Forget Next day Deliveries (the next step) !

[Mike]

Hi all

Do you think this will happen ???

http://www.amazon.com/b?ref_=tsm_1_t...ode=8037720011

Judging by the press Amazon seem to think yes

[Kabaal]

I'd have thought the cost would be enormous for this considering the sheer volume of sales they do. Cyber Monday (today) last year alone they sold 27 million items, 306 orders per second... that's a lot of drones.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Kabaal

I'd have thought the cost would be enormous for this considering the sheer volume of sales they do. Cyber Monday (today) last year alone they sold 27 million items, 306 orders per second... that's a lot of drones.

What a great new sport 'bagging' a drome.........I'am buying a big gun !

[Gary L]

LOL LOL LOL
This will not happen.

for starters you'll have loads of them flying around. the sky will be full of them buzzing around. and you'll have people chasing them to go and nick the parcels.
and stop it from taking off again back to base.

[Mick Fisher]

If Yodel use them your parcel will be dropped in your garden from 50,000 ft

Has April 1st come early .......

[MadGamer]

I'd love to see this happen in the UK.

[Hom3r]

There is a joke here somewhere, but not now.

[Halcyon]

It would be cool but you'd have people jamming the devices so they could run off with the parcels.
Oh and then you'd have the issue of them getting in the way of aircraft.

And in this world where everyone sues eachother just wait for someone to get hit by one and file a case against them.

[Horizon]

Originally Posted by Mike

Hi all

Do you think this will happen ???

Yes, clearly it works and Amazon say it will happen in the US in five years time.

Sometimes you see things which just blow the mind and like the stuff that used to be on Tomorrow's World, the future has arrived. But I feel sorry for those delivery jobs that will go though.

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Originally Posted by Kabaal

I'd have thought the cost would be enormous for this considering the sheer volume of sales they do. Cyber Monday (today) last year alone they sold 27 million items, 306 orders per second... that's a lot of drones.

No, this will be a "special delivery" type service. Amazon say within 30 minutes, so the cost will be huge. But for those that have the money and want the goods, it will become a reality and drive down costs for the rest of us.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by Horizon

No, this will be a "special delivery" type service. Amazon say within 30 minutes, so the cost will be huge. But for those that have the money and want the goods, it will become a reality and drive down costs for the rest of us.

How exactly is cost going to be huge?

It'll be most likely one of the cheapest options available from Amazon's perspective.

The drones cost a few hundred bucks each, far less than even annual vehicle tax on a delivery van, let alone a van itself, and cost a few pence in electricity to make a delivery. Only drawback is it'll only be available within a limited radius around their depots and won't be available in adverse weather.

[Jimmy-J]

The only way I can see how this will work is for the parcel to be delivered to one of many drop-off zones spread about within an areas postcode.

I saw this the other day and couldn't resist getting a quick photo... I think it was meant to be delivered to the guy hanging out of his window on the 10th floor.

[adzii_nufc]

Forget batteries, just power them via Nuclear means. Our government should have no problems with that given their plan in regards to Nuclear powered UAV's above Britain.

[qasdfdsaq]

Problem is nuclear batteries are not powerful enough on those scales. UAVs need a lot less power because they get most of their lift aerodynamically and don't need to land very often, if at all.

Some UAVs can't even take off under their own power.

[Uncle Peter]

Amazon's drones attack Santa Claus