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Amazon unveils delivery by drone: Prime Air. No, seriously
Ziff-Davis Net ^
| December 2, 2013 -- 01:14 GMT (17:14 PST)
| Zack Whittaker
Posted on 12/01/2013 8:12:54 PM PST by Olog-hai
Not content with next-day delivery service through its Prime program, Amazon wants orders to land on people’s front porches in as little as half an hour.
Just when you thought the technology industry couldn’t get any stranger, the latest idea from the retail giant is to offer an audacious delivery-by-drone service. …
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 0bamadrone; amazondotcom; amazondrones; drones
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To: Uncle Chip
Air Traffic Control nightmare These drones fly at treetop level, below air traffic control (unless you are really close to an airport).
Try making this video from a Cessna: http://vimeo.com/78370957
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:39:00 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: Ghost of SVR4; ToastedHead
“Judging by your post, the guy would probably welcome it.”
POST OF THE DAY!
ROFL
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:39:22 PM PST
by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
To: onedoug
The reason it was the first thing I thought of is that I am in the market for one. My mom and her sister play, I used to but want to get back into it, and I’d love for the kids to give it a shot.
I looked into renting own, but it seems like buying one is a better deal. The place I went to even buys them back.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:43:32 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: Ghost of SVR4
He prays for the end of time. I make sure of it.
To: Olog-hai
Saw that on 60 minutes tonight.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:44:38 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: 43north
To: Olog-hai
we sent it, but it got lost in the air.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:52:05 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: cynwoody
If I were a kid and spotted one of those in my neighborhood, I would follow it and jump on it when it landed.
Each delvery would be a suicide mission — Kamikaze drones.
To: 4rcane
The FAA. And they listed quite a few limitations: within 10 miles of a distribution center, so probably only major metro areas, and only small items (no pianos, or kayaks is the example they used).
He said they also have programming still to work on, such as ensuring they don’t hit people, etc.
To: Vendome
What did you think of their distribution center?
To: ToastedHead
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:59:14 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(A Communist is nothing more than an honest Democrat...)
To: Kickass Conservative
You rang?
To: Olog-hai
Being done in Australia: http://www.damngeeky.com/2013/10/16/14713/parcel-drone-will-deliver-packages-in-australia-from-march-2014.html
Apparently rain is an issue with performance.
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:07:23 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: clearcarbon
Question: Do you have to *tip* a drone?
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:08:14 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: ican'tbelieveit
Pretty impressive.
I was still awed that they haven’t turned a profit since day one and investors still keep betting on them.
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:09:29 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; Ghost of SVR4; ToastedHead; Monitor; MNDude
Some of them come with warning labels.
Here is hers...
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:12:45 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Olog-hai
Can I have that neat volume on missiles delivered by Reaper?
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:14:13 PM PST
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
To: Ghost of SVR4; ToastedHead
“Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea!”
“And if you were my wife, I would drink it!”
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:19:44 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
To: Daffynition
Rain is an issue, eh? Wouldn't be prudent for Houston, then.
But...if it does make it to its destination, can we keep the drone?
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posted on
12/01/2013 9:20:11 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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