Welcome to the Learning with Drones Podcast with Heather Monthie, educator, technologist, pilot, and STEM education advocate. In this episode, I share a free drone programming curriculum, the new DJI RoboMaster EP, and medical drones in Rwanda and innovation.

Tynker offers free drone programming curriculum

Tynker offers free drone programming curriculum to Prek-12 teachers worldwide affected by the corona virus. You can watch my YouTube video on how to apply for the offer here: https://youtu.be/NTYXczcDElo

DJI Launches RoboMaster EP

DJI launches the RoboMaster EP, an educational robot. Worlds largest drone maker launching into the world of educational robots.

* A complete set of robotic services and educational materials for schools and teachers* Will help students learn programming, artificial intelligence* DJI intends to start holding robotics competitions for students aged 9-19* Comes with more than 50 sensors that can be assembled as a sorting robot, carrier robot, engineering robot or infantry robot* Hardware includes high-performance servos, robot arms, grippers, infrared depths sensors, sensor transfer, modules, and power transfer modules* A programming interface allows the steering gear to be customized* Supports 3rd party sensors such as Micro:bit, Arduino, Raspberry Pi* Could set up a miniature warehouse to test automation concepts* Supports 2 programming languages, Scratch 3.0 and Python 3.6* Don't know when and if this will make it's way to the US

Corona Virus, Medical Drones in Rwanda, and Innovation

* 2016 Rwanda established the first nationwide system of medical drones. 2/3 of blood deliveries outside the capital are delivered by drones.* Robert Graboyes, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Darcy Nikol Bryan wrote about the medical reasons to use drones in the US* Offers speedier deliveries over vast rural areas, urban areas troubled with traffic,