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"Drone delivery company Wing recently celebrated 100,000 deliveries with an
unusual burst of media fanfare. Australia is at the forefront of Wing’s plans,
with the company’s two biggest trial sites running in Canberra and Logan in
Queensland.
Wing tells a simple story of barista coffee and roast chooks dropped on your
driveway at a moment’s notice. Short on Vegemite for the kids’ brekky? Hop on
the app, order, and a drone will lower a new jar to your doorstep before the
toast is cool. All quick, contactless, and COVID-safe.
But the real story is much more complex. Drone delivery at scale will transform
the skies, change expectations for speedy delivery, and hide the labour that
makes it possible.
Owned by Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Wing has huge resources. New
drone regulations are already being written, and Wing is setting itself up to
be the backbone of a new aerial infrastructure."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
