Daily Archives: October 11, 2016

Drone Delivery

Last year, I recall a story circulating  about Amazon trialling delivery by drone. I think  it was some kind of hoax because it seemed so impractical, but maybe there is potential for it after all.

Chinese company, JD, are trialling a drone delivery service outside Suqian City in East China’s Jiangsu province.  The service currently runs between central depots and those in more rural areas. The reason it becomes realistic is that the final leg of the journey is still run by actual people. According to the company, this final human leg is necessary to mitigate the potential danger of multiple, individual flight paths.

The drones can carry up to 33 pounds in weight and travel up to 12 miles at speeds of up to 34 mph. The machines can also function in moderate rain and wind. A drone can make the journey significantly faster than a delivery van, trundling through winding roads.

So could drone deliveries actually work in the UK? Well in rural areas, and if you exclude the possibility of delivering direct to the door from a drone, I see no reason why not. Perhaps something to watch.

How To Licence Scripts

Treepress is an online platform designed for users to upload, search and license scripts for plays.

There are 700,000 amateur theatre performances in the UK alone. Users can upload their scripts to the site and search the database to discover new work to perform. The platform  aims to solve key problems of theatre publishing – publishers find it hard to distribute their work, self-publishing is time consuming, and content is impossible to find.

iTunes has revolutionised the way music is licensed and distributed. Perhaps theatre is the next frontier. If you’re looking to publicise your script or looking for a script to perform, this seems the ideal vehicle.

Website: www.treepress.org