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Uhhhh, balconies? Reach out of an open window like a reverse drive-through?
by Scoundreller 2y ago
Uhhhh, balconies?
Reach out of an open window like a reverse drive-through?
- recursivecaveat 2y agoI think you'd have to have nerves of steel as a company to try either of those maneuvers. The wind can be unpredictable so close to a structure, it is a cramped environment filled with objects and materials you can't predict, even a meal for 2 can be kindof bulky (doubly so bc it has to be packed well enough to be airworthy), the load might shift internally, and if you screw up there's a good chance a drone goes plummeting 20 stories down onto a crowded sidewalk.
- elcritch 2y agoAlright hear me out, a drone "cannon" that shoots the food onto the balcony. It's perfect for covering that last distance. Works best for food packaged in discrete boxes. ;)
- 0_____0 2y agoUber yeets
- ForOldHack 2y agoOh ha ha ha. Funniest post in weeks.
- t-3 2y agoHow are they going to get the right apartment, and even if they do, what if the food gets fumbled in the handover and someone is injured by falling meals?
- bigiain 2y ago"We add a $70 surcharge to each delivery for the ballistic parachute system that protects people on the sidewalk from fumbled delivery handovers. This surcharge is refunded when the intact and unused parachute system is returned via the drone from your next delivery."
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoHow do you shoot that used delivery parachute back to the drone upon next delivery?
- throw2728384 2y agoDJI has those smart docking stations. Maybe eventually each apartment will have one or it'll be subsidized by delivery platforms.
- ForOldHack 2y agoFood slides? Smart waiters? Hook and cook? And a large orange drink?
- evan_ 2y agoPneumatic tubes
- traverseda 2y agoI'm disappointed society hasn't revisited pneumatic tube networks since we got good at packet switching and RFIDs and computing in general.
- evan_ 2y agoThey're still used pretty heavily in hospitals and they do take advantage of newer technology like RFID for routing. Separately, there's a very cool startup called Pipedream that does autonomous underground delivery robots that are kind of the next iteration of the concept.
- manarth 2y agoBut only for burritos. Pizza's not quite as resilient.
- aceazzameen 2y agoThis reminds me of The Fifth Element. The restaurant should fly to my balcony and serve me there.