As an online shopper, you probably couldn’t give two hoots how that emergency order of toilet paper arrives at your door.
Whether it’s a drone, robot, or human, all you really care about is that it arrives before anything calamitous happens.
Nevertheless, a growing number of companies are working on ways to increase the efficiency of their delivery operations as online shopping continues to grow, with solutions likely to include autonomous technology such as the aforementioned drone and robot.
While drones clearly have the upper hand over wheel-based robots when it comes to speed, strict regulations mean a delivery service using self-piloting aircraft is still a ways off.
In recent days, for example, Amazon and Postmates have each offered updates on their own robots as they attempt to incorporate them into their delivery operations.
It follows trial deliveries in a single neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington, earlier this year, when the company first announced Scout.
That gong you just heard?
The over-the-top experiential marketing experience is open for just four days in the desert east of Los Angeles, taking over a boutique setting and remaking it in the brand’s own quirky, sauce- and sass-filled image.
On Thursday, the Irvine-based brand packed The Bell for the first of four nights that the pop-up will be operating in Palm Springs, and Adweek was there for all the festivities.
The lineup included food tastings (announced, of course, by gong), synchronized swimmers in hot-sauce suits, a poolside concert by Fletcher, a “freeze” lounge, a slew of Baja Blast variations and more selfies than anyone could possibly count.
No one seemed to mind.
Media—Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Tastemade, local television stations, and yours truly from Adweek—occupied plenty of the space, as did hard-core fans who were extremely quick on the draw when reservations became available.
While a college student in Tehran, Iran during the 1990s, he tried to make a satellite dish for the receiver he'd purchased on the black market.
So, he and a friend made their own DIY dish out of scrap metal in his family's backyard.
Now 44 and a new dad, he lives in Los Angeles and directs NetFreedom Pioneers, a nonprofit that promotes freedom of information and aims to connect communities where internet is limited or government censorship restricts access.
Yahyanejad started NetFreedom in 2012 and four years later launched the organization's main project called Knapsack (or "Toosheh" in Persian).
His system lets Iranians bypass the country's strict internet censorship laws for free by transferring data over satellite TV.
Once it's saved, the user transfers it to a laptop or Android phone (iPhones aren't supported) to decode the content through the free Toosheh software.
That gong you just heard?
The over-the-top experiential marketing experience is open for just four days in the desert east of Los Angeles, taking over a boutique setting and remaking it in the brand’s own quirky, sauce- and sass-filled image.
On Thursday, the Irvine-based brand packed The Bell for the first of four nights that the pop-up will be operating in Palm Springs, and Adweek was there for all the festivities.
The lineup included food tastings (announced, of course, by gong), synchronized swimmers in hot-sauce suits, a poolside concert by Fletcher, a “freeze” lounge, a slew of Baja Blast variations and more selfies than anyone could possibly count.
No one seemed to mind.
Media—Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Tastemade, local television stations, and yours truly from Adweek—occupied plenty of the space, as did hard-core fans who were extremely quick on the draw when reservations became available.
As an online shopper, you probably couldn’t give two hoots how that emergency order of toilet paper arrives at your door.
Whether it’s a drone, robot, or human, all you really care about is that it arrives before anything calamitous happens.
Nevertheless, a growing number of companies are working on ways to increase the efficiency of their delivery operations as online shopping continues to grow, with solutions likely to include autonomous technology such as the aforementioned drone and robot.
While drones clearly have the upper hand over wheel-based robots when it comes to speed, strict regulations mean a delivery service using self-piloting aircraft is still a ways off.
In recent days, for example, Amazon and Postmates have each offered updates on their own robots as they attempt to incorporate them into their delivery operations.
It follows trial deliveries in a single neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington, earlier this year, when the company first announced Scout.
While a college student in Tehran, Iran during the 1990s, he tried to make a satellite dish for the receiver he'd purchased on the black market.
So, he and a friend made their own DIY dish out of scrap metal in his family's backyard.
Now 44 and a new dad, he lives in Los Angeles and directs NetFreedom Pioneers, a nonprofit that promotes freedom of information and aims to connect communities where internet is limited or government censorship restricts access.
Yahyanejad started NetFreedom in 2012 and four years later launched the organization's main project called Knapsack (or "Toosheh" in Persian).
His system lets Iranians bypass the country's strict internet censorship laws for free by transferring data over satellite TV.
Once it's saved, the user transfers it to a laptop or Android phone (iPhones aren't supported) to decode the content through the free Toosheh software.