Monday, December 2, 2013

The Rise of the Machines: Amazon's Drone Delivery Service

Amazon.com is working on delivering packages by "octocopter" drones. The new service will be called "Prime Air." 
Prime Air would be able to get customers their products only a half-hour after they click the "buy" button. Jeff Bezos' "optimistic" estimate to "60 Minutes" was that Prime Air will be available to customers within 4 to 5 years.

I guess this new service will be useful for people who have a crack-like addiction to online shopping ... when it finally launches.  In the meantime, it's certainly fodder for online comedians. Here is my favorite ...

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But this is pretty darned funny ...



I say if the drones aren't equipped with frickin' laser beams, Bezos just isn't putting his heart into it.

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