Drones are `Becoming Birds` in the sky. Absolutely..Commercial drones are going to become as ubiquitous as aeroplanes in the sky are right now. The civil aviation authority in Australia was one of the first in the world to legalise commercial flights by unmanned aerial vehicles, adding that the USA isn't due to follow until 2015. This gives the startup the opportunity to hone the technology over the next few years, ready to export worldwide. Flirtey is the world's first unmanned aerial vehicle delivery technology. Currently in Australia same-day delivery by post cost eight to 20 [Australian] dollars.Flirtey it will cost a fraction of that and the consumer won't have to cover it because it will be included in the marketing budget of the companies that we partner with.
`World's first` drone delivery service
A Sydney company has launched a book delivery service that employs flying robots instead of postmen, and declared that `commercial drones are going to become as ubiquitous as aeroplanes`.
Flying drones to deliver text books:Sydney startup Flirtey has teamed up with text book rental service Zookal to use hexacopters - robots with six rotors - to deliver study materials. The service aims to reduce postal costs and avoid the problem of missed deliveries by tracking the location of the recipient's mobile phone. Flirtey co-founder Matthew Sweeney says `We're taking technology that was previously only available to the military and universities, democratising it and commercialising it so that anybody can order any goods or services and have them flown straight to their smartphone.`Books are ordered using a smartphone app, then Zookal packages them before they're flown to the customer's phone rather than their address.Six battery-powered rotors control flight, which can continue even when one isn't working. `We've built the Flirtey as a hexacopter, so it can lose any one rotor and still fly, and can lose any one battery and still fly,` said Sweeney.
Zookal CEO Ahmed Haider mentions another safety feature: `When the Flirtey arrives to its location it levitates above the location and lowers the parcel to the consumer. If there is anyone that pulls it a little too hard the parcel comes off, keeping the Flirtey safe and ready to go.` Amazon also tests drones that could deliver parcels too.
Nixie -Drone
Sure, Apple's new smart watch brings smartphone features to users' wrists, but can it fly free and take video in the air? The Nixie, which has none of the features of a watch other than wrist-wearability, is a drone for people who like robots as fashion statements, as well as aerial photography.
Nixie is a quadcopter with flexible arms, letting it cling to a pilot's wrist like a scared mechanical flying squirrel. Created by Christoph Kohstall and a team of designers and engineers, Project Nixie is a finalist in Intel’s `Make It Wearable` competition. Here's how Kohstall wants Nixie to work:
You should be able with a gesture to tell the quadcopter to unfold. Then it's going to take off from your wrist. It knows where you are, turns around, takes a picture of you, comes back. You can catch it from the air, and put it back on your wrist.
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