An American company has built a new drone that could improve the efficiency of deliveries. The drone is very different from other unmanned aircraft. It is made almost completely out of cardboard and has no motor. It can be packed with materials and sealed up with tape. Because the drones do not have a motor, they are designed to be dropped from airplanes. Hundreds of drones could be launched at once. Then they could be automatically guided to where they are supposed to go. The company says these drones could then complete deliveries to different places over an area covering hundreds of kilometers. The drones look like bigger versions of the paper airplanes we used to make as kids. But this light flyer is not a toy. It is aerodynamically designed and equipped with a small computer, a battery and sensors to guide it to the ground.
Title: These Paper Drones Can Make Deliveries, then Disappear
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/paper_drone.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='These Paper Drones Can Make Deliveries, then Disappear' data-article-id='2223'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10542'>An American company has built a new drone that could improve the efficiency of deliveries.</span> <span data-start-time='10542' data-end-time='17229'>The drone is very different from other unmanned aircraft.</span> <span data-start-time='17229' data-end-time='24042'>It is made almost completely out of cardboard and has no motor.</span> <span data-start-time='24042' data-end-time='30042'>It can be packed with materials and sealed up with tape.</span> <span data-start-time='30042' data-end-time='38625'>Because the drones do not have a motor, they are designed to be dropped from airplanes.</span> <span data-start-time='38625' data-end-time='42771'>Hundreds of drones could be launched at once.</span> <span data-start-time='42771' data-end-time='48688'>Then they could be automatically guided to where they are supposed to go.</span> <span data-start-time='48688' data-end-time='61938'>The company says these drones could then complete deliveries to different places over an area covering hundreds of kilometers.</span> <span data-start-time='61938' data-end-time='69896'>The drones look like bigger versions of the paper airplanes we used to make as kids.</span> <span data-start-time='69896' data-end-time='73854'>But this light flyer is not a toy.</span> <span data-start-time='73854' data-end-time='84833'>It is aerodynamically designed and equipped with a small computer, a battery and sensors to guide it to the ground.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/paper_drone.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8176 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/what_does_drone_mean.m4a'>What does drone mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='unmanned aircraft'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/paper_airplane.m4a'><span>paper airplane</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/ground_sensor.m4a'><span>ground sensor</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/parcel_delivery.m4a'><span>parcel delivery</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/unmanned_aircraft.m4a'><span>unmanned aircraft</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8177 data-hint-location='24042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/what_can_the_drone_be_packed_with.m4a'>What can the drone be packed with?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='materials'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/materials.m4a'><span>materials</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/tape.m4a'><span>tape</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/cardboard.m4a'><span>cardboard</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/motors.m4a'><span>motors</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8178 data-hint-location='69896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/the_light_flyer_is_not_a__blank_.m4a'>The light flyer is not a <span class='blank'>toy</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='toy'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/battery.m4a'><span>battery</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/computer.m4a'><span>computer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/toy.m4a'><span>toy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1705/plane.m4a'><span>plane</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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