'An annoying buzz': The search for stealthier drones
Source: BBC ·
As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.
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Amazon Prime Air is expanding to 500 US towns and cities Nature lover Ashley Schmidt no longer spends much time in her garden, in the Dallas suburb of North Garland. She's also given up on cycling to the local parks where she previously enjoyed taking close-up photos of the bugs, lizards and toads. It's all because she can't stand the sound of the delivery drones that fly overhead, depositing her neighbours' online orders. "They emit this very annoying buzz. It triggers my fight or flight response," says the 44-year-old administrative assistant. "You can hear the drones on approach and you can hear them inside your home when they pass directly overhead and then you hear them as they leave," she says. Amazon says it is working to reduce the noise of its drone fleet Schmidt is one of a growing number of people living with the noise of drones dispatched by companies including Amazon and Walmart as they seek to speed up home deliveries. Delivery drone services, not long ago a novelty,…