Amazon delivery drones

This makes me feel so old.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/0 ... 69685.html

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That idea is just off the charts awesome.

The founder and CEO said it'd be years before it happens, he's hoping 4 or 5. He said it'd be 2015 before they could get the new rules required for it past the FAA anyway.

THIS is w-a-y cool......

Would be funny to see fleets of drones flying the 285 canyons.

Can I get a drone to deliver me to work so I can get a little more sleep on the way?

I used to read SF, now I get to live it. But wait, there are serious concerns. NSA ok. Amazon bad.


http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... story.html

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Online retailer Amazon.com’s idea for super-fast delivery of packages by unmanned aerial drone has brought a ‘‘not so fast’’ response from one U.S. senator.

Massachusetts Democrat Edward Markey says clear rules are needed to protect the privacy of Americans before commercial drones take to U.S. airspace."

The CEO said the difficulty they are facing is that these are autonomous drones. They have GPS coordinates as a destination. I can't remember his exact quote on 60 minutes, but it was something along the lines of it being a bad thing to have a drone land on a customer's head.

I'd think that would be bad unless they were delivering a hat.

Autonomous drones? Bummer. I was hoping drone pilots could replace the no longer needed UPS drivers.

FredHayek wrote: Autonomous drones? Bummer. I was hoping drone pilots could replace the no longer needed UPS drivers.

Given how many times I've been cut off by big brown trucks, do we really think that giving UPS drivers the power of flight would be a good thing?