Amazon moves one step closer to drone deliveries

RE: Amazon moves one step closer to drone deliveries

shabaz — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:49:27 GMT

There was a news article last week about how in UAE government documents were/are being delivered between departments within minutes.

I didn't understand why a secure VPN was not used, but maybe there are other reasons.

Quite impressive that Amazon is continually working to optimize delivery. I thought next-day delivery was good, but it is good that Amazon expects faster delivery is possible, or dramatically reduced transport costs.

Lots of things to consider such as safety etc., but hopefully they can be addressed (e.g. redundant computer, standby battery..).

RE: Amazon moves one step closer to drone deliveries

hawkeyethehacker — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:41:02 GMT

An interesting point I thought about is exactly where will it land? In your front porch? Your garden? On a flat roof?

I don't see how Amazon plan to map out automatically where it would be suitable and safe to land. Even better question is how it can accurately locate your house without dropping your product next door, for example.

RE: Amazon moves one step closer to drone deliveries

DAB — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:14:39 GMT

This experiment will be very interesting to see.

There are many aspects about the drone delivery process that needs to be tested.

DAB