Amazon's delivery service"by drone" ?
12-05-2013, 07:09 AM
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Yes my mind is open. What makes you think that a quad ( it means 4 motors) uses the same amount of energy per minute than your giant stick?
if you open your ears when you hear the ad he said this is happening next year.
bull$&@?, we have a little more know how of flying remote control than the general public. This is not happening anytime soon.
what reason Amazon have to do this? I don't know. But is a flat lie.
if you open your ears when you hear the ad he said this is happening next year.
bull$&@?, we have a little more know how of flying remote control than the general public. This is not happening anytime soon.
what reason Amazon have to do this? I don't know. But is a flat lie.
12-05-2013, 07:17 AM
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I fly planes and have no desire for quads but! I have a flying brother that flies quads. At first I was not a fan. But that has changed over time. Pretty impressive technology. They stated 5 yr projection on details and start date. Very curious to see how this one turns out.
12-05-2013, 09:15 AM
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12-05-2013, 12:30 PM
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Well, pot is legal in this state now, so it is no more nefarious than booze. I find it odd to bring in elicit substances into this discussion. People that want to break laws and deal drugs and deliver them with drones, or feed convicts tobacco, really do not have anything to do with this discussion. Those people do not care about laws, as they obviously are breaking them.
We are talking about a possible service that can and may be provided to us as consumers. I really do not see much down side. The postal union cannot complain about Sunday deliveries, because a machine is gonna do it. The Union will complain about a machine making deliveries mon-sat though. Own special interests are going to drive this debate, weather it is truly good or not.
We are talking about a possible service that can and may be provided to us as consumers. I really do not see much down side. The postal union cannot complain about Sunday deliveries, because a machine is gonna do it. The Union will complain about a machine making deliveries mon-sat though. Own special interests are going to drive this debate, weather it is truly good or not.
In this case we also really should be putting kids, pets, and family members at risk of a drone prop strike. You know, those evil electric propellers that don't stop even when they have cut meat. Superb idea!
/end sarcasm
12-05-2013, 12:30 PM
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Amazon is pushing for the USPS to deliver packages on Sunday as well. Seems that the need for delivering goods will continue to increase.
I have come to the conclusion that truly anything that we can imagine, we can create. I would like to see teleportation. That would be the best, sans fly! lol
I have come to the conclusion that truly anything that we can imagine, we can create. I would like to see teleportation. That would be the best, sans fly! lol
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12-05-2013, 01:43 PM
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This is a long way off - as slow as they can be making laws in the USA......
However I do see an emerging Economy here - most of us are already knowledgable in many ways with.....so that can't be a bad thing........right?
12-05-2013, 01:47 PM
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I fly planes and have no desire for quads but! I have a flying brother that flies quads. At first I was not a fan. But that has changed over time. Pretty impressive technology. They stated 5 yr projection on details and start date. Very curious to see how this one turns out.
Or an out of work R/C Pilot with previous IT and Electronic Experience
that can solder......Drone "Squadron Leader" for UPS
12-05-2013, 02:32 PM
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"I would like to see implementation of Nikolai Tesla's vision of beaming power through the air. Take down power lines, power towers, and just beam it through the air."
I'd like to see world peace too...and they're equally likely.
I'd like to see world peace too...and they're equally likely.
12-05-2013, 05:45 PM
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Even the ultra technologically optimistic Popular Science magazine sees issues with the idea of drone delivery. They even reference the current line of site rules...
http://www.popsci.com/node/133830/?c...MzUwOTEwNDI0S0
I like the part where the pilot has to ride along in a convertible to "pilot" the drone. This just shows how little understanding most people have when it comes to the laws, technical, and other issues related to something like this.
They did get one thing correct. It's brining a whole lot of attention to the company at a key time for the business.
http://www.popsci.com/node/133830/?c...MzUwOTEwNDI0S0
I like the part where the pilot has to ride along in a convertible to "pilot" the drone. This just shows how little understanding most people have when it comes to the laws, technical, and other issues related to something like this.
They did get one thing correct. It's brining a whole lot of attention to the company at a key time for the business.
12-05-2013, 06:58 PM
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How many times has the name "Amazon" entered your consciousness since holiday shopping started?
How many times would that have been if the "drone delivery" story hadn't happened?
12-05-2013, 08:45 PM
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One of the most pervasive things about any large scale system is the implementation limitations and how you explain them to someone who barely has a GED much less a college education. Those are the folks that will use this system and they will be making the "deliver this way or that" decision rather than by folks with as much intelligence as you or I. Oh, the other shoe is price/cost. Accountants like quarterly reports with positive numbers and non-drone delivery's will much more expensive very soon and that is why if it is good enough for Jones it is good enough for Smith will come from.
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No its not chicken little and the sky is falling, but the idea of delivery of a 5 pound package using coordinates with gps and remote control raise bigger concerns.your selling your home?the drone just passed over your prperty and took pictures of it for real estate puposes.
The famed papparazi just got their drones and got unfettered access to celebrities and anyone else they want to make a buck.
That annoying drone carrying a package may in fact be carrying something very nasty such a bomb or ricin.but how do you know? You dont.
Its planned that by 2020 there will be 30,000 unmanned domestic dones flying around.its estimated it create approx. 100,000 jobs and create a 90 billion a year indusrty.the applications for drones exceeds my current vision of their use.yes many of its intended consequences are safe and useful .but I have concerns .this president and likely those to come seem to have an unhealthy attachment to lethal drones.i wonder how many innonocent kids have been killed as collateral damage in afhganistan.as I said in another post what about the governments insatiable appetite for indiscriminate survelliance
There is no doubting that unmanned drones will be a new business.states are adopting restrictions of their own and it will be interesting to see if states rights upheld over federal rights for fighting domestic terror.
We have already fined one person that we know about 10 grand.one papparzi was ordered to ground a drone that was hovering above a private affair.issues of privacy will get more complicated regarding who actually controls the skies.
Yeah we scoff and make jokes about flying cars.we laugh at amazon and the proposed flying pony express which may or may not truly work as stated throughout all these posts. But there is a larger concern for me in terms of my right to privacy information , non consent for survelliance.finally what will the impact if any have on a hobby i have cherished over 3 decades.
I love to laugh and not try to take life too seriously but the onslaught of unmanned drones gives me time for pause and reflection.
The famed papparazi just got their drones and got unfettered access to celebrities and anyone else they want to make a buck.
That annoying drone carrying a package may in fact be carrying something very nasty such a bomb or ricin.but how do you know? You dont.
Its planned that by 2020 there will be 30,000 unmanned domestic dones flying around.its estimated it create approx. 100,000 jobs and create a 90 billion a year indusrty.the applications for drones exceeds my current vision of their use.yes many of its intended consequences are safe and useful .but I have concerns .this president and likely those to come seem to have an unhealthy attachment to lethal drones.i wonder how many innonocent kids have been killed as collateral damage in afhganistan.as I said in another post what about the governments insatiable appetite for indiscriminate survelliance
There is no doubting that unmanned drones will be a new business.states are adopting restrictions of their own and it will be interesting to see if states rights upheld over federal rights for fighting domestic terror.
We have already fined one person that we know about 10 grand.one papparzi was ordered to ground a drone that was hovering above a private affair.issues of privacy will get more complicated regarding who actually controls the skies.
Yeah we scoff and make jokes about flying cars.we laugh at amazon and the proposed flying pony express which may or may not truly work as stated throughout all these posts. But there is a larger concern for me in terms of my right to privacy information , non consent for survelliance.finally what will the impact if any have on a hobby i have cherished over 3 decades.
I love to laugh and not try to take life too seriously but the onslaught of unmanned drones gives me time for pause and reflection.