Mercedes-Benz conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items
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#2What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
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#3Who had the bright idea to put a drone video up top that has nothing to do with Mercedes? The company in the video isn't even mentioned in the article.
Stay weird, Bloomberg.
Re: Mercedes-Benz conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items
#4What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
Additionally, how will the drones be secured? A baseball could knock these things out of the air. It's not like with a delivery person where there's a lot of risk involved trying to take a package.
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#5What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
I had one fly low near my top-floor unit recently and it was way louder than I ever expected it to be.
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#6What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
We seem pretty used to the noise of trucks, which are the loudest thing in my neighborhood.
Re: Mercedes-Benz conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items
#7What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
Additionally, how will the drones be secured? A baseball could knock these things out of the air. It's not like with a delivery person where there's a lot of risk involved trying to take a package.
A drone large enough to ship a package will probably not be taken down by a baseball. It's also going to be difficult to throw a baseball at a moving drone. You'd also have to know when the drone is going to come by, because most of the time, they would be flying high, except when near landing. Finally, security cameras.
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#8What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining cars driving around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the cars so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
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This actually might lower the delivery times and delivery cars on the road which is a good thing! Less traffic, less air pollution, faster delivery times, less jobs (not a good thing tho).
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Additionally, how will the drones be secured? A baseball could knock these things out of the air. It's not like with a delivery person where there's a lot of risk involved trying to take a package.
A drone large enough to ship a package will probably not be taken down by a baseball. It's also going to be difficult to throw a baseball at a moving drone. You'd also have to know when the drone is going to come by, because most of the time, they would be flying high, except when near landing. Finally, security cameras.
well the concern I am curious about how they address it is, how will they route these drones? How high up do they need to be when crossing private property before they are not trespassing. If any have cameras attached how do we verify they only record where appropriate? if routing down existing roadways how do they fare in areas with large numbers of over head wires?
my personal concerns from above are trespass and privacy. besides someone should easily be able to come up with a means to track them and nab some packages, with drones if there is enough money in it.
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#10What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining drones flying around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the drones so people can get their coffee delivered faster?
100 years ago, you would have said "What is this going to sound like when cities have hundreds of whining cars driving around? Are we just going to have to get used to the noise pollution from the cars so people can get their crackerboxes delivered faster?"