The World's Fastest Delivery Drone Takes Off (technologyreview.com)

A couple of years ago, Zipline, a California-based startup, created a national drone delivery system to ship blood and drugs to remote medical centers in Rwanda. Now it has developed what it claims is the world's swiftest commercial delivery drone, with a top speed of 128 kilometers an hour (a hair shy of 80 miles per hour). From a report: Zipline is hoping its new fixed-wing aerial robot, which is both speedier and easier to maintain than its predecessor, will help it win business in an industry that's attracted plenty of big players. They include Amazon, which has been testing its Prime Air drone delivery service for years in the UK and elsewhere, and Project Wing, part of Alphabet's secretive X lab, which is using its drones to deliver pharmaceuticals and burritos in a pilot project in Australia.

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I can see the first shipments now

[nimbius]

husband: "Honey the farm fresh preserves you ordered just arrived"
wife: "you mean the fruit basket from my mom?"
husband: "now that you mention it, theres a surprising amount of wicker in this marmalade..."

That could put an eye out

[Tablizer]

We don't necessarily want them fast, we want them safe above all. Stop thinking like Intel.

Re:That could put an eye out

[ArhcAngel]

You mean like this?

Man Killed By Flying Aspirin Delivery

[dryriver]

When Michael, 28, living outside Austin Texas got a nagging headache, he knew exactly what to do. He ordered a fast-drone delivered shipment of Aspirin from Fastflyinmedicines.com. Everything went badly wrong when the 80 MPH drone developed a software problem and hit him in the head.