Alphabet's Wing Drone Deliveries Are Coming To Finland (techcrunch.com) 26
Google's autonomous drone delivery service is spreading its wings. After starting deliveries last month in Australia's capital city, Canberra, Project Wing is now moving into Finland's capital, Helsinki. TechCrunch reports: Drone deliveries will start next month -- which may just make the "spring" time frame it announced late last year. Like the Australian deliveries, this is considered a "pilot" program, with select goods and limited geography. Specifically, things are being test driven in the Vuosaari distract -- the city's most populated.
Wing notes on its Medium page: "Vuosaari is an inspiring locale for Wing in several ways. Helsinki's most populous district, it is bordered by water on three sides, with significant forestland alongside residential areas and a large international cargo port. The density of Vuosaari's population makes it a great place to launch our first service to multi-family housing communities as well." The program will kick off with two partners: gourmet super market, Herkku Food Mark and Cafe Monami. That means everything from salmon sandwiches to pastries delivered via drone.
Wing notes on its Medium page: "Vuosaari is an inspiring locale for Wing in several ways. Helsinki's most populous district, it is bordered by water on three sides, with significant forestland alongside residential areas and a large international cargo port. The density of Vuosaari's population makes it a great place to launch our first service to multi-family housing communities as well." The program will kick off with two partners: gourmet super market, Herkku Food Mark and Cafe Monami. That means everything from salmon sandwiches to pastries delivered via drone.
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Trolling aside, that was Finnish airforce's old symbol, predating Third Reich. It was taken into use in 1918.
Luftwaffe were just copycats.
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Damn, it's been what, a year since I fucked you on your anti-science denial rant?
And you're still butthurt enough to occasionally stalk me on slashdot.
Must've been best anal of your life. Heck, best sex of your life. And no, I'm still not giving you any more. It was strictly a one night stand.
Re: The drone delivers your package. (Score:3)
Its all fun and games until... (Score:2)
Re: Its all fun and games until... (Score:2)
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That doesn't narrow it down at all. Everything they sell is for masturbation.
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Depends... is your neighbour a hot chick or not?
Wing Drone Deliveries? (Score:2)
Are they going to deliver a drone to me by wing?
Re: Wing Drone Deliveries? (Score:3)
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The drone delivers the NACA airfoils. You build the rest of the plane.
I thought all the kids were all 3D printing their NACA airfoils these days.
Drones deliveries are a novelty (Score:2)
They will work sometimes. But not when there's wind or rain or snow or when the package is heavy.
Re: Drones deliveries are a novelty (Score:2)
ICE ? (Score:1)
Re: ICE ? (Score:2)
article summarized (Score:2)
Article Summarized:
Skynet subsidiary Wing begins testing of autonomous airborne terminators, under the guise of delivering overpriced consumer crap to rich twats, who welcome their new robot overlords with open arms and open wallets.
Not a good thing (Score:2)
Don't be surprised if feature creep sets in, and in a few years, they also doing aerial videos during the trip.
This isn't a good thing..