3mpire 0 #1 December 2, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU seems like there are a lot of details that would need to be worked out but I bet within 10-15 years you could see this on a large scale... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #2 December 2, 2013 Eventually . . . maybe. I think there are a lot of problems that would need to be overcome that the YouTube and 60 Minutes pieces simply glossed over. Amazon today has 96 distribution warehouse spread out across the planet. In order for this drone concept to work, because of the very short range of the octocopters, they'd have to create quite a few more distro centers. My guess is real estate prices alone makes that a barrier that's impossible to scale. I have no doubt the AI for the robots could eventually make it possible right to a doorstep, but collision avoidance with small unseeables like telephone wires will be an interesting issue to overcome. Also . . . dogs . . . and thieves and a bajillion other things that happen in the real world. Robot delivery makes perfect sense. FLYING robot delivery could be fast, but is inherently inefficient in terms of energy. I think we're way further out than 10 to 15 years on this.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #3 December 2, 2013 No way possible. They'll sub it out to Laser Ship like they do now. Service is already not worth the Prime membership. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,400 #4 December 2, 2013 I'm looking forward to going outdoors here on the Front Range in the winter months to watch the Amazon drones trying to fly into the honking winds we get here in the colder months. Example, todays forecast: Quote Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Very windy, with a west wind 23 to 28 mph increasing to 33 to 38 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,651 #5 December 2, 2013 ryoder I'm looking forward to going outdoors here on the Front Range in the winter months to watch the Amazon drones trying to fly into the honking winds we get here in the colder months. Example, todays forecast: Quote Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Very windy, with a west wind 23 to 28 mph increasing to 33 to 38 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Indeed. My hexacopter can handle up to approx 20mph wind, and I think it will be difficult to get a whole lot more even with more powerful motors unless the machine is really heavy, when it will likely be outside the weight limit the FAA is considering for "small" UAS. Of course, the FAA has to get its act together on the entire topic. Right now it's delay after delay.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 December 2, 2013 ryoder I'm looking forward to going outdoors here on the Front Range and Skeet ShootingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 December 2, 2013 PULL! ...... boom .. "bagged another one of those blighters Doris .. I think we have a iPad now too" Do Amazon really need this much more publicity this close to Christmas? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,400 #8 December 2, 2013 Squeak ***I'm looking forward to going outdoors here on the Front Range and Skeet ShootingYou know, the town of Deer Park CO is now issuing drone hunting licenses. You might want to add that to your trip itinerary."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #9 December 3, 2013 Andreas Raptopoulos: No roads? There’s a drone for that http://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3mpire 0 #10 December 3, 2013 QuotePULL! ...... boom .. "bagged another one of those blighters Doris .. I think we have a iPad now too" Even better: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/flying-hacker-contraption-hunts-other-drones-turns-them-into-zombies/ Intercepting drones in transit and re-routing them and their contents to a place of your choosing and/or amassing an army of captured drones to do your bidding... Quote"How fun would it be to take over drones, carrying Amazon packages... or take over any other drones, and make them my little zombie drones," Kamkar asked rhetorically in a blog post published Monday. "Awesome." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKV01YQX_w Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #11 December 3, 2013 or you could go low tech ........ (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #12 December 4, 2013 The door tags are going to be more interesting, at least. (see example attached)"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,400 #14 December 4, 2013 Stephen Colbert has an idea for even faster delivery. He calls it "Amazon Live".http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/430896/december-02-2013/amazon-s-delivery-drones "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3mpire 0 #15 December 4, 2013 "carpet gifted with collateral generosity" i like the sound of that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
