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Amazon says drone deliveries a possibility once FAA approval is secured
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article published on 2 December, 2013
During a '60 Minutes' airing last night on CBS, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled his plans for the future of delivery: Amazon Prime Air.
The service will use 8-propeller drones to transport items from Amazon fulfillment centers directly to customer's homes, all in 30 minutes or less.
Bezos did note that the service will require clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), ... [ read the full article ]
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5. December 2013 @ 12:05 |
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Dumbest idea of the century!
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mumra1st
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5. December 2013 @ 12:51 |
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Originally posted by DarthMopar:
With all the blades on that thing, it looks like a weapon for Jason or Freddy....But Amazon is serious about this thing. (I work there) 5 years isn't gonna happen, though. (Battery limitations, but it's coming)
If you work there then pass this one on to management. Law suits for injuries caused by these flying menaces!! What the hell are they thinking?
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BigDDub
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5. December 2013 @ 15:42 |
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Originally posted by Morreale:
This would probably be a service you'd have to buy into and afterwards they'll send you a landing pad or something detectable for your driveway or lawn where the drone will vertically land on it. Makes sense to me at least.
Hmmmmm. So you're saying I order something I need in 30 minutes or less, and pay extra for shipping. I then wait 2 days for UPS to deliver a 'landing pad', so the drone can find me? Maybe it will work differently.
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5. December 2013 @ 16:21 |
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Originally posted by BigDDub:
Originally posted by Morreale:
This would probably be a service you'd have to buy into and afterwards they'll send you a landing pad or something detectable for your driveway or lawn where the drone will vertically land on it. Makes sense to me at least.
Hmmmmm. So you're saying I order something I need in 30 minutes or less, and pay extra for shipping. I then wait 2 days for UPS to deliver a 'landing pad', so the drone can find me? Maybe it will work differently.
That's obviously not what he meant. Amazon Prime is a yearly opt-in, subscription service (at least in the UK), so you would have your "landing pad" delivered at the beginning f your subscription and collected at the end. You would put it out whenever you were expecting an order. Not really a hard concept (if that is to be the case and I have NFI).
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5. December 2013 @ 19:52 |
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The problem isn't with shooting them down and crazy people going after them. The problem they have to hurdle is one of infrastructure and government bureaucracies.
The airways are restricted and have to be controlled. There are ceiling limits in congested areas and around housing. There are government restricted ares too, more then you might think. So there is a real issue with injury when you congest a neighborhood with flying aircraft. Unless there is heavy lobbying, a lot of cash in some politicians pocket and or the FAA's, I don't see this happening very fast at all. It take the FAA decades do make decisions on this magnitude, look how long it took a similar government organization to OK DTV formats and that didn't have the same consequences. And look at how long it took them to OK having computer devices running on airplanes let alone cell phones which they still haven't approved.
You guys are not arguing about the right subjects!
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5. December 2013 @ 21:06 |
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Originally posted by Mr-Movies:
The problem isn't with shooting them down and crazy people going after them. The problem they have to hurdle is one of infrastructure and government bureaucracies.
The airways are restricted and have to be controlled. There are ceiling limits in congested areas and around housing. There are government restricted ares too, more then you might think. So there is a real issue with injury when you congest a neighborhood with flying aircraft. Unless there is heavy lobbying, a lot of cash in some politicians pocket and or the FAA's, I don't see this happening very fast at all. It take the FAA decades do make decisions on this magnitude, look how long it took a similar government organization to OK DTV formats and that didn't have the same consequences. And look at how long it took them to OK having computer devices running on airplanes let alone cell phones which they still haven't approved.
You guys are not arguing about the right subjects!
All of that has already been brought up in this thread, yo.
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5. December 2013 @ 23:02 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
Originally posted by Mr-Movies:
The problem isn't with shooting them down and crazy people going after them. The problem they have to hurdle is one of infrastructure and government bureaucracies.
The airways are restricted and have to be controlled. There are ceiling limits in congested areas and around housing. There are government restricted ares too, more then you might think. So there is a real issue with injury when you congest a neighborhood with flying aircraft. Unless there is heavy lobbying, a lot of cash in some politicians pocket and or the FAA's, I don't see this happening very fast at all. It take the FAA decades do make decisions on this magnitude, look how long it took a similar government organization to OK DTV formats and that didn't have the same consequences. And look at how long it took them to OK having computer devices running on airplanes let alone cell phones which they still haven't approved.
You guys are not arguing about the right subjects!
All of that has already been brought up in this thread, yo.
I don't think so but I guess it is the Bozo factor apparently.
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Bozobub
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5. December 2013 @ 23:26 |
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Read the entire thread. Yes, all of your points have been brought up, in one form or another. Your thoughts to the contrary are immaterial.
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6. December 2013 @ 06:34 |
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No they were not I did read through it, if there was any references they were very obscure at best. But once again the mainstay of the thread has been nonsense of some crazy shooters and definitely not the biggest obstacles at that. I will not address you again on this, waste of time ya know.
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6. December 2013 @ 09:25 |
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So when are you two going to set a date?
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Bozobub
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6. December 2013 @ 12:33 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
There are several problems with your assertions:
- A good CO2-powered pellet rifle will shoot far more than 100 feet straight up.
- Civilian drones currently cannot legally fly at 1000 feet in most airspace.
- They have to LAND.
- Maybe not a pellet rifle, but a .22 or .223 (AR-15 clone) with a scope can easily nail targets at 400+ meters (over 1200 feet).
- You leave the drone and take the payload, silly.
I'm not hating on the idea or Amazon. I just don't think it's particularly practical, and it's impossible until the FAA relaxes drone regulations.
Originally posted by mumra1st:
Originally posted by DarthMopar:
With all the blades on that thing, it looks like a weapon for Jason or Freddy....But Amazon is serious about this thing. (I work there) 5 years isn't gonna happen, though. (Battery limitations, but it's coming)
If you work there then pass this one on to management. Law suits for injuries caused by these flying menaces!! What the hell are they thinking?
Read more carefully. Snark fail.
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Bozobub
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6. December 2013 @ 17:13 |
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ANyone who thinks this is a good plan for Amazon, ought to read this...
And this tech is already out there, while Amazon's service has no real-world application yet.
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7. December 2013 @ 19:33 |
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The whole article is just a Sci-Fi Publicity-Stunt.
I vote to end this threat!
LoL!
Live Free or Die.
The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.
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8. December 2013 @ 00:09 |
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Yup...
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