# No roads? There's a drone for that

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Andreas Raptopoulos
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A billion people in the world lack access to all-season roads. Could the structure of the internet provide a model for how to reach them? Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet thinks so. He introduces a new type of transportation system that uses electric autonomous flying machines to deliver medicine, food, goods and supplies wherever they are needed.

## Lectures

1. [No roads? There's a drone for that](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that/0bb8a3fee8f0), 10 min (TED's player)