LogOn Drone Food Delivery WEB
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- LogOn Drone Food Delivery WEB
- April 5, 2022
- Content Type Program
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: LogOn: Drone Food Deliveries (TV/R) HEADLINE: Drones Aim to Deliver Meals, Medicines to People’s Backyards TEASER: Drone pilot programs are being launched in the US as demand for home delivery increases PUBLISHED: 4/5/2022 at 9:10am BYLINE: Julie Taboh CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: Zipline, Flytrex PRODUCER: Julie Taboh SCRIPT EDITORS: Michelle Quinn, Holly Franko VIDEO SOURCE (S): Zipline, Flytrex, Skype, VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 1:54 and 2:00 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR [])): ((INTRO)) [[In the U.S., some restaurants and medical supply stores are turning to drones to deliver food, medicine, and other essential goods to people’s homes. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more.]] ((Mandatory Courtesy: Zipline)) ((NATS – Drone taking off)) ((NARRATOR)) This drone isn’t off on a spying mission or any other clandestine activity. It’s delivering medicine quickly and safely to someone’s home. Industry observers say drone deliveries of food, medicine and other essential goods to homes may soon become more common in the U.S. as more companies gain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration ((FAA)), which works on the safety rules governing the skies. ((Radio track: Amy Webb is CEO of the Future Today Institute, a management consulting firm. She spoke with VOA via Skype.) ((Amy Webb, Future Today Institute CEO)) ((Skype)) “We’re probably going to see more machines flying through the air.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Zipline)) ((NARRATOR)) As demand for home delivery increases among U.S. city and suburban dwellers, it’s people who live in remote areas who may see the biggest benefit. ((Amy Webb, Future Today Institute CEO)) ((Skype)) “You're going to want something like a drone that is capable of locating you, picking up and dropping off to you, the medical supplies that you might need.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Flytrex)) ((NATS – Drone taking off)) ((NARRATOR)) Flytrex, an Israeli company, manufactures and operates electric drones that deliver meals from local restaurants to people’s homes. ((Radio track: Yariv Bash is the CEO and co-founder of Flytrex. He spoke with VOA via Skype.)) ((Yariv Bash, Flytrex CEO)) ((Skype)) “All you have to do as the customer is download the app, select what you want to eat, input your home address and your credit card information of course, and we take care of the rest.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Flytrex)) ((NARRATOR)) Bash pitches home deliveries by drone as safer than deliveries by car or truck, and more cost effective than human couriers. Prior to founding Flytrex, he was the founder of a company that launched the first private interplanetary robotic mission to the moon. ((Yariv Bash, Flytrex CEO)) ((Skype)) “So instead of flying to the moon 200,000 miles, we fly to people's backyards, 200 feet above the ground. Pretty similar!” ((NARRATOR)) In the U.S., Flytrex drones, are currently operating in three locations in North Carolina. ((Yariv Bash, Flytrex CEO)) ((Skype)) “So that's a population of roughly 10,000 families in those three locations. And as we expand our service to more stations and receive more approvals from the FAA, the sky's the limit.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Zipline)) ((NATS – Drone taking off)) ((Julie Taboh, VOA News))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: LogOn: Drone Food Deliveries (TV/R) HEADLINE: Drones Aim to Deliver Meals, Medicines to People’s Backyards TEASER: Drone pilot programs are being launched in the US as demand for home delivery increases PUBLISHED: 4/5/2022 at 9:10am BYLINE: Julie Taboh CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: Zipline, Flytrex PRODUCER: Julie Taboh SCRIPT EDITORS: Michelle Quinn, Holly Franko VIDEO SOURCE (S): Zipline, Flytrex, Skype, VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 1:54 and 2:00 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR [])): ((INTRO)) [[In the U.S., some restaurants and medical supply stores are turning to drones to deliver food, medicine, and other essential goods to people’s homes. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more.]] ((Mandatory Courtesy: Zipline)) ((NATS – Drone taking off)) ((NARRATOR)) This drone isn’t off on a spying mission or any other clandestine activity. It’s delivering medicine quickly and safely to someone’s home. Industry observers say drone deliveries of food, medicine and other essential goods to homes may soon become more common in the U.S. as more companies gain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration ((FAA)), which works on the safety rules governing the skies. ((Radio track: Amy Webb is CEO of the Future Today Institute, a management consulting firm. She spoke with VOA via Skype.) ((Amy Webb, Future Today Institute CEO)) ((Skype)) “We’re probably going to see more machines flying through the air.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Zipline)) ((NARRATOR)) As demand for home delivery increases among U.S. city and suburban dwellers, it’s people who live in remote areas who may see the biggest benefit. ((Amy Webb, Future Today Institute CEO)) ((Skype)) “You're going to want something like a drone that is capable of locating you, picking up and dropping off to you, the medical supplies that you might need.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Flytrex)) ((NATS – Drone taking off)) ((NARRATOR)) Flytrex, an Israeli company, manufactures and operates electric drones that deliver meals from local restaurants to people’s homes. ((Radio track: Yariv Bash is the CEO and co-founder of Flytrex. He spoke with VOA via Skype.)) ((Yariv Bash, Flytrex CEO)) ((Skype)) “All you have to do as the customer is download the app, select what you want to eat, input your home address and your credit card information of course, and we take care of the rest.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Flytrex)) ((NARRATOR)) Bash pitches home deliveries by drone as safer than deliveries by car or truck, and more cost effective than human couriers. Prior to founding Flytrex, he was the founder of a company that launched the first private interplanetary robotic mission to the moon. ((Yariv Bash, Flytrex CEO)) ((Skype)) “So instead of flying to the moon 200,000 miles, we fly to people's backyards, 200 feet above the ground. Pretty similar!” ((NARRATOR)) In the U.S., Flytrex drones, are currently operating in three locations in North Carolina. ((Yariv Bash, Flytrex CEO)) ((Skype)) “So that's a population of roughly 10,000 families in those three locations. And as we expand our service to more stations and receive more approvals from the FAA, the sky's the limit.” ((Mandatory Courtesy: Zipline)) ((NATS – Drone taking off)) ((Julie Taboh, VOA News))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date April 5, 2022 09:13 EDT
- Byline Julie Taboh
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America