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EU member states will not adhere to daylight saving time as the European Parliament has now voted to end the practice. The biannual clock changes became the law back in 1996 but the bloc is doing away with it going forward. The clock changes will come to an end in EU member states come 2021. This will free up individual member states to decide whether they want to remain on winter or summer time permanently.

The EU started looking into the possibility of ending daylight saving time across the bloc last year following a Europe-wide poll to get the public’s feedback about the rules. 84 percent were in favor of the clocks remaining the same throughout the year.

The EU Commission had thus proposed ending the practice of daylight saving time in August last year. These rules were originally enacted to reduce energy costs but the commission finds that the benefits were inconclusive. There was little evidence to show that changing the clocks twice a year reduces traffic accidents.

That’s beside the fact that changing the clocks also disrupts the human biorhythm and that can have some serious implications for human health. Keeping all of this in mind in addition to the public’s wishes, the block has now decided to end daylight saving time in 2021.

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UPS is joining forces with Matternet, an autonomous drone delivery startup, to test deliveries of medical supplies using drones. The companies have announced their partnership today which will see supplies being delivered immediately using Matternet’s M2 quadcopters to WakeMed hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Federal Aviation Administration will oversee this program in addition to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The test will start out small as the drones can currently carry payloads of up to five pounds for distances of up to 12.5 miles. Matternet’s M2 quadcopter has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery

The way this program will work is that a medical professional will load a secure drone container with a medical sample or specimen, this can include blood samples as well, at one of WakeMed’s nearby facilities. The drone will then fly a predetermined flight path while it’s monitored by a trained Remote Pilot-in-Command to a fixed landing pad at WakeMed’s main hospital and central pathology lab.

“The addition of drone transport provides an option for on-demand and same-day delivery, the ability to avoid roadway delays, increase medical delivery efficiency, lower costs and improve the patient experience with potentially life-saving benefits,” the company said.

It’s going to be an ongoing program at WakeMed with UPS and Matternet using the learnings to consider how drones can be used to improve transport services at other hospitals and medical facilities across the country.

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