Monday, December 2, 2013

Air mail




Amazon's air carrier service is now in beta form. No longer will I have to wait endless hours for my packages to be delivered by my postman or UPS driver. In efforts to become more flexible to us, the consumer, Amazon is now making waves, giving us our products in less than an hour.

The same technology used by the military, has become cheaper (like everything else) and is now affordable (and fun) for Amazon. Limitations of this technology should be observed before being put to practical use. How will they deliver to the city? What happens if a strong gust hits the drone? And what is the cost of millions of plastic containers being delivered and left?

All these factors and more will go into the deciding factor of the worth of this enterprise. I would be interested in how this will turn out. As we turn into another year more challenges are being overcome. However, having a million little drones flying over my head daily might just cause more distractions. Who knows.




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