Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Netflix "Drone To Home" spoof of Amazon's flying drone delivery idea (video)



Maybe-serious drone delivery ideas from Amazon & another in Australia were reported on these pages previously. / Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos correspondent Charlie Rose 60 Minutes interview mystery room Amazon offices revealed secret R&D project Octocopter drone drones fly packages directly to your doorstep in 30 minutes audacious plan Bezos says requires more safety testing FAA Federal Aviation Administration approvals delivery-by-drone Amazon Prime Air available customers 4 to 5 four five years Charlie Rose story Amazon PR team octocopters octocopter pick up packages small yellow buckets Amazon’s fulfillment centers whiz through air deliver items individual customers 30 minutes hit the buy button online Amazon.com octocopter package delivery safe safety safely deliver text book books Sydney Australia University students student bookshop book shop /

Australian car-share service GoGet is working on a self-driving car with University of New South Wales


Credit: GoGet/Gizmodo Australia

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/02/aussie-car-share-service-goget-is-working-on-a-self-driving-car/ / Australia Australian big country city cities urban suburban sub-urban car sharing services big urban centres owning a car doesn’t really make sense future car sharing services service GoGet self driving self-driving car research project Toyota Yaris hatchback named Ethel outfitted self driving self-driving sensor tech study roads road how human drivers treat their cars car details autonomy autonomous car against the law in Australia car with no driver Australian motoring car sharing fleet project undertaken partnership partner partnering partnered UNSW University of New South Wales autonomous cars car reality campus /