In 4 to 5 years, Amazon will deliver your order within 30 minutes by Drone. Called Amazon "Prime Air". Octocopters will pick up packages in small yellow buckets at Amazon’s fulfillment centers, and whiz through the air to deliver items to individual customers 30 minutes after they hit the “buy” button online at Amazon.com. No, not Domino's, but Amazon.  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 21:04:09
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Sounds like an energy saving way to deliver
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 21:34:26
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What happens if the drone crashes or turns on the customer and kills them?
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 21:38:58
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I'm curious how they'll home in on a destination address. Sure, machine vision may have made some big steps between now and then, but I still think they'll need some sort of specialized receptacle or homing beacon to get to a front door; GPS just isn't enough.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 21:59:23
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EVGA & Newegg should do this too. 
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2013/12/01 22:08:16
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In 4 to 5 years, Amazon will deliver your order within 30 minutes by Drone. Called Amazon "Prime Air". Octocopters will pick up packages in small yellow buckets at Amazon’s
fulfillment centers, and whiz through the air to deliver items to individual customers 30 minutes after they hit the “buy” button online at Amazon.com. No, not Domino's, but Amazon.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/
Wonder if they'll have a guarantee on the 30 minutes!
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 22:50:14
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I don't see it happening soon because there's gonna be lots of planning over how to combat rough weather and thieves/hackers who try to intercept the drones.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 22:51:45
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In 4 to 5 years, Amazon will deliver your order within 30 minutes by Drone. Called Amazon "Prime Air". Octocopters will pick up packages in small yellow buckets at Amazon’s
fulfillment centers, and whiz through the air to deliver items to individual customers 30 minutes after they hit the “buy” button online at Amazon.com. No, not Domino's, but Amazon.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/
Wonder if they'll have a guarantee on the 30 minutes!
I don't believe Domino's has that guarantee anymore. So I don't know. ;)
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 23:02:28
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XrayMan
In 4 to 5 years, Amazon will deliver your order within 30 minutes by Drone. Called Amazon "Prime Air". Octocopters will pick up packages in small yellow buckets at Amazon’s
fulfillment centers, and whiz through the air to deliver items to individual customers 30 minutes after they hit the “buy” button online at Amazon.com. No, not Domino's, but Amazon.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/
Wonder if they'll have a guarantee on the 30 minutes!
I don't believe Domino's has that guarantee anymore. So I don't know. ;)
To be fair baking a real pizza does take longer than baking cardboard.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 23:08:13
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I seem to recall this was made illegal in California awhile back. Some pizza delivery was trying to do it and a court knocked it down.
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2013/12/01 23:39:49
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I seem to recall this was made illegal in California awhile back. Some pizza delivery was trying to do it and a court knocked it down.
I didn't hear anything about that here in California. I could have missed it though.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 23:49:29
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This would require changes in FAA regulations which is not scheduled until 2015
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/01 23:56:24
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I knew I wasn't hallucinating when I thought drone use for commercial gain is against the law. It's illegal still until 2015 apparently under FAA regulations. Primary issues being use of a drone above 400 feet and use of a drone for purposes of commerce. The new law fixes that in 2015 though. Read about it a year ago or so. http://www.flyingmag.com/news/congress-open-us-skies-drones-three-years
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 00:41:38
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Talk about wasted effort!
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2013/12/02 01:49:25
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Not to shabby! I'd use it  Hope they can pull it off
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2013/12/02 03:38:21
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Talk about wasted effort!
Hey Amazon, I could use some free hardware or media for all the money ya just spent on redtape!
I wouldn't write it off so quickly. At the very least, it's a way to push our current boundaries on with research with autonomy and control systems.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 05:40:25
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I think it would be absolutely fantastic, if it weren't beyond the realm of impossible for most locations. The nearest Amazon distribution hub to me is Allentown PA. I'm pretty sure a drone is not going to make the trip from PA to NH in 30 minutes. Second, my address is wrong in nearly every mapping system there is. So if I ordered something via drone delivery, I'd end up having to pick it up out of the woods about 500 yards down the road from my house.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 05:56:33
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I could just imagine a drone delivering something to a house with a pet in the yard. Visualize as the pet attempts to eat the quadcopter. 
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2013/12/02 09:05:09
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 09:31:00
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 09:40:58
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Brad_Hawthorne
I seem to recall this was made illegal in California awhile back. Some pizza delivery was trying to do it and a court knocked it down.
I didn't hear anything about that here in California. I could have missed it though.
Because I would want to stand right under some mighty sharp blades in order to grab my pizza.. I'd rather wait a bit longer and have it delivered by something that can't decapitate me unless they're insane and are wielding a machete.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 11:08:26
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In an attempt to simulate a human delivery person, these drones will drop your package from around 10 feet high onto your concrete driveway.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 11:41:18
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Skynet!
I'd be worried about people trying to steal my package.
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2013/12/02 19:22:40
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 19:55:46
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I don't see it happening soon because there's gonna be lots of planning over how to combat rough weather and thieves/hackers who try to intercept the drones.
Let alone entering restricted airspace and such.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 20:59:46
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What happened to FPS RUSSIA?
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/02 21:18:03
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One rock... one slingshot... and that pizza is mine! 
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/03 20:06:47
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So I wonder how they fly in 30mph+ winds? Here in Texas the wind is almost always blowing hard out of the North or the South. Then there are the severe storms we have in spring, and 110F with dust devils flying all around in the summer. Just wondering how stable they are? I use to fly r/c planes and they didn't like the wind very much. Not to mention they will have to fly 50mi. to get to my house.
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Re: Drone delivery.
2013/12/03 21:03:32
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Let alone entering restricted airspace and such. So, what about these being hijack/reprogrammed, for evil, and civilians dont live in restricted airspace? And how would you shoot these down if need be, in a non-military area with civilians, Im sure these things could carry enough C4 or worse to cause alot of damage and or chaos....
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