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.
1 posted on
12/02/2013 11:57:32 AM PST by
Renfield
To: Renfield
Big tax breaks from Obama, no doubt.
2 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.
4 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.
5 posted on
12/02/2013 12:02:57 PM PST by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: Renfield
7 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.
8 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.....
9 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.
10 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?
11 posted on
12/02/2013 12:18:57 PM PST by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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: Renfield
Will they make that funny noise like George Jetson’s hovercraft?
16 posted on
12/02/2013 12:27:56 PM PST by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Renfield
Driverless cars. Home delivery by pilotless planes. Nice for the cover of Popular Science, but not realistic.
20 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.)
To: Renfield
"Oops."
24 posted on
12/02/2013 12:42:09 PM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: Renfield
25 posted on
12/02/2013 12:43:51 PM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: Renfield
Those won’t go far and won’t go where there are often high winds.
27 posted on
12/02/2013 1:42:19 PM PST by
familyop
To: Renfield
what could possibly go wrong?
29 posted on
12/02/2013 2:03:59 PM PST by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Renfield
30 posted on
12/02/2013 2:19:29 PM PST by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: Renfield
I can see somebody’s dog or cat getting shred.
To: Renfield; All
On one hand, I look forward to drone technology.
On the other hand, criminal and government abuse of drone technology is mind-boggling.
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