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Google parent company Alphabet is gearing up to launch what the Australian Broadcasting Corporation <\/em>reports will be<\/a> the world’s first commercial drone delivery service, which will fall under its Project Wing arm.<\/p> But Alphabet may be in for a fight before the delivery program takes flight in Australia by this coming June, according to the ABC <\/em>— because local residents are furious about the idea of buzzing drones invading their community.<\/p> Alphabet says its drones will be able to deliver coffee, food and medication — but residents of Canberra, where the program will take place, are worried about what it’ll be like living among the drones.<\/p> “Things fall out of the sky, it’s quite hard to get drones to work properly, it’s quite hard to deal with drones when they lose communications… we should be treating it that way and applying the precautionary principle and getting out ahead of the problem,” said Roger Clarke, a professor at Australian National University.<\/p> For its part, Alphabet recently tested a quieter version<\/a> of its delivery drone.<\/p> “We’re trying to be as transparent and as open as we can,” Project Wing CEO James Burgess told the Canberra Times<\/em>.<\/p> But not all residents are convinced.<\/p> “That is what is going to happen with some forms of these new robotics technologies unless corporations deal the public in, and get the downsides understood and prevented or mitigated, and they’re not doing it,” Clarke said.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Google’s drone delivery trial could be under threat from group of angry Australian residents<\/a> [Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/i>]<\/p><\/div> More on drones: <\/strong>The US Army Is Equipping Soldiers With Pocket-Sized Recon Drones<\/a><\/p><\/div> The post Residents Are Furious About Google’s Drone Delivery Service<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more: Project Wing Google parent company Alphabet is gearing up to launch what the\u00a0 Australian Broadcasting Corporation\u00a0 reports will be the world\u2019s first commercial drone delivery service, which will fall under its Project Wing arm. But Alphabet may be in for a fight before the delivery program takes flight in Australia by this coming June, according to the\u00a0 ABC\u00a0 \u2014 because local residents are furious about the idea of buzzing drones invading their community. Continue reading The Sky is Falling<\/h2>
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