One of finalists of the Gates Foundation Grand Challenge competition is this team, which is working on doing the following:
Optimizing Immunization Systems: Delivering Vaccines with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
George Barbastathis and collaborators at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in the U.S. are developing unmanned aerial vehicles that can be deployed by health care workers via cell phones to swiftly deliver vaccines to hard-to-reach locations.
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Another project that uses our ArduCopter on their study project http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/delivering-drugs-by-arducopter
Just because its not new doesn't mean its not a great idea. What is great is Bill Gates putting money behind it and making it a reality.
Matternet, these guys, PigeonPost, TacoCopter... Pretty exciting, we are almost to "Rainbow's End" by Vernor Vinge