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Old 12-02-2013, 09:13 AM
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Remember When I Joked About Pizza and Paper In Oil Cap Delivery Drones?
I guess the head of Amazon was thinking the same thing.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-u...very-by-drone/
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Old 12-02-2013, 10:07 AM
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The drones have to be cheap, but smart and safe. Can't have them landing on the kid's trike and wrecking themselves--or a kid. It can be done, I'm sure, but can it be done cheaply enough....
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Old 12-02-2013, 10:30 AM
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I would imagine homes being equiped with a small "drone pad" with GPS coordinates.
Of course the customer would be emailed the time for delivery so as to know when to keep their head on a swivel.
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Old 12-02-2013, 11:05 AM
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They have to have robust real-time obstacle avoidance capability, regardless. But it helps that he's planning on building a fleet of hundreds of thousands eventually, I assume. That will drive unit cost down. Eventually.
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Old 12-02-2013, 04:55 PM
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Looks like a great thing for terrorists to exploit.
Someone is already working on anti-drone technology and the right of the property owner to patrol over the airspace above their land.
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Looks like a great thing for terrorists to exploit.
Someone is already working on anti-drone technology and the right of the property owner to patrol over the airspace above their land.
More complication. The drones will have to have transponders that will identify them to the homeowner's defense system and negotiate permission to land.
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More complication. The drones will have to have transponders that will identify them to the homeowner's defense system and negotiate permission to land.
New agencies!
DRAG- Department of Residential Airspace Governance
FAVORS- Federal Autonomous Vehicle Operations Regulating Services
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New agencies!
DRAG- Department of Residential Airspace Governance
FAVORS- Federal Autonomous Vehicle Operations Regulating Services
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Looks like a great thing for terrorists to exploit.
Someone is already working on anti-drone technology and the right of the property owner to patrol over the airspace above their land.
Like Timmy McVey?
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I think once technology advances to where lap dances can be delivered no will shoot these things down.
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