“The pandemic got us used to delivery, but this is next level,” said Hendrickson. Ross Hendrickson, CEO of Bloomerang, said his team is just as thrilled to be among the first to see their lunch arrive from the sky. “We’d be happy to add ‘birthplace of the smart mailbox’ to our claims to fame.” “Dronedek chose to grow with us because we are rapidly becoming known as a city that encourages tech innovation,” he said. Bloomerang is a current TechPoint Mira Awards nominee, and Schneider Geospatial is a two-time Mira Award winner. The Fort Ben Tech Campus and city of Lawrence won TechPoint’s Rising Tech City Mira Award in 2020.
Mayor Steve Collier said it makes sense that Dronedek chose Lawrence for its global headquarters and first launch site. O’Toole said his company is in talks with major national delivery services, including UberEats, DoorDash and other major retail delivery companies. “We’re also marking the start of secure autonomous package delivery. “We’re showcasing how this mailbox is ready right now for traditional delivery and what it can do in the near future when federal regulations are relaxed to enable autonomous delivery,” said Dan O’Toole, founder and CEO of Dronedek. The postal delivery is part of a pilot project involving other Dronedek mailboxes, which are powered by Oracle, throughout the city and are climate controlled. That delivery was followed up by a McDonald’s Big Mac and french fries drop to that same mailbox via drone to Schneider Geospatial. History was made in Lawrence recently when traditional mail was delivered to the world’s first smart mailbox.
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