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rcjordan

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Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« on: February 21, 2017, 03:36:56 PM »
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2017, 03:47:58 PM »
Just wait until one of those HURTS someone...
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2017, 03:54:21 PM »
Human-driven EMT vehicles are a steady cause of accidents. IIRC, some cities no longer let them power through intersections without coming to a full stop.
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2017, 07:24:16 PM »
Quote from: rcjordan on February 21, 2017, 03:54:21 PM
Human-driven EMT vehicles are a steady cause of accidents.

Don't try to go all rational on us. Do you think that will be the lead headline when the drone ambulance kills someone?
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2017, 07:38:42 PM »
How about Cognitive Bias Makes For Great Clickbait?
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2017, 07:46:48 PM »
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Or something along the lines of this

Shocker! World’s first self-driving car race ends in a crash

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/shocker-world-first-self-driving-car-race-ends-194003812.html
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2017, 07:58:54 PM »
There is no way this technology is not coming.  I am sure it will eventually be coupled with self-driving trucks.  I could just see it, a truck pulls up into a neighborhood, then multiple drones launch and deliver packages in a fraction of the time a single human can do it.
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Re: Pictures of the UPS drone delivery mothership
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2017, 08:03:56 PM »
I'm also expecting UPS (or maybe AMZ) to provide small, RFID-laden 'landing pads' so the homeowner can help guide incoming drones.  Though the tech is advancing so quickly now, that may already be unnecessary.
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