Technology is such an amazing thing, isn't it? I love how delivery has expanded over the past few years. Walmart is making a great decision. I'm not absolutely terrified about Wall-E's dystopian future coming true. There's no way there will be a drone uprising...right? Please tell me I'm right.
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Walmart's Bringing Drones
Yeah, I guess it's that time of year again. The time when companies get bored and start throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks. I love this time of year.
According to ABC News, Walmart is dropping orders via drone from 100 new store locations. Better duck and cover when the robot masters come a-knocking with your Twinkies.
No, don't worry, it's not anything so nefarious. It's just a flying robot being sent to drop off packages at your house from the superstore. Actually super efficient when you break it down. At least, I'd assume. Drones have to save so much time on traffic.
Now, it's not entirely known exactly which stores will get this new upgrade. But Charlotte, N.C., Atlanta, Ga., Houston, Texas, Orlando, and Tampa, Fla., all will have locations with this feature.
The feature in question will be offered via a company called Wing, as reported by WBTV. Wing is owned and operated by a parent company called Alphabet. Which many of you, like me, may not have known, also owns Google. I swear, everything being connected only gets freakier by the day.
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Walmart is reported to charge about $20 for the drone delivery service in addition to the objects being delivered. Although I would be remiss to mention that shoppers subscribed to Walmart+ already get the service for free. (Walmart+, is that real?)
The drones have also been reported as being able to deliver the items in a pretty quick fashion. In fact, they can deliver packages in 30 minutes! Not too bad for tiny flying robots.
I will say that for all the people excited about the feature, don't get your hopes up too high. Prices for everything are only going up. Especially in stores like Walmart, and the tariffs aren't slowing it down either.
The TV you want will already be a million dollars, who knows how expensive the added cost for drone delivery could be? Especially if what you're shipping is heavy enough.
