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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @03:11PM
Eh, I've done it. Depends how deep the cross-section of the rim is, but on a couple different bikes I've had, once you get both beads loose, and drop them down into the middle of the rim on one side, you can just pop the bead over the rim at the opposite side. I've also had several where you needed a lever of some sort, but a fellow could pick deep rims on purpose to ensure toolless tire changes. (Being the sort of fellow who carries tools as a matter of course, I've not made it a point to.)