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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
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To: Renfield

Big tax breaks from Obama, no doubt.


2 posted on 12/02/2013 11:59:03 AM PST by sarasota
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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.


3 posted on 12/02/2013 11:59:54 AM PST by Chuzzlewit
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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)
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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.")
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To: Renfield

Pirates in the hood!


7 posted on 12/02/2013 12:05:02 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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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.)
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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.....)
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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)
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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")
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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?

14 posted on 12/02/2013 12:27:16 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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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.)
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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.)
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"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.)
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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.)
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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
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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)
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No they wont . .


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?")
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I can see somebody’s dog or cat getting shred.


31 posted on 12/02/2013 4:44:04 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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On one hand, I look forward to drone technology.

On the other hand, criminal and government abuse of drone technology is mind-boggling.


32 posted on 12/02/2013 7:36:42 PM PST by Amendment10
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