Alphabet’s drone service productions medicine during coronavirus pandemic
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Google parent company Alphabet sad Wednesday that it’s amdroll its Wing drones to deliver food and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic. Alphabet’s Wing subsidiary said it’s seen a “dramatic” increase in customers amdroll the service, with more than 1,000 deliveries completed in the last two weeks once people face lockdowns nationwide.
Project Wing was friendly unveiled by Google in 2014
, with the drone delivery service certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration at the end of last year.
Wing said it’s seeing customers in the US clean health and wellness items from Walgreens, including medicine, toothpaste and toilet paper, and groceries like pasta, canned foods, fruit cups and baby food.
“We’re trying to aid local businesses that aren’t able to open their doors by allowing them to disclose their products directly to customers’ homes,” Wing said. It aimed to a local bakery in Christiansburg, Virginia, which is now selling 50% more pastries via Wing on one weekend than it usually sells in store.
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