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Re:Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Can... by rewq4321 on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:49AM (#28592744)
> This "delivering medicine in inaccessible spots" is simply not true. We can already deliver Coca-Cola everywhere on Earth reliably.

Your comment is so profoundly wrong, and yet so confidently written. You're comparing Coke, a long-shelf-life mass market product, with (often) emergency/low-latency delivery of products which would be impractical to stockpile in every remote village, even if they could affort it (e.g. certain types of medicine and consumable medical products, blood, etc.)

Coke doesn't need low-latency delivery - they can use high-bandwidth + warehousing. This isn't possible/practical for some types of products.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivery_drone#Healthcare_deli...

Re:Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Can... by hef19898 on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:51AM (#28592764)
And still there is a way to reliably reach even the remotest areas where people live. Getting medicine there can, at least to a degree, piggy bag on that.

Unless it is a AI powered blockchain drone, that would be unbeatable!

Re:Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Can... by samhw on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:06AM (#28592875)
Like the comment said to which you are replying, there isn't a fast enough supply chain for deliveries which 'go stale' far more quickly than Coca-Cola does. Therefore, no, they can't piggyback on that existing supply chain.
Re:Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Can... by hef19898 on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:20AM (#28593490)
Given that cooling is a thing, yes they can. Unless stuff goes shale within minutes, in which case even a drone won't help you.
Re:Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Can... by rewq4321 on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:33AM (#28594214)
What are you actually getting at here? If I had to pessimistically guess, it sounds like you're trying to signal "I'm part of the group that can see through the drone marketing hype. They can't fool me."

Drones are much faster than cars at getting to remote places. There are many, many villages throughout the African continent that can take several hours to get to due to lack of paved roads (you need a 4WD, and it'll be a bumpy, slow ride). Sometimes the territory is dangerous to drive though. Drones can also be used even in more developed areas when roads have been completely washed away by a flood/hurricane/landslide/etc. The industry certainly has been hyped, and it's still early days, but your claim that they're not useful is absurd.