Potato by air
The Wing Hummingbird 7000W-B delivery drone weighs less than 15 pounds.
Artist’s rendition | Image:The Verge, Getty Images
The Wing Hummingbird 7000W-B delivery drone weighs less than 15 pounds. It has 16 propellers - four for horizontal movement and 12 for vertical - a top speed of 60 miles per hour, a carrying capacity of up to 2.7 pounds, and a delivery radius of about six miles. It is authorized by the FAA for beyond-line-of-sight piloting. As a feat of engineering, it is impressive.
So far I've mostly used it to send people potatoes.
It all started a few Sunday mornings ago when my neighbor Will added me and a half dozen other local dads to a group chat. I only recognized a few of the numbers.
"Anyone looking for dumb stuff to entertain the kids?" he …
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