Envision a delivery service that’s driverless and instant – shipping an order straight to your doorstep in a matter of minutes – without wheels. What’s behind the process? Drones. Bay Area startup Zipline is commercializing drone delivery with their latest drone known as Platform 2. Hovering 300 feet above the ground, the drone releases a droid inside to drop off the delivery in a secure location. Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita gets an inside look at how the technology is designed and automated with the question in mind: What will it take to revolutionize delivery services?The NEXT Big Thing is the social companion to our big bold series NEXT. To see the full NEXT episode: Drone delivery to reach new heights and speeds, click here.You can read Akiko Fujita's article: Drone delivery startup Zipline to expand package drop-off across the US, here.
Envision a delivery service that’s driverless and instant – shipping an order straight to your doorstep in a matter of minutes – without wheels.
What’s behind the process? Drones.
Bay Area startup Zipline is commercializing drone delivery with their latest drone known as Platform 2. Hovering 300 feet above the ground, the drone releases a droid inside to drop off the delivery in a secure location.
Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita gets an inside look at how the technology is designed and automated with the question in mind: What will it take to revolutionize delivery services?
The NEXT Big Thing is the social companion to our big bold series NEXT.
To see the full NEXT episode: Drone delivery to reach new heights and speeds, click here.
You can read Akiko Fujita's article: Drone delivery startup Zipline to expand package drop-off across the US, here.
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There are two ways to look at your net worth by age. The first is to measure your wealth against the median wealth of your age group and peers. This can be modestly helpful as a benchmark, but by and large it tells you nothing about your own needs. The far more helpful approach is […] The post What Should My Net Worth Be at Age 35? appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.
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