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> Drones move in 3d space. Maybe a lot more investment would have yielded some cool ways to navigate in 3d space around cities. Well it turns out that human te

> Drones move in 3d space. Maybe a lot more investment would have yielded some cool ways to navigate in 3d space around cities. Well it turns out that human tend to enjoy the ability to open a windows and look at the sky while enjoying birds. This is hardly compatible with a cool way for delivery service to navigate in 3D space 24/7. I once hiked on a remote part of a beautiful island where helicopters is the only viable delivery system because there is literally no road. Even with very limited and restricted helicopters delivery rotations for the small hamlets there the nuisance was noticeable. Drone delivery only to sustain a megalopolis would likely fill the air with background sound not unlike an army of barking dogs.

midoridensha 4y ago
>Drone delivery only to sustain a megalopolis would likely fill the air with background sound not unlike an army of barking dogs. No, barking dogs would be far worse. Drones are just a constant buzz or whir, so they're basically white noise, though the noise gradually changes in pitch and volume as the drones move around due to distance and doppler effect. Dog barking is sharp and irregular. Sane humans find that far, far more annoying. Having smaller deliveries by drone could be quiet and nice if they invent anti-gravity systems (or "suspensors"). But that probably won't come until after we have ornithopters...