It leaves point A with all of them, delivers all of them, then returns back to point A after a whole day going to points B-Z. This idea would need drones to deliver to point B, go back to A, then to C, then back to A, then to D and so on. The efficiency rate compared to a truck is probably around 2% at best. Amazon can't keep up with orders as it is now with thousands of trucks. Imagine 1 package per drone flight.
Mine too🥰 If It was possible, I wish we could have 2 videos per year. Like... One every 6/7 months 😆 But It would probably be really difficult to have even one more video fit in to the year schedule 🥹
I love how our world is learning these new technologies and techniques that would eventually help the world once our time is up. For example, Zipline would be one of those products. A question had popped into my head while watching the video and makes me wonder, if a person lives in a house that has a roof over the porch or someone that lives in an apartment, how would the package be able to get their door step?
Abdul seems like such an amazing and kind hearted human. The fact he turned the absolutely awful situation he and his family had to deal with into doing whatever he can to help people is so inspiring ❤
I HATE the concept of short range inner city drone delivery. No one needs a burrito that bad. But their long range medical endeavor is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!! Thank you for sharing their hard work to save lives!!
Some would like to have their lunch delivered on their table by drone just because they are too lazy to go to the shop but some are making drone deliveries to save lifes. I didn't know about zipline before and I'm really amazed on what they have done. Just incredible.
Its amazing how innovations like this have been out for years but it baffels me how I've never even heard of this until today. Thank you, Mark, for sharing what is truly important for us to know.
@Paper Maker the topic of my reply is unrelated to what you said. Don't reply to me if you don't have anything related. I think you are confusing replying to me with replying to the main comment.
@dudu28r and yet so many people think Abdul and Rwanda actually created this.. Abdul is just a story to capture your emotions. This is European technology and an American company and Rwanda is just being used as Guinea pigs, this country also participates in brutal forced child labor
I just thought for a second how many lives could be saved on the battlefield or in cities at the frontlines if we had something like this in Ukraine. ❤ My greatest respect to Rwanda for such awesome idea & invention.
Mark, this video should win some sort of award. It touches on so many positive things. First, it was produced so well. It was engaging and inspirational. It highlighted brilliant engineering and described the process from concept to prototype to solution. It was entertaining. It makes me want to visit Rwanda, It demonstrated the resilience of a country besieged by terrible civil war. I could go on and on. This video gives me hope for mankind and was a breath of fresh air. It was an escape from all the political nonsense going on and negativity we are exposed to 24/7. Thank you again for this video.
couldn't have said it better myself. watching this video makes me wish i was a part of it all, so much better than what i see on a daily basis, for once i wasnt thinking about working some miserable 8 hour job for the rest of my life while everything around me is complete depression. instead i saw something and somewhere full of positivity and inspiration, full of life and nice people who arent the idiotic people im surrounded with, all trying to make a difference and improve. imagining that being my life seems like a fairy tale
Props to Abdul, what a genuinely great person. Seriously to grow up in those struggles and make it out on top just to help an insane amount of people is just amazing. Much love
@Paper Maker Lol. You said in one of your comment " it's a European technology " The founder is american , the HQ is in San Francisco. Are you confused of where SF is on the map ? You sound a very disturbed fella
@Xena and Abdul didn’t create a single bit of this technology.. it’s an American company.. and Rwanda participates in brutal forced child labor .. but yes , beautiful story
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I N N O V A T I O N !!
I guess when the electric light bulb was introduced, a lot of tallow sellers and candlemakers were a bit miffed.
Na progress-oh.
What about a little bigger parachute, wouldn't that help with a softer landing?
Not to be "that" person, but how many HUMAN jobs is lost or provided with this ? Because I know big companies love not having to employ or pay people "cutting down costs"/"the false unicorn of eternal profit". And what are the possible MISSUSES of this technology ? Can they be intercepted by a third party, for instance ?
Could you make a video on bottle rockets because I am having competition in a few months and I want to prepare
What if you get a platinum ticket but you live overseas
As a Rwandan, I am thrilled to see the progress my country is making through technology, and the impact that innovative companies like Zipline are having in developing countries. The revolutionary work of Zipline in providing medical supplies via drone technology is changing lives and improving access to healthcare in rural areas. I am grateful to see this highlighted in a video by Mark Rober, and I appreciate the attention it brings to the positive advancements happening in Rwanda.
Why doesn’t the hospital keep blood in it’s own premises? If the zip line stores it it seems like the hospital could store it. I understand if it’s a remote village but not a hospital.
@RettichDerGeile You are welcome. Come visit any day my friend.
Providing vital medical supplies in rural Rwanda and making Americans even fatter than they already are.
TRUE but persecution and discrimination of people with disabilities and albinos is still a big problem.
Capitalism works, if you let it.
Mark, my respect for what you do just went from stratospheric to intergalactic. This video was phenomenal, educational, and inspirational. Thanks so much for bringing it to us all. Rwanda's meteoric economic rise is a reminder to me that the more we help other countries succeed, the greater their contribution can be to the world!
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Hear, hear, hear !!!!
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Mark's new videos always bring interesting scientific and technical information
I never heard of Zipline before and my mind is blown! I didn't even notice that drone technology and application in a civil context had already evolved this much! This is what the world needs more of, and it's really relieving to think that such projects exist and work greatly. Thanks for putting them under the spotlight and thanks to those people working hard for a better society.
These drones are incredible. I hope they get worldwide use soon
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Really happy to see videos on Zipline starting to get to millions of people. My mother has worked there for two years and I have always felt bad that they haven’t received the publicity they deserved, but I think they r finally getting it. Thanks Mark, your videos always make me happy.
Cool to see you talking about Zipline. We made a video about them years ago when they just had 1 depot in Rwanda. I knew they would be the future. Incredible company
If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
Heyyyyy Wassup, i'm watching your channel
amazing
@Ibrasome , and vans require the entire publicly funded road system to even operate.
I’ve seen that video! It was awesome!
I just want to say thank you for producing this very insightful piece. I'm a drone operator, so I came here to learn more about drones and ended up learning some fascinating insights about Rwanda. I was brought to tears when I saw the young boy sharing his home-made Zipline drone. Beautiful. Thank you.
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This IS mind blowing. Zipline is so impressive, it's so great to hear a story of a really ambitious idea that actually comes to fruition thanks to hard work and perseverance. Nicely shot and narrated as always Mark!
Amazing video, Mark! It's fascinating to see how Zipline's drone delivery system is revolutionizing the way we deliver packages while reducing our environmental impact.
Mark, you're one of my favourite people on this planet. (And I don't even know you personally). The way in which you present your videos, the content and the people is just awesome! Thank you. This project is unbelievably amazing and thanks for presenting Rwanda with so much positivity! All the best from Germany.
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Probably the most incredible and wholesome video I have ever seen. Mark never fails to surprise me. Awesome!
@GruffCube people are so gulable
@Jennifer Patrow probably a bot that steals comments
inappropriate profile wat da hek
What a phenomenal company, and as always, amazing story. Thanks Mark!
nice one
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Test
@Jesse Martinez that is an asinine argument.
Abdul is such an inspiration. That guy deserves so much recognition for what he's doing with his story. Heart of gold.
I never thought an engineering video could touch me that way. Very inspiring story!
Also, it feels like I've just watched a science fiction movie. But it's all real. Wow!
Thank you, Mark!
You never fail to give me the big warm fuzzies when you show how inspired people are changing the world. Thanks, Mark.
This is amazing. Kudos to the Zipline team, definitely people with vision to make life better.
What an incredible company! Thank you for giving more awareness to this sort of thing and for teaching me more than school ever did.
Mad respect for Abdul. Was feeling down about my own life but homie suffered far worse and turned out a kind and helpful person. Aspiration and respect for not being destroyed and being so contributing and willing to continue
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@figofagonagoitis The claim that he didn't invent anything is completely false. Although he didn't invent the drone itself, it doesn't diminish the fact that he invented the entire system for how it works, including its launching mechanism and ensuring all components work together seamlessly
@figofagonagoitis
"He only operates it."
Allegedly.
The thing is a facade laced with deceptive CGI gimmickry.
@Let's Doodle Something HOME The people of Rwanda has literally no part in this, it's an American company. It's just used in Rwanda the people there has no part in it.
"Zipline designs and tests its technology in Half Moon Bay, California. The company assembles the drones and the technology that powers its distribution centers in South San Francisco. Zipline performs extensive flight testing in Davis, California, and operates distribution centers around the planet with teams of local operators."
People like you and Abdul are living inspiration to fellow young engineers like me. Nothing but massive respect to you guys!!
Projects like these are what inspire me to become an engineer. I'm in my final year of high school and about to head into four long years of a mechanical engineering major. And while I am still very daunted by the idea of committing so much time and resources on those four years, projects and companies like Zipline and their mission in Rwanda remind me of why I wanted to study engineering in the first place. Thank you for sharing and telling Zipline's story.
This was probably one of my favorite videos you've ever made. Zipline is making a huge difference and I love how all the young Rowandans are watching the launches and being inspired. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Mark Rober is quite simply and truly an incredible human being on so many levels for what he teaches and shares with the rest of us. Thank you and Love you Mark!
I had heard of these medical delivery services, but I had no idea they had grown so much. Very cool story. Life has taken so much from him, yet he found a way to give others a chance to live on. Rockstar! 👍
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I find it so fascinating how Zipline probably wasn’t known about by a lot of us, but now that Mark basically exposed them to millions of people, they have more of a chance to make a difference worldwide! I hope they succeed and make the world a better place for everyone who struggles with problems like the ones that their solving now.
Their technology would be super useful in many "undeveloped" western countries too !!!
@Lawrence Frost I never said that everyone didn’t know about them, just most of us probably didn’t know. Sorry for the misunderstanding though
@Thorwald Johanson it be awesome to help them expand
Speak for yourself, I have been a big fan of Zipline for years.
Mark you rock. More people like you please. Rwanda now on my list to visit. Our planet is being abused and you just help greatly by showcasing such brilliant engineering. Thank you.
Awesome video Mark! Very inspiring, and extremely cool.
Gave me literal goosebumps! An amazing startup, willing to invest in this in every way even though leaglly i can't! I want to make a setup like this myself ( a smaller one ), I hope one day I actually can make it through online videos and articles, already have a prototype in my mind for this, need some heavy motors for the use i guess
I was one of the many who didn't know about this company. Incredible engineering.
Kudos to these folks and thanks, Mark, for highlighting their life-saving work. May they continue to succeed in their endeavours.
The “1 video per year dedicated to how engineers make the world a better place” are usually my favorite video of the year.
Thanks Mark!
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yes but lets not forget how he transitions from a story about an orphan who's family was murdered to selling crunch boxes 10 seconds later. lol
@Mr.Electric So like a horse and buggy driver, a century later.
Competing for glitterbomb tbh
@Mr.Electric well someone has to put the packages in the drone and there will be a lot of drones that need to be launched simultaneously
I always enjoy your videos, Mark, but I especially found this one to be uplifting and inspirational. Thank you for sharing!
What a fantastic heartwarming video. As an engineer repairing broken electronics day in day out, it's easy to forget how enriching it can be.
This is an excellent example of practical and applicable engineering. Well done!
This is absolutely one of the most inspiring videos I have ever seen. Thank you for your indefatigable positive, inspiring, and encouraging energy! We need more leaders like you in this world. I loved how your passion for Rwanda just burst forth into this video on technology. Life is really about loving others, after all.
Mark, as an engineer for the past 40 years, I not only love and am inspired by your videos, I enjoy sharing them with my children (some of whom are also engineers) and grandchildren!
This was perhaps the most impactful video of your's that I've watched, can't wait to share it....
As much as I enjoyed your glitter bombs and the squirrel obstacle courses, I gotta say that this was the best video I've seen because of how something so simple in concept is helping to save lives. Absolutely wonderful video, thank you.
You rock Mark. Always inspiring. Always entertaining. This one made me tear up. 😊
This is one of the most cost saving, life saving inventions ever. Way to go guys.
@For No could...but aren't
How? Is dropping cargo from the sky on someone's head etc. life saving? There are plenty of drones, that could deliver packages in a safe way.
8lb (3629g) is probably pretty useful. I mean it would maybe limit how much you could get in 1 hit although the size restrictions actually look more constraining. Of all the deliveries I've had recently only 1 would be too heavy but several of them would be too big. If they can make it take more volume then this might be viable for less urgent delivery like from Amazon.
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Mark, you are an excellent person. Keep up the great work, I love your videos.
Mark is the only person I would want to be with during a zombie apocalypse
Exactly
I built the first laser canon to defend against the zombies
no you need abdul (first worker at zipline)
Same
@dave reel sounds like delicious brains.
Awesome video Mark. It's great to see you make such impactful video, they truly make a difference. Please do more of them.
I’ve been watching KZclip every single day for two decades, and this is truly one of the very best videos I have ever seen on this platform. Well done Mark Rober.
Wow i had no idea this was happening for six years! I wish the news or mass media would cover stuff like this… just things that should inspire people to keep working hard to move forward and help others
One of the most beautiful videos you've made so far, you're not only a great engineer but also great story teller! Awesome Zipline🛩️
This is so inspiring mark. Please keep making these videos!
I honestly couldn’t help but tear up a little watching this video. Abdul’s story, Rwanda’s story, the technological utilization for life-saving measures, and the overall attitude of both the people and their community. This is an amazing video and should be shared all over the world! Thank you for bringing attention to their amazing endeavors, Mark ❤️
@Draken0023 I totally see why you were confused. My apologies for simply assuming that you were trying to be rude about correcting his grammar, and for being hostile to you about it. From the context I think it is safe to assume that he was stating that he agrees fully.
@NateBuildsToys To be clear, I was confused by “anymore”. I wasn’t sure if maybe they agreed at first, then learned something, and now doesn’t or if it was just a typo
@NateBuildsToys I apologize for being genuinely confused by their comments and asking for clarification. I think a negative connotation was added to it by some and that was not my intent. No negativity here ✌️
@Paper Maker Your comment could’ve been misinterpreted. That’s all. No negativity here ✌️
Mark, i loved this video and the tech that is helping. By far the flying ambulance would be amazing. Here in Albuquerque people don't move for sirens. This would be life saving. I hope it gets developed. Thank you for all you do. ❤️
This might be the best episode that I've seen yet. Very inspirational and the people there seem absolutely great.
This is so incredible also what an amazing team behind the project!
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So glad you, and the other You Tubers, have given Zipline the spot light they deserve. Zipline is an amazing company.
Great storytelling of an awesome story. Thanks Mark!
As an Australian, I can’t believe this hasn’t been adopted to aid the rural communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Hopefully someone important sees this and can help save the lives of those living rurally. Absolutely heart warming video
@chrisrnz yeah, and it's really sad to me when I see other countries (mainly Scandinavian) adopting all these new technologies or better ways to function, and we're just over here like we're still in the 20th century. (Not all parts but most)
@joshua
As a Western Australian, the obvious impediment is distance
In a city with a 5 minute delivery from a cafe, this technology is obvious
When I lived on a sheep station, we just planned our shopping
Fast food and impulsive shopping is just not viable in a remote environment, while forward planning is not that difficult a feat to achieve
@Rick Noyb brilliant! As long as the package could be automatically transfered between drones, you could have small solar powered transfer stations all over the outback. Could even station some emergency drones there to respond to EPIRBs
@Jim Lewis unless you adapt a pony express type system, transfer from one drone to the next charging station where another drone passes the baton. Drone stations every one hundred miles or so in radius all solar powered and waiting. You wouldn't even send them round trip it would be a continuous loop of ready to go emergency vehicles.
@cagney billingsley not every solution is perfect, but essentially trying ways to fix the small problems might just be effective in the long run. It doesnt have to be effective too, they can learn from their findings or engineer better solutions. Failure is a part of learning and making advancements.
Hello! Thank you for making this video Mark and kudos to Zipline for showing remarkable talent and giving a great idea a way to be reality. I just wanted to say that this video inspired my science teacher to have us write a long paragraph comparing zipline's use of the scientific method to another company.
This is exciting to hear, and it's amazing to see this outside of the usual "super power" countries that would put something like this out.
I'd love to see America at this level of innovation and compassion, this would change so many lives for the better.
In the past year I've encountered several people from Rwanda.
Their spirit and friendliness is something to be admired.
A couple years ago I never would have thought it would end up on my short list of countries I'd love to visit!
Rwandan's Rock!
I always love your videos and your thought process of breaking things down, this one was super special!
As much as I love watch Mark Rober videos.....that dude who lost both his parents and all of his siblings as a child and still turned out to be a successful person, is like a hero to me. I wish I was a strong as he is. I can't imagine losing everything and everyone and still coming out ahead. Props to him. He is the definition of what a true success story looks like.
@R H thats just how he felt, probably meant that his hero was Mark Rober untill now
your opening sentence is invalid and not needed.
@Lucas Theil No, I'm Batman...
he's batman
This is amazing, Thank you so much for sharing this, I've seen it used for small deliveries as in Walmart or such but to see it used in this aspect brings a whole new light to it, so thank you again.
super cool, lots of kudos to abdul and engineers. Obviously a major obstacle for larger and lowered tethered drones is battery-- this takes gobs of power. It will require many large batteries in constant rotation even for small packages on one shot deliveries.
Thank you Mark for all you do ❤!
I've heard of most of these technologies but the way this video presents them, and more importantly presents the people and country of Rwanda, is sublime! Thank you for making this excellent video
An 88% mortality rate reduction is actually insane. Thank you so much for sharing about this company to all of us, and I really hope they spread across the world because just imagine, 88% of deaths in hospita could be prevented with this (although I guess it’s gonna be more impactful in somewhere like Rwanda, but still, it’s crazy
You’re talking about one country, not anywhere else
@aaa aaa they have a long way to go to reach European standards, not least in democratic reforms. But they are far, far ahead of many of their neighbors.
@aaa aaa Well its on a bell curve, so 30 yrs ago they started out with nothing. So once they were committed to improving things the upward rise is going to be sharp.
Plus You aren't seeing the whole picture here. This was a rose colored picture, obviously major improvements, it just isn't uniform yet.
We have this in Ireland already... past 2 years. Manna drones deliver food from it's own stores on it's related app but also brings small shopping from the local supermarket and even the local pet store. I used it a lot last summer. The company is still in "trial period" but makes no difference to me. lol
Also sling shot glider drone is GREAT idea for the medical delivers!
loved this so much. wish there was a longform version!
Awesome idea, one question, how does it do deliveries to dense areas like apartments with covered, shared entrances? local drop box?
This is incredible stuff. What an amazing idea ❤
How hasn't this company been more publicized? They are so far and beyond Amazon's efforts. I finally see a realistic, practical, sustainable use for drone delivery technology!
@Rey Love .Let's discuss 🔝 l've got something to share okay...
@Brett Vazzanothat’s what all the big companies do. They sit on the sidelines letting others do the building then snatch it up.
@Humza Khan, Moving the drone back and forth 25 times probably moves less mass than moving the van back and forth 1 time.
@Chad Neu I mean there aren't airports scattered every 5 miles in every city.
Only mark Robert can make 4 minutes feel like 30 and still be entertaining
there's one huge issue that will be very interesting to see how they overcome it: A UPS or Fed Ex truck has dozens up to hundreds of packages every day. It leaves point A with all of them, delivers all of them, then returns back to point A after a whole day going to points B-Z. This idea would need drones to deliver to point B, go back to A, then to C, then back to A, then to D and so on. The efficiency rate compared to a truck is probably around 2% at best. Amazon can't keep up with orders as it is now with thousands of trucks. Imagine 1 package per drone flight.
This was phenomenal, so happy to see them scaling.
The world needs more people like Abdul.
These are by far my favorite videos of yours. Abdul's story is amazing and inspiring and I wish this company all the best.
The "1 video per year dedicated to how engineers make the world a better place" are usually also my favourite video of the year
Thanks Mark
@Fred Werza .Let's discuss 🔝 l've got something to share okay...
@Mih Soares He does liek 10 videos a year, just most of them are just ridiculous stuff.
Mine too🥰
If It was possible, I wish we could have 2 videos per year.
Like... One every 6/7 months 😆
But It would probably be really difficult to have even one more video fit in to the year schedule 🥹
Mark does a great job with the "quality over quantity" mindset
What an absolutely incredible company.
I love how our world is learning these new technologies and techniques that would eventually help the world once our time is up. For example, Zipline would be one of those products. A question had popped into my head while watching the video and makes me wonder, if a person lives in a house that has a roof over the porch or someone that lives in an apartment, how would the package be able to get their door step?
This is amazing. I wish they were publicly traded. I would throw all my money into them haha!
This was incredibly inspiring. Thanks!
What a wonderful video, great work! Quite handy how you delivered different messages in one video, impressive and heartwarming at the same time!
Abdul seems like such an amazing and kind hearted human. The fact he turned the absolutely awful situation he and his family had to deal with into doing whatever he can to help people is so inspiring ❤
@Holio yeah. "The Truth" has become flexible
@Kevin Wu Absolutely, to what exactly do you respond by the way?
I HATE the concept of short range inner city drone delivery. No one needs a burrito that bad. But their long range medical endeavor is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!! Thank you for sharing their hard work to save lives!!
What an uplifting story! (Pun intended). Zipline is a truly inspirational company.
Incredible video, Mark. Thank you so much for that.
Some would like to have their lunch delivered on their table by drone just because they are too lazy to go to the shop but some are making drone deliveries to save lifes. I didn't know about zipline before and I'm really amazed on what they have done. Just incredible.
1st time I've seen your stuff and may I say its Brilliant. We need those drones in the UK.
Its amazing how innovations like this have been out for years but it baffels me how I've never even heard of this until today. Thank you, Mark, for sharing what is truly important for us to know.
@Paper Maker the topic of my reply is unrelated to what you said. Don't reply to me if you don't have anything related. I think you are confusing replying to me with replying to the main comment.
@dudu28r I mean the topic is Rwanda correct , what part of my comment is unrelated ?
@Paper Maker next time actually read my comment and don't reply something completely unrelated
@dudu28r and yet so many people think Abdul and Rwanda actually created this.. Abdul is just a story to capture your emotions. This is European technology and an American company and Rwanda is just being used as Guinea pigs, this country also participates in brutal forced child labor
What a beautiful and inspiring video. Thanks Mark.
What an incredibly inspiring video!!! Thank you so much for showcasing these life saving innovations but the amazing people of Rwanda!
Absolutely speechless! Fantastic potential. A gem of a video.
I just thought for a second how many lives could be saved on the battlefield or in cities at the frontlines if we had something like this in Ukraine. ❤ My greatest respect to Rwanda for such awesome idea & invention.
Videos like this makes me appreciate engineering.
Mark, this video should win some sort of award. It touches on so many positive things. First, it was produced so well. It was engaging and inspirational. It highlighted brilliant engineering and described the process from concept to prototype to solution. It was entertaining. It makes me want to visit Rwanda, It demonstrated the resilience of a country besieged by terrible civil war. I could go on and on. This video gives me hope for mankind and was a breath of fresh air. It was an escape from all the political nonsense going on and negativity we are exposed to 24/7. Thank you again for this video.
Expressed what I thought Presidentially.
couldn't have said it better myself. watching this video makes me wish i was a part of it all, so much better than what i see on a daily basis, for once i wasnt thinking about working some miserable 8 hour job for the rest of my life while everything around me is complete depression. instead i saw something and somewhere full of positivity and inspiration, full of life and nice people who arent the idiotic people im surrounded with, all trying to make a difference and improve. imagining that being my life seems like a fairy tale
Zipline should win an award
I totally agree.
Felt exactly the same
This is one of the most inspiring and optimistic videos I've seen in a long time.
Let's discuss 🔝 l've got something to share okay....
This is life changing tech! I love it.
Mad respect for Abdul and the team. Godspeed to everyone.
@Rahul Menon yes understood
@A R Rahman the guy in Rwanda.
Who is Abdul?
This is amazing, I can see now why this has 15M views in 6 days. Thank you for this.
Mark Robber, you're an absolute legend :-) Love your work.
Props to Abdul, what a genuinely great person. Seriously to grow up in those struggles and make it out on top just to help an insane amount of people is just amazing. Much love
@Paper Maker Who cares? It's still an amazing advancement.
@Paper Maker Lol. You said in one of your comment " it's a European technology "
The founder is american , the HQ is in San Francisco. Are you confused of where SF is on the map ? You sound a very disturbed fella
@Xena and Abdul didn’t create a single bit of this technology.. it’s an American company.. and Rwanda participates in brutal forced child labor .. but yes , beautiful story