Drones that can haul a 20-pound load for 500 miles and land on a moving target
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#2Technology like this is why The Wall is a waste of money when it comes to deterring drug trafficking.
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#3It makes me happy to see that people are venturing out and building something that takes longer and has a higher failure rate that web apps/software.
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#4Fine and dandy when flying over a desert but when the drone meets the city and an "autopilot" failure occurs over a freeway/highway/street or someone's head the consequences will be unforgivable.
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#5Technology like this is why The Wall is a waste of money when it comes to deterring drug trafficking.
The technology world progresses as an arms race. I'm quite sure that when these things are used to traffic drugs, a small version of [0] will be used to stop them.
[0] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/neqvag/the-us-nav...
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#6Admirable, sets a timeline for instant delivery systems
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#7Fine and dandy when flying over a desert but when the drone meets the city and an "autopilot" failure occurs over a freeway/highway/street or someone's head the consequences will be unforgivable.
Simple solution - mandate that drones are implemented with a parachute system, it's already being done on prop planes (cirrus)
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#8Of all the things I think this will really impact, I think food delivery and fresh ingredient delivery will be near the top of the list.
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#9It makes me happy to see that people are venturing out and building something that takes longer and has a higher failure rate that web apps/software.
People have been doing that for a very long time. This isn't new.
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#10Fine and dandy when flying over a desert but when the drone meets the city and an "autopilot" failure occurs over a freeway/highway/street or someone's head the consequences will be unforgivable.
Program a better flight path to avoid people.
How is it refueled after landing hundreds of miles away?