Concert Goers In South Africa Will Get Their Beers Delivered By Drones

[Initech]

Thirsty music festivalgoers in South Africa this summer may be able to get beer instantly delivered to them — via drones.

During August's OppiKoppi Music Festival, attendees can order beers from their phones to be delivered the event's District 9 campsite. The beer-equipped drones will swoop down and deliver beer via parachute to the appropriate customer, as explained in the video above. The organizers say the beer drones are now hand-guided, but in the future they'll fly on a GPS grid.

But this 21st-century service might not fly without its share of turbulence: Targeting the right customer amongst the crowds at OppiKoppi will be an interesting challenge to overcome. And festival attendees might not have the greatest sense of motor control for catching their drink order, after having one too many.

This is not the first time someone has thought of a clever concept like this: Last year, a San Francisco-based research lab developed a burrito-dropping drone.

http://mashable.com/2013/05/05/beer-drones/

[liberal N proud]

1. This could put the beer guy at the stadium out of business

You all know how annoying it is to have the guy in the middle of the section order 6 beers, 12 hot dogs, and 4 sodas. Pass the cash to the isle, pass each hot dog back, then the sodas and the beer, all while your trying to watch the game.

So now the guy sitting in the middle of the section orders his concessions and the only annoyance is the buzz of the drone that swoops in and drops the guys order in his lap. Stadiums would be much easier to target the right customer.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. I, for one, welcome our beer-delivering drone terminator overlords.

[Initech]

3. I'd rather have them deliver beer and not bullets.