OT: The drones may be visiting you soon...
Amazon gets approval for drone package deliveries
NEW YORK – Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had granted Amazon approval to deliver packages by drones.
Amazon said that the approval is an "important step," but added that it is still testing and flying the drones. It did not say when it expected drones to make deliveries to shoppers.
The online shopping giant has been working on drone delivery for years, but it has been slowed by regulatory hurdles. Back in December 2013, Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos said in a TV interview that drones would be flying to customer's homes within five years.
Last year, Amazon unveiled self-piloting drones that are fully electric, can carry 5 pounds of goods and are designed to deliver items in 30 minutes by dropping them in a backyard. At the time, an Amazon executive said deliveries to shoppers would be happening "within months," but more than 14 months have passed since then.
Seattle-based Amazon is the third drone delivery service to win flight approval, the FAA said. Delivery company UPS and a company owned by search giant Google won approval last year.
https://www.startribune.com/amazon-gets-approval-for-drone-package-deliveries/572279512/
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I still don't get how this is going to work logistically.
GPS coordinates in a control app for "last mile" delivery. Just drops a box, most likely will have size and weight restrictions, no barbells or bowling balls
@"StickyBun" said: I still don't get how this is going to work logistically.
My guess is that you'll log a gps drop location with your smart phone through their app?
The thing that is interesting, is the porch pirates wont have to search hard. Just follow the big drone flying down the street with its package(s).
Wonder how many drones will get shot out of the sky?
Cue up les nesman---"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
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