Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

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. …

(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 0bamadrone; amazondotcom; amazondrones; drones
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 last
To: ToastedHead
[My husband] prays for the end of time. I make sure of it.

We should get married. I am entirely too joyful and happy.

61 posted on 12/02/2013 2:29:02 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Uncle Chip
Air Traffic Control nightmare

No, Gen-Av Nightmare, we need details how Gen-Av can co-exist with this.

I think this is a reality, not fantasy. With replaceable power packs these things could go all day long with a bevy of power packs being recharged. As Li-Ion power densities increase, so will the reduction in recharging and or range.

62 posted on 12/02/2013 2:50:42 AM PST by taildragger (The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Vendome
I was still awed that they haven’t turned a profit since day one and investors still keep betting on them.

Actually Amazon's retail operation is quite profitable. They just reinvest/spend a lot in expansion. A pretty good explanation here:

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-profits-what-people-dont-understand-2013-10

63 posted on 12/02/2013 2:55:36 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: 4rcane

I watched the interview. He says he expects to work out rules with FAA by 2015 and then a few years after that attempt the effort. He said 10 miles from distribution center is maximum and a weight limit of 3 or 4 pounds. He says that covers 87% of their sales. He wouldn’t share any other efforts so I really didn’t see any hype. They showed working versions of the platform and said one of the limiting factors was redundancy requirements for FAA and how not to come down on someone’s head. [Or fall through the roof of your local pub and kill you as you’re drinking a cold one.]


64 posted on 12/02/2013 3:12:57 AM PST by Portcall24
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

Yeah, but will it put the package under the door mat?


65 posted on 12/02/2013 6:15:20 AM PST by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Daffynition
Question: Do you have to *tip* a drone?

I'm guessing the answer depends on how heavily it's armed, if you get my drift.

66 posted on 12/02/2013 6:20:37 AM PST by kevkrom (It's not "immigration reform", it's an "amnesty bill". Take back the language!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: fieldmarshaldj

There was a dwarf joke to that effect...


67 posted on 12/02/2013 6:22:42 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: kevkrom
That, and if they're carrying a *tip jar.*


68 posted on 12/02/2013 7:17:45 AM PST by Daffynition (*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: ToastedHead

Thank you for my first LMHORAOTFCS in a looooong time!


69 posted on 12/02/2013 8:09:07 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: 43north

Lol!


70 posted on 12/02/2013 8:09:51 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: 4rcane
Seriously? What a BS story

It was on the news yesterday.

Target practice

Hackers sending them to who knows where

Killing birds and upsetting bees

Midair and landing crashes

Deliveries on the roof and and trees

With the current satellite and google/yahoo/etc maps, it'll be delivered a mile away

Another Big Brother spying resource

And who's going to take responsibility when that piano comes loose from it's bindings and falls to the highway killing a dozen people?

I'm guessing The Hill won't have to worry about such. Much like obamacare, they'll have the no-fly dome of safety.

71 posted on 12/02/2013 8:14:20 AM PST by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz; Ghost of SVR4
I'll be happy to stamp out your joy. There a link to the application at the Obamacare website.

Here's the brochure I give to new victims-

(High five to Ghost of SVR4 for the best response EVER to something I've written.)

72 posted on 12/02/2013 9:46:38 AM PST by ToastedHead
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 61 | View Replies]

To: LucyT

There are neighborhoods where this wouldn’t work which leads one to wonder if Sharpton will come out of hiding with charges of racism.

Merry Christmas!


73 posted on 12/02/2013 10:01:28 AM PST by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: cynwoody

>>Try making this video from a Cessna: http://vimeo.com/78370957 <<

Never been in the military, have you?


74 posted on 12/02/2013 10:37:42 AM PST by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Daffynition
the Lab will go right thru the glass to get it

Well see there you go. A drone cat to deliver and a Lab to retrieve. Obviously someone thought this system through, all the way to the goods being deposited at the customers' feet. Plus a few whiskers and clumps of fluff.

75 posted on 12/02/2013 12:13:23 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: MrB

76 posted on 12/02/2013 2:15:14 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: fieldmarshaldj

Is wee Bob warming up to come and play for Team Hillary in 2017?


77 posted on 12/02/2013 2:17:18 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: fieldmarshaldj

Well, in accordance with the joke, he’d have to have both hands full and still ring the doorbell.


78 posted on 12/02/2013 2:18:54 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai
Seems to be a problem...

79 posted on 12/03/2013 4:58:57 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

https://twitter.com/GrantTurnbull_/status/408990971439767553/photo/1


80 posted on 12/12/2013 12:21:31 PM PST by devolve (- "He's (Obama) just 'too talented' to do what 'ordinary people' do." - "All this for a damn fag!" -)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson