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Delivair Would Deliver to People, Not Just Addresses

posted by martyb on Saturday October 07 2017, @03:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the catch-me-if-you-can dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

To use DelivAir, clients would start by requesting a delivery via a smartphone app. Possible scenarios could include a hiker in need of a first aid kit, a stranded cyclist needing a spare inner tube, or even a remotely-located person requiring life-saving equipment such as an EpiPen or defibrillator.

At a store, depot, or other location, the required item would then be loaded onto a drone, which would autonomously fly out to the client's smartphone GPS coordinates. Using the app, the client could in turn check the GPS coordinates of the drone in real time, to see how close it was getting to them.

Now when you break your Ming vase, a drone can deliver another one to you on the spot.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 07 2017, @03:43PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 07 2017, @03:43PM (#578594) Journal

    Okay, I'm remote. I need defibulated. I, or someone nearby, orders a defibulator from Amazon. The drone comes out, drops the damned thing on my head. Hey, I don't need defibbed anymore!! Not with my brains splattered over several square feet of ground!!

    Sorry people, that's just the mental picture I got while reading TFS.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @01:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @01:29AM (#578725)

    I thought you were planning on electrocuting healthy people, being the psychopath that you are.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @01:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @01:04PM (#578864)

    In the article there's a picture that shows the protective head gear.