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0 pointsshubb11y ago0 comments

And anyway, driverless cars are happening. Why do you need a drone when the robo uber taxi had a robot arm in the boot and delivers packages during slow times of day?

Drones could be useful for a lot of things but if the problem is delivering heavy packages cheaply to places with road access, they are not a rational choice.

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CPLX11y ago· 3 in thread

> And anyway, driverless cars are happening.

By "happening" you mean "not used for any real purpose besides research or demonstration anywhere in the world" presumably.

shubbOP11y ago

We have cars navigating america autonomously as we speak. [1]

From a regulatory perspective, I think driver-less cars are making better progress than drones, because auto regulations are more relaxed than air.

[1]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3006700/Driverless-c...

... Oh god I just linked the daily mail. Sorry I'm at work and picked the first link when I googled.

narrowrail11y ago

Just for comparison, I had phones (flip-phones, mind you) from Samsung, LG, and Motorola with NFC in 2006. We could use them at MCD's, 7-eleven, and a few other places. Fast-forward 9 years and there has been little uptake, except that there are phones actually available to people with NFC, and acceptance is more commonplace.

In general, people take much longer to adopt new technology than we would like to see.

edit: grammar

CPLX11y ago

No, actually we don't. From your article's headline:

"Two people will be in the specially rigged Audi in case of emergencies"

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