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Drones To Deliver Amazon Goods To Doorsteps
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| 12-2-2013
| Nic Halverson
Posted on 12/02/2013 11:57:32 AM PST by Renfield
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What is this world coming to?
On the other hand, I think this would be great for online wine retailers. Imagine ordering up a magnum of Bollinger or Veuve Clicquot on ice, and having it delivered by drone to your campsite somewhere in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest, navigating by GPS coordinates.
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posted on
12/02/2013 11:57:32 AM PST
by
Renfield
To: Renfield
Big tax breaks from Obama, no doubt.
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posted on
12/02/2013 11:59:03 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: Renfield
Seems to me this will NOT be possible. The craft would be succeptable to high or even moderate wind, blown off course, blown into buildings, people, etc... The craft could interfere with helicopter flight plans.. I can see these things hitting power lines.
I just don’t see it... could be wrong, I guess.
To: Renfield
dropped a bombshell?He's just having some fun. This drone concept will take many years before becoming feasible.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:02:14 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: Renfield
They will be government drones operating under the pretense that they’re only delivering packages.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:02:57 PM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: Chuzzlewit
Seems to me this will NOT be possible. The craft would be succeptable to high or even moderate wind, blown off course, blown into buildings, people, etc... The craft could interfere with helicopter flight plans.. I can see these things hitting power lines.
You left out target practice. I wonder what # birdshot is best for drones? I would guess like a #4 birdshot, like for a big turkey. I will hang the first one on my wall.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:04:01 PM PST
by
ZX12R
(Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
To: Renfield
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:05:02 PM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Renfield
The drones will likely be more valuable than the products they’re delivering. I suspect quite a few won’t return to the Amazon Dronatorium.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:06:45 PM PST
by
chrisser
(Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
To: Renfield
having it delivered by drone to your campsite somewhere in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest,
...only to find out it crashed into a cell phone tower or wind turbin.....
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:11:50 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
To: Renfield
People will be shooting them down for sport and to see what goodies are in the box.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:14:11 PM PST
by
jetson
(THE)
To: Renfield
Last night, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos dropped a bombshell on the Sunday night TV news show 60 Minutes when he said that his company was developing so-called copter drones to deliver online goods, with a tentative launch date potentially arriving in the next four to five years. Can I order unexploded WWII ordinance via this new shipping method?
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:18:57 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Chuzzlewit
This seems unlikely to work out to me. What about people who lived in thickly wooded areas?
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:21:17 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
What about deliveries into a wind turbine area? Ha ha...
To: Renfield
But companies are downsizing and getting rid of the internal mail delivery people.
So the drone drops the packages off on some pad near the company. Who takes it in and delivers it to the actual recipient?
To: Chuzzlewit
I completely agree. Can you imagine the liability insurance costs to operate such a system on the scale being discussed?
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:27:56 PM PST
by
Obadiah
(I Like Ted.)
To: Renfield
Will they make that funny noise like George Jetson’s hovercraft?
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:27:56 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Resolute Conservative
They would not be making many deliveries in downtown areas when the wind was blowing. The wind between tall buildings can knock you down. I am going out on a limb here and say this is a stupid idea.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:28:02 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: Resolute Conservative
Finally a good reason to construct a wind turbine on my roof!
To: Ditter
Stupid or not, it got them a ton of free advertising on “Cyber Monday”
This has been shown on every tv news program I’ve surfed today.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:31:19 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
To: Renfield
Driverless cars. Home delivery by pilotless planes. Nice for the cover of Popular Science, but not realistic.
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posted on
12/02/2013 12:33:00 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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