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Automated Office Delivery with Helium Blimps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wave-of-the-future dept.

Blimp Dude writes "Anyone who likes blimps might want to check out this automated blimp delivery service built by some guy at HP Labs. I personally think this is the future... Now I want WebBlimp to deliver groceries directly to my 29th floor apartment window."

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  1. im not very impressed by Zebbers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    while i give kudos for having fun building something neat, this hardly seems that slashdot worthy. it can barely carry a postit note and the guy himself basically says its not usable.

    again, i appreciate the try but the article itself wasnt any fun or insightful to read and the accomplishment wasnt too impressive. the most interesting part was using the red and blue to judge orientation and the size to judge distance. i thought that was neat, but not very practical of course.

    i expected a somewhat usable system, maybe tweaks needed to the guidance systems. but it cant even carry a piece of paper...........