Tom Merritt

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2,109 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 12 Aug

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The FrogPants Studios Ultra Feed! · TMS 3023: Mo Nopoly, Mo Problems · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

It's happening. matched

It's just not happening in very widespread areas. matched

And I think the other thing that is keeping the growth slow is regulatory concerns around this haven't been clear. matched

So in order for Wing, for example, which is Alphabet's drone delivery arm, which actually does some of the Walmart stuff, uh, for them to operate, they had to get an exemption. matched

So that they could operate the drones out of line of sight. matched

Generally speaking, if you wanna operate a drone you have to be able to see it. matched

Uh and to do this you you can't, right? 'Cause it's autonomous and it's it's going farther different distances. matched

Uh so they have to get an exemption for that, and they have to get an exemption every time they want to expand it. matched

Uh so some of the uh work that's being done to provide I can't remember which part it is. matched

I wanna say m one eighty, but I bet that's wrong. matched

Uh the FCC uh part uh uh that covers matched

covers this sort of thing is being worked on so that you can qualify for it more easily. matched

And when that happens, you'll probably see a lot more expansion of this, maybe see some more companies get into it. matched

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For uh uh my my question part one oh eight. matched

I was almost there. matched

You were almost there. matched

Flipped the eight and the zero. matched

This is this is one of those things that will be a problem and then it won't be a problem. matched

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