for years, we ve talked about how drone deliveries were around the corner. i think one of the main reasons that the idea of drone deliveries is in the public consciousness is because an image went viral quite a long time ago now of an amazon drone delivering a parcel, which kind of suggested to us all that drone deliveries weren t so much over the horizon as they were literally around the corner. but when was the last time you had anything dropped off by quadcopter? never - deliveries still come in vans around my way! we re just not there yet for that kind of last mile delivery. there are trade offs between the weight of what can be transported, and battery life. but aside from that, what about the safety? the idea of having all of these spinning blades above our heads, and then they ve got to bring a pizza down to the pavement? now, apparently, last year there were almost 2,500 drone deliveries every day but that was worldwide. so if you think about it in the grand sca