Innovation in newspaper delivery techniques hasn’t really seemed like a priority in a while because of the whole death of print thing and whatever. But since drones categorically improve all situation a local French postal service is turning paper routes into air routes.
The postal service “La Poste Groupe” is using Auvergne, France as a test province for a new drone delivery program that will employ Parrot quadricopters to deliver local papers. Tests officially begin in May and will consist of 20 drones being controlled by 20 postal workers from iOS or Android devices. The goal is for the system to be ready for 7am deliveries.
The program faces problems with battery life and range, because the quadricopters only have a range of about 164 feet and 30 minutes of flight time. No word on whether privacy concerns are being viewed as…a concern. [La Poste via VentureBeat]