{"id":68288,"date":"2019-09-25T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=68288"},"modified":"2019-09-25T16:47:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:47:50","slug":"another-automated-delivery-service-pilot-hmm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/09\/25\/another-automated-delivery-service-pilot-hmm\/","title":{"rendered":"Another automated delivery service \/ pilot&#8230;hmm&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/09\/19\/walgreens-to-test-drone-delivery-service-with-alphabets-wing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Walgreens to test drone delivery service with Alphabet\u2019s Wing<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cnbc.com by Jasmine Wu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walgreens is working with Alphabet\u2019s drone delivery service Wing to test a new service.<\/li>\n<li>The pilot program will deliver food and beverage, over-the-counter medications and other items, but not prescriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon said in June its new delivery drone should be ready \u201cwithin months\u201d to deliver packages to customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Add that to these other robots, drones, driverless pods, etc.:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/starship-technologies-100-campuses-next-24-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Autonomous robot deliveries are coming to 100 university campuses in the U.S.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u2014 from digitaltrends.com by Luke Dormehl<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/postmates-gets-go-ahead-to-test-delivery-robot-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Postmates Gets Go-Ahead to Test Delivery Robot in San Francisco<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from interestingengineering.com by Donna Fuscaldo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/6\/21\/18700451\/amason-delivery-drone-surveillance-home-security-system-patent-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amazon patents \u2018surveillance as a service\u2019 tech for its delivery drones<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 from theverge.com by Jon Porter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cars\/this-futuristic-driverless-pod-will-soon-be-delivering-pizza-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>This futuristic driverless pod will soon be delivering pizza in Texas<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 from digitaltrends.com by Trevor Mogg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/6\/8\/18656364\/amazon-delivery-robot-scout-training-test-prototype-virtual-simulation-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amazon is creating detailed 3D models of suburbia to train its new delivery robots<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from theverge.com by James Vincent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Is a wild, wild west developing? It appears so. What does the average citizen do in these cases if they don&#8217;t want such drones constantly flying over their heads, neighborhoods, schools, etc.?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>I wonder what the average age is of people working on these projects&#8230;?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Just because we can&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walgreens to test drone delivery service with Alphabet\u2019s Wing &#8212; from cnbc.com by Jasmine Wu Key Points: Walgreens is working with Alphabet\u2019s drone delivery service Wing to test a new service. The pilot program will deliver food and beverage, over-the-counter medications and other items, but not prescriptions. 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