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Amazon Reveals New Delivery Drone Design With Range of 15 Miles (geekwire.com)
reifman writes: Amazon released new video of its futuristic drones (honestly, the thought of them buzzing around is the only thing that makes me want to join the NRA) but there's some hopefulness here. Prime Air vehicles will take advantage of sophisticated 'sense and avoid' technology, as well as a high degree of automation, to safely operate beyond the line of sight to distances of 10 miles or more. 'It looks like science fiction, but it's real: One day, seeing Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road.' Amazon said its drones fly under 400 feet and weigh less than 55 pounds.
Why do Americans want to shoot anything/everything ?
Practice. Today it's an Amazon drone, tomorrow Donald Trump. Gotta be ready.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Hey, if there's money to be made killing that guy, Amazon is probably interested (at least a little).
This could give rise to a whole new tough guy threat...
"It would be a shame if something like a box of poorly selling books was to hit you in the head from 400 feet accelerating at 32.174 ft/s squared!"
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
Nothing explains the most difficult part of the operation, public acceptance of something potentially noisy and dangerous
You mean, like a 5-ton brown diesel panel truck rolling into your driveway? That sort of noisy, dangerous thing?
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.