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Aussie Company Planning To Use Drones For Textbook Delivery

Posted by Unknown on from the death-by-textbook-delivery-drone dept.

First time accepted submitter Michael Harris writes "According to The Age, an Australian company plans to use autonomous quadropters to deliver text books to University students in Sydney. Apparently the drone will locate you via your smartphone's GPS, fly autonomously to your location, and drop the book into your hands."

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  1. Payload? by not_surt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The text books I remember were all freaking heavy and don't "quadracopters" (six-bladed quadracopters in this case by the looks of it) generally have a very limited payload?

  2. If only... by bikin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    there were a method to codify books as electromagnetic signals, and a transport network to deliver such signals to devices capable of displaying the decodified content. Imagine the added benefit of not having to fly around 1 or 2 kilos of material, with all the energy savings that would imply. nahh, that's impossible

  3. This makes perfect sense by Arancaytar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because if there is one thing the age of digital communication has brought us, it is the ability to carry paper through the air.

    Admittedly this is pretty cool, but so are zeppelins. Doesn't make it useful.

  4. Re:Wait until someone by SteveFoerster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Pretend he said "consulate", and then laugh. It was a joke, not a geography lesson.

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