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Drone experimentation - a pie in the sky dream?

ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
edited 2013-06-10 12:05 in General Discussion
I suppose if they could figure out a way to make drones entirely out of cardboard and cheap grease, then you could just eat the drone instead:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/04/technology/innovation/dominos-pizza-drone/index.html?source=cnn_bin



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  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-06-04 17:01
    So I am thinking this thing would also have to be outfitted with a GPS Xmtr. I could envision people ordering pizzas and deciding they want to keep the drone. Crafty idea but I doubt it will ever be a reality. There would need to be some way of monitoring all the delivery drones so they do not fly in to each other!!! PTC, Pizza Traffic Controllers!!! A whole new job market!
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-06-04 18:23
    That gives me a delicious idea.
    Teach some pigeons how to fly to a given address.
    Once they arrive, they set themselves on fire.
    And you've got dinner.

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  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-06-04 19:15
    Once they arrive, they set themselves on fire.
    Yea, and you could use the Bat Bombs to start the fire!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb . The other crazy idea from WWII was to use pigeon guided missiles!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2013-06-05 08:31
    Delivery drones might be a way to recoup the cost of the thousands of planned surveillance drones and expedite deployment in American cities. They could replace the postal letter carriers. Imagine a drone going postal!
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-06-05 18:05
    They could replace the postal letter carriers.
    You're still going to need some sort of traffic control!!!!
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2013-06-05 20:16
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    You're still going to need some sort of traffic control!!!!

    I don't know, the sky is pretty big, and these are pretty small and slow. I wonder how to calculate the number of drones at which the likelyhood of colision changes from unlikely to very likely?
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-06-05 21:56
    Man, anything but pizza right now... I want some pizza.
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,934
    edited 2013-06-10 12:05
    Wabbit season? No! it's stuffed crust season!
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