# Company develops drone that can disinfect with UVC light (really?)

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742 "2020-04-14T03:33:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742/1 "2020-04-14T03:33:48Z")

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“This drone can disinfect approximately 1,000 cubic feet within ten minutes of flight time”

Sounds way to fast with something as power limited as a drone. Anybody with more knowledge of the subject?

[https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/lenexa-company-fights-covid-19-from-the-air/article\_3a848bae-7df2-11ea-a2a1-537151d9c8bc.html](https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/lenexa-company-fights-covid-19-from-the-air/article_3a848bae-7df2-11ea-a2a1-537151d9c8bc.html)

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**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742/2 "2020-04-14T03:45:39Z")

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A thousand cubic feet is a cube 10 feet on each side, so not really much area.

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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742/3 "2020-04-14T04:09:22Z")

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> [@slash2k](#):
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> A thousand cubic feet is a cube 10 feet on each side, so not really much area.

IOW not much more than a 10’X12’ room

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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742/4 "2020-04-14T06:01:40Z")

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Haha, I thought I was joking when I wrote [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22247728&postcount=14) about an hour and a half before you posted.

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> Yaas! Self-disinfecting delivery drones. 🙂

in the context of online grocery deliveries.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742/5 "2020-04-14T06:33:08Z")

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Where is Nomad when we need him/it?

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**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742/6 "2020-04-14T09:59:58Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Where is Nomad when we need him/it?

Nomad, schmomad. V’ger could disinfect the entire planet in one go.