UPS has been testing drones for package delivery in residential areas, the future is here!
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00:00 It's a weird and wonderful tech world we live in these days.
00:03 Cars are electric, the iPhone 8 is on its way, and drones are no longer just for attempted
00:06 drug drops across the border.
00:08 UPS has teamed up with a company called Workhouse Group and is now using them to deliver your
00:12 packages.
00:13 What began as a test in residential areas has been a huge success for UPS, and pretty
00:18 soon your new laptop may be delivered by air.
00:21 And we all thought the Jetsons were lying.
00:23 Well, it's coming.
00:24 How it works is that the driver puts in the address, and then the unmanned package launches
00:28 from the top of the UPS van, makes its delivery, and then finds its way back to the van at
00:33 its next stop.
00:34 It's like a modern day carrier pigeon.
00:36 I always thought it would be so cute to have my own carrier pigeon.
00:40 One day.
00:43 That UPS woman seems calm now, until that robot's gonna steal her job.
00:47 Trump was right.
00:48 Let's bring back coal!
00:51 And commenters agree.
00:52 Brax889 notes, "Great, she smiles now, but in 5 years she won't be needed.
00:56 UPS will do her job better, faster, and for free."
00:59 What does that mean about my job here?
01:04 I am She-Ra.
01:05 But seriously, this is a look at the future, and instead of fighting it, let's embrace
01:12 it and evolve with the times.
01:14 But UPS hasn't been the first company to think about this.
01:16 Revision4 comments, "They're doing this because they're fighting for their survival
01:20 against Amazon.
01:21 The sad part is that ultimately this will most likely be a futile attempt and Amazon
01:24 will eat their lunch.
01:26 Make no mistake, UPS is in danger."
01:28 And that actually might be true.
01:29 According to CNN, Amazon has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
01:34 Office for, wait for it, drone delivery of packages with parachutes.
01:38 You know, just in case it just suddenly drops so we don't all die.
01:43 That makes sense.
01:44 Amazon's vision is a package warehouse as part of its next phase, Prime Air.
01:48 The only drawback to Amazon for now, U.S. drones still legally require human eye contact
01:53 when operating drones.
01:54 So we are still needed.
01:56 See?
01:57 See?
01:58 And others like Jason Smith seem to be pessimistic about this technology.
02:02 This shit will never work.
02:03 Dumbasses would be shooting these out of the sky for fun.
02:05 So are these drone deliveries going to work, and is this the future?
02:08 Let us know in the comments below.
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