[TriEmbed] Amazon to Use Drones to deliver Packages

[John Vaughters]

Thanks everyone for the great discussion. I think if anyone is going to make this happen, it will be a Bezos or an Elon Musk, although a bit small for Musk `,~)

I for one do not discount Bezos statement. Anyone that can go from selling books online to also being the largest Computer Cloud Rental service has what it takes to give this a go. I have seen an article that tried to claim this was a mere publicity stunt, but I doubt Bezos would take that route, although I think what better time to drive hype than now, so definitely timed properly.

All of us understand the technological hurdles, which by themselves are significant, but at this stage I think we can all agree the solution is possible, albeit limited until Li-Air or something better than our current battery technology adds distance, this would be a significant hurdle. 

The public response is somewhat unpredictable, but considering the FAA has already planned for drone traffic on a VERY real basis, I find it amazingly interesting. Whether the public wants to fear for Gov. intrusion and Bezos is just another hidden NSA collaborator, or we have a new class of lawyers chasing drones instead of ambulances is all up for grabs. I personally think people would love the quick response, but fear a falling sky. Neo-chicken littles. And why not? Who wants 6 pounds of package falling on their head.

I agree with Pete that I am not holding my breath. You can have a great idea and you can truly want it to happen and then completely fail to make it happen come implementation time for various reasons we all have discussed.

I have a watchful eye on this new area of commerce. The Drone Era!

Thanks Everyone,

John Vaughters



On Monday, December 2, 2013 4:50 PM, Pete Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:
 
I would start by adding "wants" to the subject line. :-) It's sickening but true that a fraction of folks will read your wording and assume this is going to happen (but hopefully nobody on this list).

I have no doubt at all that some huge improvement in delivery
      methods is coming, and it might involve drones. But I'm not going
      to hold my breath waiting for this particular solution in the
      short term. People in most of the world are fearful and quadcopters with exposed blades buzzing around goes beyond my imagination if I factor in human nature and recent history. But if I pretend that the entire world is populated by Jeff Bezos clones then OK. And I could imagine lots of simple homing devices that you get from Amazon and stick in the exact spot you want your delivery vehicle to leave your package. They would of course also offer you seventeen flavors of annunciator, delivery within the time window of your choice, etc for "reasonable" (tolerable) prices. 

-Pete

On 12/02/2013 09:48 AM, John Vaughters wrote:

I can think of no better group than this to ask for thoughts.
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>Crazy but possible, however, potential for problems may make it impossible. Injury Lawsuits, Theft of packages or even drones, really too many issues to even mention.
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>Headline: Drone causes car crash, 8 dead
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>Anyone else care to comment?
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>John Vaughters
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