For a moment, I thought the drones were delivering homes, and I was very excited. I am still excited, but less so now.
Google Wing will deliver to about 100 homes in Canberra
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hydrogen is lighter than helium, easy to produce, and if you're talking smallish blimp with no people on board, it's not particularly dangerous.
I think having what essentially would be small robot controlled fire-bombs flying through the skies would be a tough sell. Even if you managed to make them as safe as possible it's not exactly the kind of thing people would be eager to approve.
Current drone batteries are a much higher fire risk than a hydrogen blimp.
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#103> Wing said the feedback obtained during its trials had been "valuable" and it hoped to "continue the dialogue". That's code for they have asked their lawyer to see what was legal and if they can simply ignore the complaints. We continue to wage war on silence. The other day I was far the heck out there on a trail and the only things I could hear were squirrels birds and a few other things. My soul was at peace. We c…
I don't know where you live. But if you were in the US then pretty much all of the land is unpopulated and quiet (except maybe for agriculture purposes but still).
What you are looking for is city infrastructure with green scenery. That's possible but the price tag is going to be astronomical. You'd have to provide everything yourself (Water, Electricity, Gas, Food, etc...) Try that and you'll find out what you prefer living close to a city.
Re: Google Wing will deliver to about 100 homes in Canberra
#104> Wing said the feedback obtained during its trials had been "valuable" and it hoped to "continue the dialogue". That's code for they have asked their lawyer to see what was legal and if they can simply ignore the complaints. We continue to wage war on silence. The other day I was far the heck out there on a trail and the only things I could hear were squirrels birds and a few other things. My soul was at peace. We c…
If only there were quieter places, out in the countryside, where you could have Really Uninterrupted Relaxing And Leisure - hey, we could even call them that: R.U.R.A.L.
That is no excuse for making cities louder than they need to be.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’d agree that it would have gotten old if this was an isolated past of Google but fact is that Google shuts downs products left and right even today, recently Google Inbox. People will keep making fun of Google for this as long as Google keep throwing products at the wall that they don’t intend to keep supporting.
Googles inclination to deprecate products is common knowledge at this point. What value is added by restating the obvious in every Google related thread?
To make sure it won't stop being common knowledge.
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#106It's difficult to imagine that this is ok from a privacy standpoint. I mean yes, the claim is that there is a "low-resolution fitted for debugging purposes", but why would Google stop there? There are now cameras flying around Canberra and there is seemingly not a single way for a civilian to differentiate between a Google delivery done or a fake drone used for spying. There will be no way for people to opt-out of th…
It is surprising to me that this is the straw that broke the camel's back. There are billions of Android users that appear to be browsing the web on their phones but are actually taking pictures of you (you personally!) and uploading them to Google. There are planes flying around taking pictures. There are drones flying around taking pictures. There are satellites flying around taking pictures. The cat is out of the…
Are you claiming that Google takes and transfers images of the user as they browse the web on their Android device?
Re: Google Wing will deliver to about 100 homes in Canberra
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’d agree that it would have gotten old if this was an isolated past of Google but fact is that Google shuts downs products left and right even today, recently Google Inbox. People will keep making fun of Google for this as long as Google keep throwing products at the wall that they don’t intend to keep supporting.
Googles inclination to deprecate products is common knowledge at this point. What value is added by restating the obvious in every Google related thread?
It's an (admittedly somewhat low-value) homage to the classic Onion article.[0]
[0] https://www.theonion.com/133-dead-as-delta-cancels-flight-in...
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#108> Wing said the feedback obtained during its trials had been "valuable" and it hoped to "continue the dialogue". That's code for they have asked their lawyer to see what was legal and if they can simply ignore the complaints. We continue to wage war on silence. The other day I was far the heck out there on a trail and the only things I could hear were squirrels birds and a few other things. My soul was at peace. We c…
> We continue to wage war on silence. What is more important: a minute of drone noise, or the fumes from a diesel truck sent over to do the delivery?
Delivery trucks are also loud and you can often feel rumbling when they drive by. Electric vehicles can't come soon enough.
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#109"They will not be allowed to fly over crowds or main roads." I know this is specific to the current set of guidelines, but if I imagine this service launching in my part of the world I'm unsure how it would even work with this requirement. To go from one side of my city to the other you have to traverse a number of main roads. If you're setting up base stations all over the place to launch from to keep from breaking…
The FAA is currently considering relaxing this requirement.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's only true for multi-rotors. Fixed-wing drones can be fairly quiet.
Especially if they glide over the target, release the payload with a parachute, and only restart the propeller(s) once they're a ways away.
No need for a parachute with the payloads that drug dealers are dropping.