This Alphabet-owned company is delivering espresso via drone in Australia

Washington, DC It's been more than five years since Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon's drone delivery plans on"60 Minutes." Since the excitement, progress has been slow.

But in a development that points to the field's potential, Wing, the drone delivery company of Google's parent company Alphabet, announced Tuesday that it's delivering food and other items within minutes to a limited number of homes in the suburbs of Canberra, Australia's capital. Interest in drone delivery exploded in December 2013 when Bezos said drone delivery was likely four or five years into the future.

And if somebody yanks on the string?

This is not evolution! Lazy people need to do more walking not less!

Yea let’s fill up the skies with drones. groan

LeoMcRea

You're making people watch an ad before seeing your dumb video?

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