On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 11:03:55 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 7:31:11 AM UTC-10, The Greatest! wrote:
> > So, weve discussed self €“ driving vehicles, now howzabout drone €“
> > delivered vittles? Just think €“ instead of schlepping around on the
> > Austin TX bus system, Steve could have his burritos or Bar S weenies
> > delivered RIGHT to his basement flat doorstep€¦Kuthe could even get his POT
> > delivered (talk about a drone delivering to €œdrone€�, hehe€¦)€¦endless
> > possibilities, folks€¦!!!
> >
> >
> > https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...ampaign=buffer
> >
> >
> > Burrito-Delivering Drones€”Seriously?
> >
> > Automated package drops might improve the efficiency of shipping one day,
> > but for now experiments are gimmicks that pander to stereotypes.
> >
> > by Jamie Condliffe September 12, 2016
> >
> > "In the not-too-distant future, drones may be able to ferry products to
> > your front door. But until several wrinkles hindering their widespread
> > adoption are ironed out, the companies developing the underlying
> > technologies seem intent on using irritating stunts to convince us of
> > their worth.
> >
> > Alphabet has announced that its collaborating with Chipotle to deliver
> > burritos across the campus of Virginia Tech using its Project Wing drones.
> > The university is one of the Federal Aviation Administrations approved
> > drone test sites, so the location is understandable€”but the choice of
> > payload is a little harder to stomach. Its easy enough to imagine a
> > meeting in which the concept was settled upon: €œStudents like burritos!
> > Lets send them burritos!€�
> >
> > Undeniably, it is a marketing gimmick. Its also very obviously flawed: a
> > single burrito can fill a single hungry students belly. Unless were
> > talking about squadrons of drones on nonstop dorm runs, though, what hope
> > is there of feeding a crowd of ravenous college kids? (A cannon might be a
> > better idea. Or if thats not advanced enough, perhaps a Hyperloop for
> > food.)
> >
> > Sadly, its not the only delivery service being tested that leans on
> > stereotypes. In London, the robots of Starship Technologies are being
> > employed by two food delivery startups, Just Eat and Pronto, to ferry food
> > to the doors of customers in search of takeout. With a top speed of four
> > miles per hour, it would literally be faster to walk and collect the
> > food€”but couch potatoes want food delivered to them, so why not
> > incentivize a little less exercise?
> >
> > Its not just drone testing thats embracing these kinds of gimmicks. Last
> > summer, the taxi-hailing app Gett offered Londoners the chance to order a
> > bottle of chilled Veuve Clicquot champagne€”two flutes included€”and have it
> > delivered straight to their door within 10 minutes for the princely sum of
> > £50 (around $70).
> >
> > Rarely has a service been more squarely aimed at bankers. Thats unlikely
> > to be by accident: the service was only available in Shoreditch,
> > Clerkenwell, the City, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, and
> > Kensington€”the last three of which are the most expensive parts of London
> > in which to live.
> >
> > Better, perhaps, to focus on testing drone delivery services where they
> > may actually add value. Ziplines first real-world trial of its delivery
> > drones, for instance, was carried out in Rwanda, where the aircraft were
> > actually shuttling supplies of blood and drugs to remote health-care
> > centers. The company plans to expand into the U.S. soon, but when it does
> > so it will carry medical supplies out to rural parts of the U.S.€”including
> > Smith Island in Maryland and some Native American reservations.
> >
> > While companies continue to grapple with the many and varied difficulties
> > of getting drones to carry packages to our doors, it might be nice to see
> > them following Ziplines lead. Deliver something worthwhile, or dont
> > deliver at all€¦€�
>
> The idea of getting what you want immediately, has much appeal. My guess is
> that drones will be commonplace in the new/now society. If drones can
> deliver burritos, they can certainly deliver people too. Flying taxies? You
> bet!
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That's an excellent question. I do not know. What can humans do that a machine cannot?