Drones May Soon Deliver Your Newspaper In The French Province Of Auvergne

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http://www.businessinsider.com/drones-delivering-newspapers-2013-3



Drones are about to go postal in Auvergne, a province in south central France.

In collaboration with drone-maker Parrot, local postal service La Poste Group will deliver mail via quadricopter drones as early as May of this year, the group recently announced on its blog.

The group is already testing the "Parrot Air Drone Postal" service in Auvergne with a team of 20 postal workers and 20 drones. The postal workers can control the drones by an iPod Touch, iPhone, and Android devices using Parrot's smartphone app.

Drones are becoming more commonplace these days, with thousands of hobbyists building their own and sharing their experiences on sites like DIYdrones.com. Meanwhile, companies like FedEx are anxiously waiting for the day when drones are admitted to standard U.S. air space.


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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Eventually those things will be everywhere,

delivering the paper and the mail and who knows what else, and you'll be finding bits of crashed drones in your yard or falling on your head, from all the midair collisions.

[Kolesar]

2. Because there is no electronic technology available, apparently

[whatchamacallit]

3. Aren't they wonderful?

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[xchrom]

5. yeah....Don't want....Dislike. nt

[Comrade_McKenzie]

4. Neat. nt