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A new joint venture between Ubers Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery drones and Alphabets Wing flying drone service will do a dual test run. Both tech companies hope that flying and sidewalk drones can cover areas its counterpart cant and speed up delivery times. TechCrunch reported that Serve Robotics and Wing will start making deliveries in Dallas, Texas sometime in the coming months. The test will include a select number of customer orders being delivered by a combination of sidewalk and flying drones. One of the biggest challenges for drone delivery is coverage. Flying drones can only travel a certain distance away from its headquarters. Sidewalk drones can find it hard to navigate densely populated areas and certain rocky terrains. Drone companies often have to upgrade their facilities to meet these distances and obstacles. Wing Serve Robotics and Wings idea is to use both types of drones for delivering orders to cover areas traditional delivery services cannot. A Serve bot picks up the order from a restaurant and carts the food to an AutoLoader where the Wing drone, a flying drone that can carry five pounds and fly at speeds up to 65 mph, picks up the order and completes the delivery. Its not known which restaurants or merchants will be part of the test, the areas in Dallas where the drones will deliver orders and any post-test plans for the new drone delivery fleet. Serve Robotics makes deliveries for 300 restaurants in Los Angeles. Wing also works with Walmart in Dallas and participated in a pilot program with DoorDash and Wendys in Virginia.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/uber-and-wing-will-partner-for-drone-delivery-pilot-in-dallas-205628584.html?src=rss
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An early Amazon Prime Day deal lets you save $40 on the Ninja Creami Deluxe ice cream maker. The 11-in-1 kitchen accessory, one of our favorite kitchen gadgets, is on sale for only $210 (usually $250). The Creami is based on a patent for an innovation previously only found in the restaurant biz. Once it expired, Ninja leaped at the chance to incorporate its design into a relatively affordable consumer product. The result is fast, easy and surprisingly yummy ice cream made from home. Instead of the churning method used in most ice cream makers, the Ninja Creami uses a drill-like utensil to blend a frozen liquid base into a tasty dessert. Although its pretty loud while doing its thing, its still quieter than most countertop blenders and only stays noisy for a few minutes. When reviewing the standard Creami model (this Deluxe one includes extra containers and settings), Engadgets Sam Rutherford concluded that tasting its resulting ice cream was the best part. It produces desserts with intense flavors and smooth textures. This higher-end model also makes smoothies and Frappuccino-style coffee drinks. Because the base is spun instead of churned, theres less air inside your finished product, our reviewer wrote. This is good because it increases flavor intensity and delivers a slightly denser, more luxurious mouthfeel. Its almost closer to a frozen custard than ice cream. You can get the Ninja Creami Deluxe right now on Amazon for $210. Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for the latest tech deals and buying advice in the lead up to October Prime Day 2024.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/save-40-on-the-ninja-creami-ice-cream-maker-with-this-prime-day-deal-195620493.html?src=rss
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Devolver Digital puts out a lot of good games and its looking to spread that magic around to licensed content. The company just announced a sub-label called Big Fan Games that will specialize in developing indie titles based on pre-existing IPs. Devolver describes Big Fan Games as a brand new label giving developers license to create original game adaptations using the worlds and characters of iconic film, television, and comic properties. To that end, the team is staffed with industry veterans who have worked with companies like Disney and Dark Horse Comics. Announcement time.Today we launch Big Fan ( @BigFanPresents ) - a brand new label giving developers license to create original game adaptations using the worlds and characters of iconic film, television, and comic properties. pic.twitter.com/A6h3IGOk3p Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) October 1, 2024 The label already has a few games in its library, all of them based on pre-existing IPs. These titles include Reigns: Game of Thrones, Hellboy Web of Wyrd and John Wick Hex. These games were already released before being moved to the new label. For instance, Reigns: Game of Thrones came out six years ago, but back then it was published by Devolver. John Wick Hex came out in 2019 and Hellboy Web of Wyrd hit digital store shelves last year. Todays announcement doesnt bring any new games, but the company website currently features a big coming soon tab, though its currently empty. We should expect some reveals in the near future. Big Fan Games wrote in a press release that its goal is to nurture fun and inventive games that stand on their own, rather than serving as marketing tie-ins for other media launches. Licensed games have been hit and miss since the dawn of modern gaming. For every DuckTales, theres a Superman 64. Recent releases, however, have been well-received. Respawns Star Wars games were bona-fide hits, as was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge. While we dont know what Devolver and Big Fan Games are cooking up, we do know of some upcoming licensed games. MachineGames will release Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on December 9 and Arkane Lyon is busy working on a game based on Marvels Blade. I personally think its pretty great that Big Fan Games will give indie developers a chance to work on licensed properties. To that end, the company encourages developers to reach out with ideas for a licensed game. "Have a favorite game youve always dreamed of rebooting or a cult classic film or book you'd love to see adapted into a game? Wed love to hear from you," the studio writes on its website. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/devolver-has-a-new-publishing-label-for-licensed-indie-games-183352439.html?src=rss
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