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Luddite comics, you guys. This thing is the future and you know it!

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill (Post 1531898)

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Now this is funny. However, the undertone is to replace as many people with machines a possible.

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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR (Post 1532074)

Amazon's drone delivery plan still faces FAA hurdles - CBS News

LONG LONG LONG time off.

Congress is involved; LONG LONG LONG time plus 10 years and triple the cost.

Senate to hold hearing to discuss Amazon package delivery drones | Fox News

Pretty good publicity stunt.

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Originally Posted by whitekeys (Post 1531814)

2. Who will supervise and “fly” these things?

Solutions:

1. The guarantee should be “We’ll treat your package as well as we treat our employees” (I can feel the love already)

2. Don’t hire former train engineers. Leave the flying to pros.

No worry, drone flying will be contracted out to Emirates Delivery (formally, Airlines ;) ) will be "flown" remotely by expiate pilots, all based in Dubai and required to live there. No Union, not allowed in the UAE. :eek::mad:

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Originally Posted by dckozak (Post 1532151)

No worry, drone flying will be contracted out to Emirates Delivery (formally, Airlines ;) ) will be "flown" remotely by expiate pilots, all based in Dubai and required to live there. No Union, not allowed in the UAE.

ex·pi·ate

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It didn't look right, but spell check didn't squawk. I knew the human checkers would jump in soon enough :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by dckozak (Post 1532169)

It didn't look right, but spell check didn't squawk. I knew the human checkers would jump in soon enough :rolleyes:

Shoulda used a drone.

Didn't take long

delivery drones, set to challenge Amazon's Prime Air
BYTERRENCE O'BRIEN 2 hours ago 121

When Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes and mentioned that Amazon was experimenting with delivery drones, we knew it was only a matter of time before other companies revealed similar plans. And, one day later, sources at UPS have told The Verge that the delivery giant has its own unmanned flying couriers in the lab. Publicly, the company is largely keeping silent, saying only that "the commercial use of drones is an interesting technology and we'll continue to evaluate it." But Ryan Calo, a law professor specializing in drones, isn't afraid to speculate about what the program might look like. While he doesn't rule out Amazon's ambitious vision of an octo-copter dropping a package at your doorstep, he believes the first versions will be much more limited in scope. For example, he foresees a company like UPS using the self-piloted vehicles to move packages from airports and major cities to more remote pickup points. It wouldn't be quite as convenient as having a robot bring your family's Christmas gifts to your home, but it would certainly speed up delivery while keeping the cost in check.

It would hardly be a surprise if UPS beat other delivery firms and Amazon to the punch on this one, as it invests quite heavily in R&D. According to a spokesperson, "UPS invests more in technology than any other company in the delivery business, and we're always planning for the future." That's hardly a surprise coming from the company that already offers 3D printing services at some of its retail locations.