Three months after Alphabet, Google’s parent company, delivered hundreds of Chipotle burritos with drones in Blacksburg, the company says the experiment was a “complete success.” But that’s about the extent of what the tight-lipped tech giant is willing to discuss.
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Amazon’s Plans for ‘Airborne Fulfilment Centres’
A recently unearthed patent filing reveals a possible endgame for the drone delivery agenda: The use of roving “airborne fulfilment centers” (AFCs) to make Prime deliveries. Continue reading
Amazon Patents Drone Protection System
Amazon’s latest patent, called ‘Countermeasure for Threats to an Uncrewed Autonomous Vehicle’, was filed on November 17, 2014 and was published last week. If a drone is stuck with a rock, gun or even an arrow, the system will deploy ‘a protective device such as an airbag, foam, parachute, bumper and so forth’.
More About French Postal Drone Service
First Ever Cargo Drone Deliveries in Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon is home to thousands of local indigenous communities spread across very remote areas. As a result, these sparsely populated communities rarely have reliable access to essential medicines and public health services. For example, local doctors in the region report an average of 45 snakebites per month and no rapid access to antivenom. Continue reading
French Postal Service Begins Drone Deliveries
Amazon Prime Air Makes First Test Delivery
Amazon said it has delivered its first Prime Air order. Last week, one of the company’s drones dropped off an Amazon Fire TV and bag of popcorn in the backyard of a customer near Cambridge, England — 13 minutes after the customer ordered it online. Continue reading
Colombia’s Cocaine Drones
With all the good things that can come from the use of drones, there is always someone out there who will use them for bad intentions too. Recent reports from Colombia explain how drug barons are now employing the use of drones to deliver their goods and do their dirty work for them. Continue reading