Gregory's Server@jwz Zipline is doing well with medical delivery in a few Central African countries, they very specifically package items to be droppable from a decently high altitude and with forward momentum. In terms of scale, I really don’t want a future where every single large retailer has numerous UAVs flying all over the place polluting the airwaves with their infuriating buzzing. I’m happy to wait a day or more for my deliveries, leave the “instant” stuff for actual emergencies.
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 @overeducatedredneck @sendai @jwz came to the comments for this. Zipline seem far better placed to get this tech right. We'll have competent drone deliveries well before competent self drive cars... |
@sendai @jwz Zipline is working on making deliveries in the US too. A friend of mine managed to get hired there. He had a difficult time, because their engineering team is almost all aerospace hires, and they have little overlap with big tech. I expect they're going to do much better than AMZN.
At the same time, I really want the FAA to keep a firm grip on delivery drone rules.