Amazon Experimenting With Drones That Will Deliver Packages In 30 Minutes

[kelvin070]

Superb drone technology can be a potential game changer in logistics.

Amazon is experimenting with drones that will deliver packages within 30 minutes. CEO Jeff Bezos made the announcement in a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday night with Charlie Rose.

Bezos expects the drones to be fully autonomous and in operation within four or five years. He said there are numerous tests and regulations to deal with in the meantime. Amazon calls the drone delivery service Prime Air. No humans are involved. The small plastic package containing your items are loaded underneath a drone, which Amazon calls an octocopter, and automatically flown to your house.



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[Manny030]

I wonder how this will work in bigger cities.

 

[porterjack]

BB guns at the ready

 

[griz bear]

Hello Amazon

My package and the drone were just hijacked, please send a replacement !

 

[porterjack]

i knew that would happen

 

[Catavenger]

I will believe it when I see it for now it just sounds like a publicity stunt to me.

 

[porterjack]

"they" have drones that can be programmed to find a person, track what they are doing and record the activity

be afraid, be very afraid

 

[thePHPdev]

This is just stupid. The system will have bugs, and the system will crash at one point and maybe cause serious damage.

 

[The Man]

Those little quads have to pretty much have a still wind.
Flight time is also vert short...strap some weight on it and flight time is very short...battery powered flight with a wing rotor is only good for a few minutes without payload as it is.

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