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Mind blown: Alphabet drones to deliver Chipotle burritos

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

Project Wing, part of Alphabet's X experimental laboratory, is testing the delivery of Chipolte burritos by drone on the Virginia Tech campus. SAN FRANCISCO -- No need to pinch yourself. This is not a dream. Google parent Alphabet really is delivering Chipotle burritos by drone. This month, a small group of hungry students and employees will get their burrito orders lowered on a winch from a hovering drone on the Virginia Tech campus, making the drone-delivered burrito of geeky fantasies a reality -- at least for a chosen few.


Google's Project Wing drones will deliver Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech

ZDNet

Domino's is already launching a drone delivery service in New Zealand, but in the US, the commercial drone delivery industry is still in its trial phase. We've already seen a drone deliver a Slurpee in Nevada. Now, Google's Project Wing will test out delivering Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech. The temporary, experimental service will begin this month, Bloomberg reports. With a human pilot standing by to observe, the self-guided, unmanned aircrafts will take food from a Chipotle food truck to volunteer customers and lower it down with a winch.