Dropped Like a Bought Potato

“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.” Nathan Edwards in The Verge (Gift Article): The day the dads in my neighborhood discovered drone delivery. (This used to be about as controversial as tech stories got…)