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Beer Drone Delivery Service For South African Music Festival

Posted by Unknown on from the drone-strike-you-can-get-behind dept.

garymortimer writes "OppiKoppi music festival in South Africa plans to deliver beer to campers via flying robot." All I want to know is, when is beer via flying robot distribution coming to a grocery store near me.

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  1. Ah, of course... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Drones were the only vehicles they could find that wouldn't be carjacked by the time they reached their destination, no?

    1. Re:Ah, of course... by hedleyroos · · Score: 2

      You've got the wrong city. The majority of Cape Town is safe. Johannesburg is dangerous.

    2. Re:Ah, of course... by boristdog · · Score: 2

      Something is dangerous compared to the land of Australia? Where every creature carries enough venom to kill at least 423 adult humans?

      Man, that's dangerous.

  2. Redefining buzzed by a drone. by GoodNewsJimDotCom · · Score: 2

    I won't take all the jokes though. I'm sure there's more.

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  3. Would you like your beer shaken or stirred? by xQx · · Score: 2

    While I am a fan of the concept, it does look like that can will be undrinkable for some time on account of it being seriously shaken up.

    Also, dropping a beer from that distance onto someone's head because the `shoot didn't deploy has got to be concern.

    I think they would've been better to have the in a promotional beer cooler (stubby holder) on a string which they lowered to ground level (or reaching level for the recipient) then detached.

    1. Re:Would you like your beer shaken or stirred? by mjwx · · Score: 2

      I think they would've been better to have the in a promotional beer cooler (stubby holder) on a string which they lowered to ground level (or reaching level for the recipient) then detached.

      Have you ever watched a drunk person try to detach something from a string?

      Whilst insanely hilarious, it is not very efficient.

      Having glanced at the article, my concern is what is the cost of delivering one can per drone trip? Also, how accurate is the drop, will your beer get caught in a crosswind and end up in the hands of the douchebag in tent #4?

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  4. drone or R/C? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So are we calling everything that used to be called R/C aircraft, "Drones" now?

  5. Re:under age drinking? by femtobyte · · Score: 2

    How stringent is underage drinking checking anyway in South Africa at big outdoor concerts? Perhaps the delivery zone is already restricted admittance for above drinking age only. The payment method (when you make orders by phone) may also allow some level of age verification.

  6. Re:under age drinking? by turkeyfish · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The adults are taller so they should be able to reach the beer first.

    Great idea, but its likely to only stimulate the development of interceptor drones out to get one keg up on the other drones.

  7. beer vs xkcd by jamesh · · Score: 2

    Delivering beer via drone seems far better than this idea.

  8. Which begs the question.... by Orleron · · Score: 2

    What is the airspeed velocity of a beer laden drone?