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Drones are in the news for all sorts of horrible reasons, but Domino's might salvage its reputation somewhat by eventually—someday—using them to deliver pizza. The company's DomiCopter—a joint effort by U.K. drone specialist AeroSight, Big Communications and creative agency T + Biscuits—is an eco-friendly machine capable of carrying pizzas in heatwave bags for impressive distances without refueling, similar to how a swallow would carry a coconut. Sadly, it's also a threat to the labor force of guys who get stoned in their cars and forget where you live.
I'm impressed they managed to work monty python into a story about dominos and helicopters so easily.
And as I pointed out to my girlfriend when I first saw this, it's an awful idea. Not for any health/something reason, but because drunk people will try and steal the helicopter. Not may, not could, but will.
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2013/06/14 00:44:47
Subject: Re:Domino's testing UAVs to deliver pizza
I'm assuming you would have to pay via card prior to delivery, otherwise this would be nothing but a fancy way of delivering unscrupulous people free pizza.
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It's a dreadful idea, but I'm all for it, actually. For two rocks on the ends of a string and a little tinkering I get a brand new toy and a pizza to eat while I play with it!
2013/06/14 02:19:44
Subject: Re:Domino's testing UAVs to deliver pizza
Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
Relapse wrote: I really have a hard time believing this is a real deal.
I have to admit, I was pretty dubious about this as well. But digging into it, it looks like the visual effects people teamed with an actual civilian UAV vendor who does indeed make that airframe, which can indeed carry nearly 9 pounds.
Obviously they're not really going to deliver pizzas with the damn thing, but I'm pretty sure they really did the flight as seen in the vehicle, as opposed to it being 100% digital effects such as in the below video:
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Relapse wrote: I really have a hard time believing this is a real deal.
I have to admit, I was pretty dubious about this as well. But digging into it, it looks like the visual effects people teamed with an actual civilian UAV vendor who does indeed make that airframe, which can indeed carry nearly 9 pounds.
Obviously they're not really going to deliver pizzas with the damn thing, but I'm pretty sure they really did the flight as seen in the vehicle, as opposed to it being 100% digital effects such as in the below video:
Spoiler:
God I love that video
I wish I had time for all the game systems I own, let alone want to own...
I just have this vision of the "pizza" delivery of the future being dropped in a laser-guided precision cannister. You then open it and retreive the pizza.
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motyak wrote: I'm impressed they managed to work monty python into a story about dominos and helicopters so easily.
And as I pointed out to my girlfriend when I first saw this, it's an awful idea. Not for any health/something reason, but because drunk people will try and steal the helicopter. Not may, not could, but will.
I wouldn't have to be drunk to be willing to steal a pizza delivering helicopter.
hotsauceman1 wrote: No, that would hurt the pizza.
It looks like it is radio controlled, use a jammer
Likely how it would work is that it wouldn't be receiving any communications in realtime to control it. I'd imagine anything radio operated would just be a queuing of addresses that gets uploaded whenever it returns to its store. I imagine that it WOULD be recording video and transmitting it back semi-realtime, so as to be able to deal with those guys who take the pizza AND the drone. I would probably try to take the drone. I realize this might make me a not good person.
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It is certainly the best of the chains, and one of the few I can eat without a massive stomach-ache afterwards. Papa John's and Dominos are just far too much grease.
At the risk of being the pretentious pizza guy, I prefer Ferraro's, the tiny independent shop a block away from my apartment. Only place I've ever found that puts real sausage on their pizza.
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So is this drone delivery paid by credit card over the phone or are they relying on people to give exact change to the drone?
And actually, I could see this creating jobs.
With a drone you need a technician or 2 to keep them functioning properly. plus a potential recovery team. This instead of just a dude with a car.
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It is certainly the best of the chains, and one of the few I can eat without a massive stomach-ache afterwards. Papa John's and Dominos are just far too much grease.
At the risk of being the pretentious pizza guy, I prefer Ferraro's, the tiny independent shop a block away from my apartment. Only place I've ever found that puts real sausage on their pizza.
Ugh, Pizza Hut is so much worse than dominos. The dough tastes like cardboard. I'd rather have garlic butter crust. Still, pizza-bearing helicopters is definitely worthwhile.
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It is certainly the best of the chains, and one of the few I can eat without a massive stomach-ache afterwards. Papa John's and Dominos are just far too much grease.
At the risk of being the pretentious pizza guy, I prefer Ferraro's, the tiny independent shop a block away from my apartment. Only place I've ever found that puts real sausage on their pizza.
Ugh, Pizza Hut is so much worse than dominos. The dough tastes like cardboard. I'd rather have garlic butter crust. Still, pizza-bearing helicopters is definitely worthwhile.
I retain control over my digestive system after eating pizza hut pizza.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Imagine if Pizza Hut starts doing this. And imagine if they both mount weapons as suggested by the above posters. Now, imagine that the drones cross paths...
Pizza delivery drone dog fights, anyone?
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2013/06/15 00:04:36
Subject: Re:Domino's testing UAVs to deliver pizza
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The Delivery Wars. A shadowy conflict where competing pizza chains attempt to sabotage each others delivery systems.
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