Amazon Drones

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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    What would you have said 5 years ago if Google said they would have a car in 5 years that can drive itself?

    There's a big difference between creating something that is used only in experiments and something having the ability to achieve mass appeal.

    Obviously....

    The Google car seems to be a bit more than an experiment at this point though.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,690
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    What would you have said 5 years ago if Google said they would have a car in 5 years that can drive itself?

    There's a big difference between creating something that is used only in experiments and something having the ability to achieve mass appeal.

    You still have to try
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Talk about getting a ton of free advertising the day before the most important online shopping day of the year. :geek:

    Brilliant move by Bezos. He could have made up a tale of a futuristic jolly old fat man in a red suit w/ a sleigh and 8 reindeer as long as it got this much attention.
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Jason P wrote:
    Talk about getting a ton of free advertising the day before the most important online shopping day of the year. :geek:

    Brilliant move by Bezos. He could have made up a tale of a futuristic jolly old fat man in a red suit w/ a sleigh and 8 reindeer as long as it got this much attention.

    No milk and cookies for a drone!
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    Did they talk about Pizza places delivering by drones in the 60Min segment? The drones lock onto your phones GPS and finds you. So great if ordering a pizza pie in an open field, park, baseball game, boat, whatever.

    also groceries for people without transport.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Idris wrote:
    Did they talk about Pizza places delivering by drones in the 60Min segment? The drones lock onto your phones GPS and finds you. So great if ordering a pizza pie in an open field, park, baseball game, boat, whatever.

    also groceries for people without transport.
    Flying pizzas ... the future has arrived :shock:
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    Jason P wrote:
    Flying pizzas ... the future has arrived :shock:

    indeed!

    google or YouTube 'Dominos Drone' or 'domicopter' (I think)
  • capthowdy1027
    capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    I dunno, I'm pretty on board with this and I think it will end up happening it the coming years. This is some pretty futuristic shit though. It's about time we start being like The Jetsons. If anybody is going to do it though, it's Amazon. I honestly think they're going to be the ones to finally take down Walmart as the biggest retailer in the world. I just hope that once that does happen that they remain a decently ran company and continue to treat employees well. This could be a huge turning point for how business is done as a whole.
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    It is important to keep an open mind. While not every idea comes to fruition, you need the crazy dreams first. My mother talked in the 1960's about wanting a picture phone so her kids could talk to their grandmother and see her. While Amazon drones may not take on the form currently presented, I have confidence that the concept will manifest in some way in the future.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    The Juggler wrote:
    how would that work for someone who lives in an apartment?

    my thought as well. is the drone going to buzz your apartment and let you know you have a package? ring the bell for the doorman? :lol:

    this is all far away from happening, but pretty cool amazon is really working this.

    i imagine there will be package weight restrictions. and what about a GPS tracking device IN the package and not just on the drone? what if the drone crashes/malfunctions and your package gets tossed? amazon will need a way to still locate your goods in that scenario.

    FAA requirements? at what height can these things fly? in a city where you have skyscrapers as high as 100 stories, it can prove difficult to maneuver.

    having something within 30 minutes of ordering it is pretty cool, but does not help the I NEED IT RIGHT NOW generation we are raising. :roll:
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    I imagine that maybe Amazon provides each "prime" customer in the radius of this service with some sort of GPS "homing device". So I can place it in my back patio, the drone service would connect my order to the GPS device and send the drone.
  • igotid88
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-shows-off-new-prime-air-prototype-delivery-drone/#ftag=YHF65cbda0?ref=yfp

    I live very close to the corporate offices, and a warehouse. If/when they get approval, I'm willing to order something and video the delivery.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,690
    I doubt they'll deliver in NYC.
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