Google is trying to find the killer application for pretty much everything and its latest patent filing for an “autonomous courier” could knock the delivery guy off his bike quicker than you can say “but I thought we were using drones for this now?” You could soon be ordering stuff off the Web that is delivered by an autonomous van, without even the inefficiency of someone having to bring the parcel to your door. The patent suggests Google wants to add pin-operated lockers to the back of a truck, which pings you when it’s outside so you can quickly run down and retrieve…
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