Potato by air

Artist’s rendition | Image:The Verge, Getty Images The Wing Hummingbird 7000W-B delivery drone weighs less than 15 pounds. It has 16 propellers - four for horizontal movement and 12 for vertical - a top speed of 60 miles per hour, a carrying capacity of up to 2.7 pounds, and a delivery radius of about six miles.

It is authorized by the FAA for beyond-line-of-sight piloting. As a feat of engineering, it is impressive. So far I've mostly used it to send people potatoes. It all started a few Sunday mornings ago when my neighbor Will added me and a half dozen other local dads to a group chat.

I only recognized a few of the numbers. "Anyone looking for dumb stuff to entertain the kids?" he … Read the full story at The Verge.

In Digital rückt FlexChar diese Geschichte in den Mittelpunkt: Artist’s rendition | Image:The Verge, Getty Images The Wing Hummingbird 7000W-B delivery drone weighs less than 15 pounds. It has 16 propellers - four for horizontal movement and 12 for vertical - a top speed of 60 miles per hour, a carrying capacity of up to 2.7 pounds, and a delivery radius of about six miles. FlexChar zeigt sie, weil sie gerade Suche und Gespräch treibt.