While food delivery is a super convenient option, wouldn't it be even more convenient if we didn't have to face an actual person? To not worry about whether we have cash on hand for a tip, or whether the dog is going to go crazy, or whether we are in pajamas.
Indeed. Enter drones to the rescue. In late October, Uber Eats unveiled plans for food delivery via drone. Food delivery is the latest in a progression of uses for drones, the most famous probably being Amazon's moves toward package delivery.
A number of hurdles need to be cleared before drones are seen with regularity, as the Federal Aviation Administration determines their safety. As drones get bigger, fly longer distances and over more populated areas, they are scrutinized in a similar manner as airplanes.
Regardless, their advances have been remarkable. Consider these scenarios that Forbes reported:
* In Rwanda and Ghana, a delivery drone network carries vaccines, medications, and blood to rural hospitals
* In Iceland, a Reykjavik-basedfood delivery service used drones, particularly in places that are difficult to reach by car because of coastal inlets and winding roads.
* In April, a drone delivered a donated kidney for a transplant patient in Maryland. It was a 2.8-mile test flight that took less than 10 minutes and was limited to the University of Maryland campus.
Kind of makes that pizza delivery look easy, doesn't it?
