One day in early June 2014, the heart from a brain-dead 27-year-old man, a car crash victim, was sped from one hospital to another in Chennai, India. It was 6:30 p.m., right in the middle of rush hour, and 26 police officers worked hard to keep the 8-mile route free of traffic. The trip, normally a two-hour journey at that time of day, took 13 minutes. After the organ was transplanted into the body of a 21-year-old woman with chronic heart problems, the Indian news media celebrated the “green corridor,” a roadway cleared for organ transport, as a heroic feat.

Meanwhile, four students in Spain were thinking there had to be another way. Surely organs could be moved without disrupting traffic, incurring exorbitant fees and requiring police attention. Their solution—a drone designed for moving organs—originally created as a contest entry, is now becoming a reality…..Readmore