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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. Wait until someone by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Orders a book for delivery to the US embassy ... just imagine panic!