7-Eleven Just Used a Drone To Deliver Slurpees and a Chicken Sandwich (roboticstrends.com)

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7-Eleven Just Used a Drone To Deliver Slurpees and a Chicken Sandwich (roboticstrends.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday July 24, 2016 @05:35AM from the one-giant-leap-for-Slurpees dept.

An anonymous Slashdot reader write: A drone has autonomously delivered Slurpees, a chicken sandwich, doughnuts, hot coffee and candy from a Reno, Nevada 7-Eleven to a nearby home. The delivery was made "in a matter of minutes" to two busy working parents near their store in Reno, Nevada, and the drone hovered in place and gently lowered each package to the ground in the family's backyard.

"To find customers willing to have their order handled by a flying robot, the companies surveyed households within a one-mile radius of the store from which they planned to deliver," reports Tech Crunch. 7-Eleven partnered with drone-delivery company Flirtey, which has also used its drones to perform a ship-to-shore delivery of medical supplies . They're calling this flight the first FAA-approved drone delivery to a home and a historic milestone in commercial deliveries, and both companies plan to continue working together in the future to perform more testing on drone deliveries.

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Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by roman_mir · 2016-07-24 05:38 · Score: 0

You think you can just go around government controls, unions, regulations with your free market innovations?

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1. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 05:57 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  You think you can just go around government controls, unions, regulations with your free market innovations?
  7-11 is big.
  I'm sure they'll make the proper bribes^H^H^H^H^H^Hcampaign contributions to sway the minds of our "elected representatives".
2. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by djsmiley · 2016-07-24 05:57 · Score: 1
  
  And some still wonder why the states runs like a 3rd world country. This is why.
  
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3. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:09 · Score: 0
  
  Even the most hardcore libertarians believe in some form of airspace safety regulation. Unless they just keep the drone over their own property.. in which case it would be pointless.
4. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:13 · Score: 1
  
  Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
5. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:16 · Score: 1
  
  You think you can just go around government controls, unions, regulations with your free market innovations?
  You think you can just fly a heavy object through other people's property without certain preparations and considerations of your actions?
6. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:21 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
  That's because of already-established "interests" that have "pre-bribed" our "elected representatives" in order to keep their monopoly.
7. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by fustakrakich · 2016-07-24 06:22 · Score: 2
  
  Boo on you! Can't you relax for even a minute?
  Back on topic:
  Lowering the chicken sandwich to the ground? Nice way to attract all the neighborhood cats. You'd better be faster than they are to pick it up.
  
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8. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by bill_mcgonigle · 2016-07-24 06:46 · Score: 1
  
  Birds regulate their use of airspace quite well. There are rarely any crashes, excepting human error. Aerobots should emulate birds rather than try for some sort of central control - imperfect attempts at control only produce chaos.
  
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9. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Joe_Dragon · 2016-07-24 06:48 · Score: 1
  
  and they hide under the system of franchises to shift the blame.
10. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by TheRealQuestor · 2016-07-24 07:05 · Score: 1
  
  Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
  That's because of already-established "interests" that have "pre-bribed" our "elected representatives" in order to keep their monopoly.
  They sell booze at the Walmart near my home in south Texas. HUGE isle full of beer/wine/coolers/whatnot. Since I don't drink I don't know if they sell hard alcohol and I'm not sure if that is what you mean, But they do sell "booze" down here in Walmart.
11. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by ScentCone · 2016-07-24 07:58 · Score: 1
  
  Bird strikes are actually one of the more common reasons for damage to aircraft in flight. They're not very rare, and they're not due to human error.
  
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12. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:13 · Score: 1
  
  Birds have kamikazed billions of windows and thousands of planes.
13. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by bazmonkey · 2016-07-24 08:30 · Score: 1
  
  In this case, I think I would classify getting in an aircraft and flying past birds far, far more quickly than anything else they have to dodge in the sky as the "human error" which causes birds to hit aircraft. So... let's just not fly drones near actual aircraft. Birds not hitting each other (hunting aside) works well enough, why not drones not hitting each other?
14. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by guises · 2016-07-24 08:32 · Score: 1
  
  Too busy first-posting to read the summary, eh? It says FAA-approved right there. Unless by "go around" you meant "comply with the law in order to prevent fatal mid-air collisions"?
15. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by bjwest · 2016-07-24 08:40 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
  That's due to religious oppression, not government. My county finally went wet after a long battle, spanning multiple voting cycles, with the religious fucks around here. You know what? The devil didn't set up camp on the County Courthouse like you'd though would happen according the them. As a matter of fact, the majority of crime is still committed by meth heads and there has been little to no change in alcohol related incidents. Still can't buy alcohol on Sundays though.. Fucking religious nuts pushing their beliefs on everyone else, then crying oppression when we try to do demand our right to do something they don't approve of.
  Sorry 'bout that... /rant
  
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16. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Iamthecheese · 2016-07-24 09:00 · Score: 1
  
  Nothing worse than a sold out politician who won't stay bought. Texas politicians have integrity.
  
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17. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Sable+Drakon · 2016-07-24 09:22 · Score: 1
  
  It's probably like most other states with an ABC. South Carolina does the same thing. Wine, malt liquor, beer? All available wherever you roam. Want some Jameson, Jack, Svedka, and enough Captain to drown the Titanic, gotta go to an ABC-approved store. Totally different from where I grew up, where you could get whiskey, beer, steak, potatoes, and pampers all within 200 feet of one another in the same store.
  
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18. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by mspohr · 2016-07-24 10:22 · Score: 1
  
  posting to undo moderation
  
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19. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by JoeMerchant · 2016-07-24 12:29 · Score: 1
  
  You can re-bribe the pre-bribed and swing them around to your point of view. Sometimes you need to hold a public referendum, which is sort of the ultimate bribe where you have to go out with advertising and convince the public to vote for what you want.
20. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 14:37 · Score: 0
  
  Actually, it may just be a dry county. Texas has several of those.
21. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 19:19 · Score: 0
  
  "Booze"
  Has traditionally been hard drinks, not just beer and friends- distilled stuff. Nowadays it often just means "alchohol", but always check the intended usage- as it still has region specific definitions.
22. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 19:24 · Score: 0
  
  I can hunt birds with a crossbow. I guess you are down wih such an approach when your drone ingresses?
23. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Joce640k · 2016-07-24 22:56 · Score: 1
  
  ...and birds don't even drop free donuts when you shoot them!
  
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24. Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 02:05 · Score: 0
  
  You are attempting dialogue with "bill_mcgonigle". A true moron, I wonder what kind of chromosome damage he suffers from.
25. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 02:15 · Score: 0
  
  What makes you think that Walmart *wants* to sell booze in texas? They are more than happy selling guns and junk food.
26. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 04:52 · Score: 0
  
  Sometimes the ones fighting to keep a county dry are the liquor store owners in the nearby wet county. The reduction in competition is good for business.
27. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by q4Fry · 2016-07-25 05:08 · Score: 1
  
  Okay, but they don't get to out-vote the people who actually live in the dry county.
28. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by bjwest · 2016-07-25 05:17 · Score: 1
  
  (Please stop moding this guy down, even though an AC, he is right)
  There were rumors that at least one of the license owners from the closest wet county, who now owns one of the three licenses (one license holder can own multiple businesses but the number of licenses is determined by population) in the county, was helping, but it was well know and publicized that the local churches were the major force behind it.
  
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29. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by Quirkz · 2016-07-25 07:26 · Score: 1
  
  (Please stop moding this guy down, even though an AC, he is right)
  Nobody modded the AC down. Click on the Score:0 and you'll see there's no moderation. AC's start at 0 by default, unlike users with good karma, who might start at 1 or 2.
  
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30. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by MercTech · 2016-07-26 05:11 · Score: 1
  
  Texas, like Mississippi, still has "dry counties". In Mississippi, anything beyond beer has to be sold in a licensed facility that does not allow anyone below 21 years old to enter. I can't remember what county Nagodoches, Texas, is in but when I was there on a business trip a few years ago; you had to "purchase a membership" in a private club to be able to buy an alcoholic beverage.
  It isn't worth it for Walmart or 7-11 to try and change local laws and would aggravate the local church ladies to no end if they tried.
  
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31. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by MercTech · 2016-07-26 05:15 · Score: 1
  
  Rant away.
  It goes back to prohibition. When prohibition was repealed; many states made liquor sales "local option". In other words, the local people decide if they want liquor sales in their jurisdiction.
  Personally, I think adults should be expected to behave in an adult manner. On the flip side, I'm a huge believer in local government instead of draconian controls from massive bureaucracy. I'm willing to drive to the next county over for a bottle of rum if I like and politic for legalizing in my county when the issue comes up.
  Just a democratic opinionated old fart....
  
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32. Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... by MercTech · 2016-07-26 05:19 · Score: 1
  
  Churches....
  Reminds me of an old joke... The Southern Baptist Convention is totally against pre-marital sex because it could lead to drinking, card playing, and (heaven forbid) dancing.
  
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Of course by thegarbz · 2016-07-24 05:39 · Score: 2

I guess they had to find some way of cutting costs now that they can no longer underpay staff and take advantage of desperate foreign workers.
Well That's it Folks by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 05:45 · Score: 0

Donald Trump is going to be president.
The British are declaring their independence.
And now this.
Well it looks like we had a good run but it looks like we reached the end of civilization.
1. Re:Well That's it Folks by __aaclcg7560 · 2016-07-24 05:51 · Score: 0
  
  Global warming will probably kill off humanity in the near future. The planet, however, will continue on just fine as it did without the dinosaurs. After the sun turns into a red giant in four billion years, the planet will be no more.
2. Re:Well That's it Folks by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:13 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  Well, I wouldn't say humans had a good run, but we made our share of noise and hoopla. Glad we're gonna be extinct though, a species that subsists on celebrity gossip and other modern-day idiocies isn't really one that is worth much in the end.
3. Re:Well That's it Folks by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:26 · Score: 0
  
  Global warming will probably kill off humanity in the near future. ....
  That's adorbs.
4. Re:Well That's it Folks by phantomfive · 2016-07-24 06:29 · Score: 1
  
  a species that subsists on celebrity gossip and other modern-day idiocies isn't really one that is worth much in the end.
  What should a species 'subsist' on? You know, just wondering
  
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5. Re: Well That's it Folks by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 07:17 · Score: 0
  
  Sex, drugs and music!
6. Re:Well That's it Folks by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:32 · Score: 0
  
  Ideally things functional, insight-provoking, empathy-evoking, or maybe, just maybe, things constructive.
  
  But if you think bread and circuses aren't puppets on strings, go on and enjoy vapid things with artificially inflated relevance.
7. Re:Well That's it Folks by phantomfive · 2016-07-24 08:53 · Score: 1
  
  But if you think bread and circuses
  
  Bread and Circus is really just basic income with a Netflix subscription thrown in (or what passed for Netflix in their day. Really: read some history).
  
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8. Re:Well That's it Folks by phantomfive · 2016-07-24 08:54 · Score: 1
  
  Ideally things functional, insight-provoking, empathy-evoking, or maybe, just maybe, things constructive.
  Sounds like a TED talk is your preferred form of entertainment.
  
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I'm still waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 05:46 · Score: 0

I ordered mine 30 seconds ago and I'm still waiting... waiting... waiting...
1. Re: I'm still waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:13 · Score: 1
  
  OMG, it's about 100 fucking degrees right now, I so need a Slurpee right now... Damn you EditorDavid and your stupid click bait posts!!!
  I usually like the warmth and can tolerare the heat but I'm feeling super bitchy right now, cause it's so god damn hot. Maybe it's manapause. Oh well. Also, no thanks for the chicken sandwich, don't want that.
2. Re: I'm still waiting by Archfeld · 2016-07-24 08:32 · Score: 1
  
  Only 100 F, you panty waist. It was 105 F here by 0930 and will likely reach 115 F today. That said by the time they got the slurpee to me it would be warm sugar water :( On days like this I question the wisdom of accepting a contract in Yuma AZ, though the AC indoors works like a champ.
  
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3. Re: I'm still waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 10:10 · Score: 0
  
  I'll take 105-115 with 10-20% humidity any day, over 100F with 50-75% humidity. So yeah my balls are pretty sweaty.
4. Re: I'm still waiting by Archfeld · 2016-07-24 16:13 · Score: 1
  
  Can't argue that point, although when the temp exceeds 115 F it is horrific in any case. The humidity rarely exceeds 30% here thankfully. We have a pool cooler here that gets more use than the pool heater ever does.
  
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Here's 7-11 for you by future+assassin · 2016-07-24 06:01 · Score: 2

http://vancouversun.com/news/l...

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1. Re: Here's 7-11 for you by corychristison · 2016-07-24 06:52 · Score: 2
  
  7-11 in the US and 7-11 in Canada are pretty different.
  Here in Canada the stores are owned by 7-11 Canada. This helps with things like pensions, medical/dental/drug benefits. (Source: my wife works at the 7-11 across from my house).
  In the US, all stores are independently owned.
  And, to be honest, that story is more about Esso being a bunch of pricks and selling off their retail/convenience stores, not that 7-11 Canada purchased them.
Does anyone else fear for our future, by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:04 · Score: 1

with this article, preceded slightly by the one headlined "Laser-Armed Martian Robot Now Vaporizing Targets of Its Own Free Will"
1. Re:Does anyone else fear for our future, by aevan · 2016-07-24 06:41 · Score: 1
  
  Tip the drone, or else?
2. Re:Does anyone else fear for our future, by stealth_finger · 2016-07-24 19:45 · Score: 1
  
  with this article, preceded slightly by the one headlined "Laser-Armed Martian Robot Now Vaporizing Targets of Its Own Free Will"
  What? That's practically the most accurate headline I've ever seen!
  
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7-11 Uses Drone For Viral Marketing by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:10 · Score: 0

To be fair, it's more the other hipster company that's leveraging this viral marketing, but...
7-11 isn't delivering anything by drone.
Best ever drone video... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:15 · Score: 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Downsides by zamboni1138 · 2016-07-24 06:19 · Score: 2

The downside is that you have to be willing to consume food from 7-11, which is maybe one notch above bowling alley food.
In the States yeah by rsilvergun · 2016-07-24 06:22 · Score: 1

in the rest of the world convenience stores have regular food. Given the large network of the things you might see better food options as they get more into delivery. Kinda like what Radio Shack tried to do but actually workable since food is perishable.

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1. Re: In the States yeah by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:27 · Score: 0
  
  You're European, right? Only a European would refer to "where I live" with "the rest of the world."
2. Re:In the States yeah by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 15:25 · Score: 0
  
  It's garbage food in Canada too. 7-11 is historically known for tacquitos and hotdogs that sit on a heater all day long. It's a solid step below the crappiest of fast food joints. There are some convenience stores here with "real food", but not the national chains.
Falling problems by phantomfive · 2016-07-24 06:23 · Score: 3, Funny

If drone delivery becomes common, is there going to be a problem with drones falling from the sky and hitting people on the head? I don't know the answer to that.

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1. Re:Falling problems by sims+2 · 2016-07-24 06:30 · Score: 1
  
  We already have a problem with actual planes falling out of the sky and hitting people on the head.
  Although I havent heard anyone complaining about that.
  Must not be the current trendy thing for the media to talk about.
  
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2. Re:Falling problems by naughtynaughty · 2016-07-24 06:40 · Score: 1
  
  Let's ask Chicken Little
3. Re:Falling problems by phantomfive · 2016-07-24 06:45 · Score: 1
  
  We already have a problem with actual planes falling out of the sky and hitting people on the head.
  When was the last time that happened?
  
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4. Re:Falling problems by Mal-2 · 2016-07-24 07:48 · Score: 1
  
  Donnie Darko was a documentary.
  
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5. Re:Falling problems by ScentCone · 2016-07-24 07:56 · Score: 1
  
  If drone delivery becomes common, is there going to be a problem with drones falling from the sky and hitting people on the head?
  Have you been worrying yourself about ground-based delivery and shipping vehicles striking and killing people? No? Why not? Road-related injuries and deaths happen all the time, and some of them involve commercial delivery vehicles.
  
  In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt. And that hasn't even really involved more expense, professionally operated machines with built-in redundancies and higher quality motors and batteries.
  
  There are much more realistic things to think about. For example, tens of thousands of people die every year in easily prevented medical mistakes in hospitals.
  
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6. Re:Falling problems by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:27 · Score: 0
  
  Last month.
7. Re:Falling problems by sims+2 · 2016-07-24 08:29 · Score: 1
  
  Most recent ground strike I could find was near the end of last year. http://america.aljazeera.com/a...
  Hitting homes is however much more common such as yesterday. http://pix11.com/2016/07/23/1-...
  Its a small problem but a problem none the less.
  
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8. Re:Falling problems by sims+2 · 2016-07-24 08:31 · Score: 1
  
  Thanks I missed that one.
  
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9. Re:Falling problems by phantomfive · 2016-07-24 08:55 · Score: 1
  
  In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt.
  That's because they don't fly through populated areas.
  
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10. Re:Falling problems by ScentCone · 2016-07-24 09:17 · Score: 1
  
  That's because they don't fly through populated areas.
  What? People operate these machines in suburban and busy areas all the time. Millions of them. Most operators are very casual and have very little skill, while using easy-to-fail devices with little or no redundancy or ability to tolerate even mild LiPo failure. And despite all of that, all of the mayhem that the hand-wringing nanny-staters keep talking about... doesn't happen.
  
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11. Re:Falling problems by Rolgar · 2016-07-24 11:46 · Score: 1
  
  But 99% (my estimate) of flying happens outside of occupied locations. Few people are flying from one side of a metro area to the other. If you fly from NYC to Buffalo, most of your air time is over unpopulated farmland in upstate New York. If you eliminate most of the flight time that happens outside of metro areas, the number of accidents per mile are probably not so insignificant as the statistics indicate.
12. Re:Falling problems by Holi · 2016-07-25 01:17 · Score: 1
  
  Statistics for something that doesn't have to be reported? That's a shaky argument. You have no idea how many drone injuries there are as that information probably isn't recorded anywhere.
  
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13. Re:Falling problems by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 02:14 · Score: 0
  
  Have you been worrying yourself about ground-based delivery and shipping vehicles striking and killing people? No? Why not? Road-related injuries and deaths happen all the time, and some of them involve commercial delivery vehicles.
  But I do worry, all the time. That's why I look both ways before I cross the street and exercise CONSTANT vigilance when driving myself. There's also a ton of regulation and oversight over the industry itself, lots of man-hours go into it.
  
  In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt. And that hasn't even really involved more expense, professionally operated machines with built-in redundancies and higher quality motors and batteries.
  In reality, those machines are hardly operated at all, and mostly at restricted sites far away from people, with relatively low mass. In other words, like vintage cars, their contributions are negligible and thus not a concern.
  If you want to argue it, present a comprehensive survey of data analysis. Go forth and analyze.
  
  There are much more realistic things to think about. For example, tens of thousands of people die every year in easily prevented medical mistakes in hospitals.
  Don't worry, government is a multi-processing system.
14. Re:Falling problems by MercTech · 2016-07-26 05:31 · Score: 1
  
  Check the FAA rules on drones.
  "Hobby" drones don't require a license. A hobby drone cannot be operated over another person's property, must stay in line of sight, are forbidden from coming near airports (without permission) or areas where people congregate (festivals, sporting events, etc.). A hobby drone is severely limited as to payload capacity,
  These are the type of drones that often cause problems with improper operation. Remember when SoCal had to abort firefighting aircraft because of so many idiots flying camera drones over the fire?
  Commercial drone use only recently had regs firmed up. You have to have a licensed and qualified drone operator who is versed in the regulations governing aircraft flight. The FAA has backed off the requirement be a "licensed pilot" for commercial drone use. That was an interim reg until they put into regs what training requirement has to be met to be a "drone operator".
  As civilian drone use becomes more prevalent; the issue of flight path and who is responsible for the flight path and condition of the drones comes into play. To do automated deliveries; who is the "drone operator" for 7-11 deliveries that has legal responsibility for the aircraft? Do they send some pimple faced part time employee to a weekend "drone school" then hang him out to dry when a poorly maintained aircraft takes out someones Beemer at a stop light? Deliveries would have to follow roadways unless they have permission for overflight of developed properties... Hey, if they over fly your property is it legal to shoot down the trespassing aircraft and sieze the cargo?
  
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15. Re:Falling problems by MercTech · 2016-07-26 05:36 · Score: 1
  
  There was another "blue meteor" incident a couple of months ago. From what I can see is that the problem with things hitting people on the head only really occurs with frequency on the flight path coming into aircraft repair facilities.
  BTW... blue meteor... when the external holding tank valve has a slow leak and the blue toilet water freezes on the outside of the aircraft. It thaws and drops off when descending for a landing in warmer ground air.
  A rare but documented problem.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ice_(precipitation)
  
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I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free shit by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Because that's apparently going to be viable soon, yay.
wait... by JustNiz · 2016-07-24 06:31 · Score: 2

Does this mean 7-11 just made the first ever drone delivery of a commercial sale?
If so Way To Go 7-11 !!!!
I would have put money on Amazon being the first.
1. Re:wait... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:44 · Score: 0
  
  I would have put money on Amazon being the first.
  No, Amazon will just be the first to sue them.
2. Re:wait... by mysidia · 2016-07-24 06:45 · Score: 0
  
  Probably, the FAA will be knocking on their door in 3.... 2.... 1.....
3. Re:wait... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:56 · Score: 0
  
  I feel good about this. Our high tech future will consist of fast food delivered to us, er, quickly. But it won't be complete until the Slurpee is delivered right into my open palm! I can't just be expected to answer the door you know...
Hm by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:31 · Score: 0

I think I would keep the drone and leave the shit there!
the biggest problem I see by tomhath · 2016-07-24 06:41 · Score: 4, Funny

It will be interesting to see what happens when the drone tries to make a delivery at a house that has a dog. Most dogs I've had would just eat the chicken sandwich. But I've known a few that would have it out with the drone.
1. Re:the biggest problem I see by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 07:56 · Score: 0
  
  Why mod this as funny? It would be a real problem for any dog owner. A chicken sandwich wouldn't last 30 seconds in my back yard.
2. Re:the biggest problem I see by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:09 · Score: 0
  
  Then you wouldn't take a drone delivery.
3. Re:the biggest problem I see by ScentCone · 2016-07-24 08:33 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  It's funny because the question is preposterous. If you allowed your dog to run loose in your front yard, and asked a pizza delivery guy to leave food on your front porch where the dog could get to it, would you be questioning the viability of this fancy new "people delivery pizza using cars" technology? No? I see.
  
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4. Re:the biggest problem I see by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 10:31 · Score: 0
  
  Or a kid with a BB gun.
  Or an adult with a shotgun.
  Come to think of it, better not deliver anywhere in Texas...
Re: I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free by bill_mcgonigle · 2016-07-24 06:42 · Score: 1

Currently you can carjack delivery vans in front of your house if you just want "free shit" and have no moral virtues. What's holding you back?

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Re: I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 06:55 · Score: 1

Carjacking is a risky crime that requires making physical threats to actual people face to face and in some cases encountering serious resistance. Hardly the same level of criminality is required to shoot or otherwise damage a drone, forcing it to the ground.
Ignorant Posters by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 07:04 · Score: 5, Informative

The article has been up for over 1.5 hours with 40 posts and no one has noticed that the first link isn't actually a link.
How do I submit an application for a Slashdot editor position? I'd love to do nothing all day and get paid for it.
1. Re:Ignorant Posters by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 10:56 · Score: 0
  
  There are a few ways of looking at this:
  1) Typo.
  2) The slashdot editors are trolling the readers.
  3) It's a test to see how long it takes for anyone to notice.
  4) both (2) and (3)
  My take: 1 is most likely, 2 is hilarious, and I would personally do 3 if I were an editor.
2. Re:Ignorant Posters by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 12:38 · Score: 0
  
  It doesn't look like a typo to me. It looks like someone flat out wrote incorrect HTML. They literally wrote <a> and </a> -- no href attribute, no link, no nothing. I doubt they meant to bold or underline something either (the paragraph is actually encapsulated in italics (I can't use ampersand-encoded strings to accomplish that here, Slashdot's editor does weird crap with them), which is how they get their "indented" text to appear -- why Slashdot doesn't use blockquote for this I'll never know).
  That's compounded by the fact that it's now been up for over 5 hours with no fix. This is the DevOps equivalent of firing off a production software deploy then walking away from the computer to go on a 200-mile bike ride -- sure, you can do it, but you should expect to be reprimanded (i.e. written up) or fired as a result.
3. Re:Ignorant Posters by cyn1c77 · 2016-07-24 16:09 · Score: 1
  
  The article has been up for over 1.5 hours with 40 posts and no one has noticed that the first link isn't actually a link.
  How do I submit an application for a Slashdot editor position? I'd love to do nothing all day and get paid for it.
  Dude.
  This is /.
  You're not supposed to read the articles. You're just supposed to post snarky comments about the OP's text!
4. Re:Ignorant Posters by dcooper_db9 · 2016-07-25 02:55 · Score: 1
  
  The article has been up for over 1.5 hours with 40 posts and no one has noticed that the first link isn't actually a link.
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  They've been hiring for a while and haven't been able to fill those positions. Click here for more information.
  
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Just? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 07:21 · Score: 0

This happened two weeks ago.
The pizza delivery guy must be pissed by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 07:38 · Score: 0

Now stoners have more choices in getting their munchies delivered. How long till pizza delivery guys start blasting these things out of the sky?
Re: I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free by ShanghaiBill · 2016-07-24 07:56 · Score: 2

Carjacking is a risky crime that requires making physical threats to actual people face to face
Then wait till after they make their delivery, and just steal the stuff from your neighbor's front porch or mailbox. What's stopping you? There are plenty of human endeavors that rely on people being basically honest, and for the most part, they work. If your mail isn't stolen, they why would drone deliveries be stolen?
Meanwhile by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:19 · Score: 0

Slashdot "programmers" have managed to break clicking story links on mobile...
Crazy here's a video of it by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 08:42 · Score: 0

https://youtu.be/3BgM206n3Ww
I thought we had laws against this by GoodNewsJimDotCom · 2016-07-24 09:43 · Score: 2

A drone delivering 7-11 food must be considered a biowarfare war crime under the Geneva Convention.

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somehow... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 10:10 · Score: 0

i don't think that's going to make it taste any better.
If I could get a slurp delivered any time by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 10:28 · Score: 0

That would be so great.
pokemon players by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 10:56 · Score: 0

just think the pokemon players can keep looking for pokemon while a drone will deliver food/drink literally on the hunt
Re: I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free by Rolgar · 2016-07-24 11:34 · Score: 1

The postal system was established by the Constitution and interfering with the delivery of the mail is a federal offense with penalties of up to 5 years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines. UPS, FedEx, Amazon and other companies won't enjoy that level of protection.
And as you pickup your chicken, your phone says... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 11:39 · Score: 0

POLLO
Novel jobs for drones by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 12:26 · Score: 0

And in other news -- Martha's WhoreHouse sold the first drone-delivered handjob. Full story at 11.
I live in Reno - this was a PR stunt by ChesterRafoon · 2016-07-24 12:32 · Score: 1

This service does not exist as a commercial service that a customer can use. Total PR stunt by the local over-eager PR agency who seems to think that Reno is the next Silicon Valley (hilarious laughter).
It's a lie! by matbury · 2016-07-24 13:48 · Score: 1

No 7 Eleven sandwiches contain any chicken! It's some kind of almost chicken-like substance. Best feed it to your dog first to see if it's OK.
I did this a long time ago by spiritplumber · 2016-07-24 19:37 · Score: 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... 2014
so what? old news.

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First Delivery to 7-11 by stealth_finger · 2016-07-24 19:46 · Score: 1

Amazon must be pissed!

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The Big Question by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-24 19:54 · Score: 0

Was `sudo` involved?
Slurpees, a chicken sandwich, doughnuts, hot coffe by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 00:42 · Score: 0

the cornerstones of a nutricious meal. Now you don't even have to walk to/from your car. Yeah people, just what the world needs.
Do not want by StikyPad · 2016-07-25 01:25 · Score: 1

Drone deliveries from 7-11? Ugh. That's a bit like learning you're finally going to lose your virginity, and then finding out it's going to be with Uncle Bob.

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Freedom to choose by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2016-07-25 01:27 · Score: 1

"Oh thank Heaven for 7-11!"

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Oh great by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 01:36 · Score: 0

The current 7-11 experience is this: Three people are working, only one of which actually services the line of customers. The other two people maintain the store inventory and do other things at a snail's pace. They look at the long lines and don't seem to care. Now that 7-11 will now need a drone operator to operate the deliveries, who will work the register for the in-store customers?
If a drone DELIVERS a slurpee... by richrz · 2016-07-25 01:53 · Score: 1

Does it still say, "Come again.."?
Who knew... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-25 01:55 · Score: 0

Chicken sandwiches could fly.