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Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in San Diego
- tantalor 7y agoGood choice, San Diegans are already used to low-flying aircraft buzzing between buildings. https://youtu.be/9ql5iwIybB8?t=711 https://youtu.be/9ql5iwIybB8?t=711
- lucas_membrane 7y agoIf there is food flying around town unattended, how long until the crows, robins, owls, falcons, etc start going after it?
- cronix 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E6m252IbiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E6m252IbiY
- IggleSniggle 7y agoForget that, I'm starting a new sport for the gentry: it's called "Urban Duck Hunting," and the targets might include fowl, but it will already be deep-fried.
- cronix 7y agoPrediction: GPS jammers will become a huge thing and maybe even a sport. People are not going to like this at all. I fly drones. They are very noisy for just one, let alone hundreds/thousands. Combine this with Amazon delivering packages and stuff. Our skies are about to become a lot more crowded, noisy and distracting.
- omegaworks 7y agoCompared with the carbon usage, road traffic and noise caused by car deliveries I think this might be a win.
- ceejayoz 7y agoNoise-wise, I'll take the sound of my Corolla over a drone any day. Not sure on raw relative decibel levels, but the whine is incredibly obnoxious.
- rhcom2 7y agoThey're illegal to sell and use in the US though.
- ceejayoz 7y agoSo are cell phone jammers, but there's a decent trade in them.
- wil421 7y agoSerious question. Why do people use Uber Eats? One of the benefits of living in an Urban area is the ability to walk places. I also get using Uber eats if you’re ordering in with family or friends. That’s not what I see with Uber eats. I see people ordering one sub from Firehouse. Or a burger from McDonald’s. I’ve never felt so lazy I needed to tip someone and pay extra for McDonald’s or Chipotle and I can be lazy. Same with grocery shopping. I’d never pay extra to have someone do it for me but it’s pretty popular in my area.
- konschubert 7y agoWell, I have, and I would.
- jamesmp98 7y ago> Why do people use Uber Eats? I live in an area not very walkable, can't drive, and can't cook to save my life
- rexer 7y agoI live in an area exactly as you describe. While stuff might be technically walkable, it still could be 20+ minute walk each way to the "close" places I want to go.
- imustbeevil 7y ago30 minutes of your life should be worth more than $3.
- wil421 7y agoA lukewarm and soggy Firehouse sub is not worth 3 dollars.
- yellowapple 7y agoIn my case, it's because I'm busy at work, and the time I'd spend walking from the office to some restaurant is time that could be spent actually working. That, and the places from which I order sometimes ain't even readily walkable in the first place unless my employer's okay with me taking a multiple-hour lunch break to walk from the office (near The Embarcadero) to, say, MAC'D (near Van Ness, so a 30+ minute walk each way even assuming I'm of at least average fitness, which I am very much not). Re: grocery shopping, I've never done it (aside from a couple tries with Amazon Fresh), but I can understand and appreciate the time savings.
- JaimeThompson 7y agoThe backlash from the public as soon as they hear how horrible / annoying these things sound may present a roadblock to rolling them out broadly.