Sunday, December 1, 2013

Amazon; When I Positively Have to have it Today?

"Amazon’s CEO said Sunday night that the company plans to use drones to make deliveries, offering the possibility of a massive domestic surge in a technology now best known for gunning down Islamic militants in Pakistan and Yemen."
The company suggested delivery drones could reduce shipping time to a mere 30-minutes after an online order. But the buzzy announcement will require, first of all, a massive reworking of regulations around unmanned aviation.

The online retailer’s chief executive officer and founder, Jeff Bezos, introduced the delivery mechanism, Prime Air, which is in development, on 60 Minutes. Immediately after the piece, Amazon put up a video showing a delivery via the drone, and a portion of its website describing Prime Air.
More at BuzzFeed. Video demonstration at this link 

9 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

THE GayPatriot ‏@GayPatriot 1h
I don't want Big Amazon droning me in my bedroom!

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

ibeetb ‏@ibeetb 1h
Mr. Jeff Bezos, please don't ever speak negatively about Ocare, gays, minorities, women or immigrants. Would hate to lose you #60minutes

Bezzos is a rich white guy.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Those FAA rules could come as soon as 2015. The type of flights Bezos proposed are currently not allowed. Unlike some other drones currently used, these would be autonomous -- they would fly without a pilot.

bagoh20 said...

Welcome to 2010, Amazon. That's when my crack dealer started this form of delivery, including free condoms with a $100 order. It only works with high value to weight merchandise, and the customer has to really want the delivery NOW!

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

The question I have is what would Bezzos be prepared to do for Obama in exchange for those rule changes.

Suddenly, his purchase of the Washington Post makes a lot of business sense.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

James Taranto ‏@jamestaranto 15m
"We're not going to deliver kayaks, or table saws this way." I WANT MY TABLE SAW!!!

Some of the tweets are funny.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Consolidated News ‏@ConsolidatedNws 1h
Dammit, @AmazonDrone ! You missed my porch again!

#AmazonDrones @amazon pic.twitter.com/ZBNX9zhCx2

Michael Haz said...

....the company plans to use drones to make deliveries

Hillary Clinton and Madeline Albright need jobs? Who knew?

AllenS said...

Thank you, Amazon, I received my bowling ball in just a few short hours. Tomorrow I'll have the hole in my roof fixed.