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Very futuristic. It will be interesting to see how this developes in the coming months and years. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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And in other news, Uber just unleashed self-driving cars for the general public use in San Francisco. Interesting times! The progress of AI-based technologies means that more and more of the (until now) human activities will be taken over by automatic devices. It might mean amazing improvements to the quality of life, but also that work as we know it might become a scarcity. It becomes quite obvious that the first industry to fall will be transportation, at least the human-driven kind. How will we cope, as a humanity? Will we need to re-think economies and concepts like income, ownership, what it means to be a productive member of society? Maybe we won't have to deal with all this (although I'm pretty sure we will), but our kids won't have any other options. I'm at the same time with awe of the speeding up progress, and a little bit afraid - not of the AI taking over, but of the human nature presented with the problem that the work-income-spending cycle might no longer work. What do you think guys? What's in store for us? Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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It emerged that Amazon's much-hyped first ever drone delivery was to the company's next door neighbour just 765 yards away (no wonder it only took 13 minutes) and you could have walked there faster!
http://www.dailymail.co....y-s-door-neighbour.html
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Your right.  My postman walks faster than that with a heavy bag of mail to carry.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Does it really matter? The first phone call was made by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant just a room over. The first email sent by Ray Tomlinson was received on a second computer sitting on the same desk. It doesn't have to be a large distance to prove a concept, to run a successful test - as with everything we know, the progress is done in baby steps. Probably someone laughed at Brothers Wright's first flight at a distance of 120 feet. It's been just a tad over 100 years ago... Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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The next stage on.....Amazon's 'flying factories' - self-driving Airships to launch delivery drones..
http://www.dailymail.co....ch-delivery-drones.html
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