<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>[link below] This is an idea worth copying and a great way to develop a culture of *simple*, *practical* cross-domain innovations. <br></div><div><br></div><div> Our woodworking students can team up with electronics and computing students to build, test these simple contraptions. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Example use cases include supplying emergency relief to places where aircraft cannot land. <br></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Suggested approach: MoED and MoICT to sponsor a nationwide TVETs v/s Universities competition to see which institution designs the best drone prototype models with optimal balance of performance [against pre-defined parameters] and costs. </span>The top 5 can then be built to scale and tested using gov. planes / helicopters - and the teams involved recognized with national honors.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The best can then be mass produced on order (Big 4 + Jobs!) and exported via G2G facilitated trading to other African countries e.g. Mozambique, Zimbabwe as part of regional DR planning. <br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Moral:</b> Innovation does not have to be complicated or expensive. It just needs to solve a real problem.</div><div><br></div><div>So, can we build a wooden drone or not? Interested listers from Gov & academia willing to run with this?<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/disposable-delivery-drones-undergo-successful-tests-with-us-marines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/disposable-delivery-drones-undergo-successful-tests-with-us-marines</a></div><div></div></div></div></body></html>