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AT&T and Intel Team Up To Test Drone Technology (venturebeat.com)
New submitter MitchRandall writes: Wireless provider AT&T Inc said on Monday it will partner with chipmaker Intel Corp to test the functionality of drones on its high-speed LTE wireless network. AT &T will work with Intel to examine the efficiency of drones on its LTE network at higher altitudes and potential interference with airwaves related to areas such as video streaming and flight information, AT&T said in a statement. Intel has been aggressively investing in drone technology in recent years. With the U.S. wireless market over-saturated, AT&T is betting on growth from the 'Internet of Things', or web-connected machines and gadgets from cars, home appliances to drones, a new battleground for the company and rivals ranging from Verizon Communications Inc to Amazon.com Inc.
Skynet
Hate one of them.
Combine this with paper skin sensors and you have the perfect solution to Saudi victims of drone attacks. Cheaper, faster, able target your wireless more easily, and then waste money on fixing up the victims afterwards, because you forgot that location does not imply the person is the same as the one you think "owns" it.
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What do they mean by over-saturated? Too many customers?, Not enough customers? or Too many cell towers?
They couldn't be saying they can't get anyone else to sign up on their overcrowded towers could they?
Afaik At&t's only real competition is verizon.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
Hard hat manufacturers (for all the drones that will be falling out of the sky; got to protect people's heads), and cellphone jammers (to disable all those pesky drones that the sky will be lousy with in the near future). Also, here's a new term you'll be hearing in the near future: 'Sky pollution', referring to the sky being lousy with drones all the time. Might as well also predict PETA getting up in arms about birds being injured or killed by drones (when they naturally attack them, since it's really their airspace they'll be invading).
I'm also predicting this is going to be just another stupid fad, there'll be too many problems with the skies being full of these gods-be-damned things, and like all fads, it'll pass. It'll eventually even become 'uncool' to even have one that's a toy. The sooner it's over, the better, I say. Hasn't even really got started yet and it's already a freakin' nuisance.
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
For Christmas I bought my 10 year old son a drone, and I have to say it is a crazy amount of fun!
For $48, it has a HD camera and is 6-axis gyro stabilized, very easy to fly around the house or outside in the back yard or down at the lake.
http://amzn.to/21aQ7S7
The flight time is really short, less than 10 min, but you can buy a pack of 4 more batteries for less than $20 and fly around for about 30 min using 5 of them, which is frankly long enough to have fun with.
It comes with spare blades, blade protectors for while you're learning, and even a 2GB SD memory card.
What do you want for $48?
Can I pay someone $48 to go to your house and smash your computer so you can't keep posting obvious commercial SPAM on Slashdot?
It’s worth noting here that the partnership is less about helping consumers navigate their toys around public thoroughfares than it is about exploring legitimate business scenarios. While the likes of Amazon are currently looking into “delivery by drone” initiatives, there are also many other use-cases across numerous industries that could see UAVs taken to the next level./quote
So commercial drones will use cell networks for data and video?
Yet consumers with "unlimited" data plans get throttled, cell phone calls drop routinely, and the trend (for the consumer) seems to be less service for more money.
And now Amazon's drones (and others) are going to be clogging the network....
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
Nothing from Amazon which is a notorious front for bait n switch tactics, "variable" shipping cost, fake reviews, and a whole host of poor employee treatment scenarios..
Amazon is shit...
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
Here's his IP: 23.196.119.211
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
Until a cash pile made them quiet.
Isn't this is the exact same model drone they were smuggling into Gaza? Are you a terrorist?
Isn't this is the exact same model drone they were smuggling into Gaza? Are you a terrorist?
Funny... :)
It weighs less than a pound, it is for flying around your yard and playing with your kids.
Nothing from Amazon which is a notorious front for bait n switch tactics
How exactly do they "bait and switch"? You order stuff, it shows up. I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon, from paper towels to computer parts, from peanut butter to lawn flags.
"variable" shipping cost
Shipping is always free, with only a few exceptions, I never order unless Amazon themselves is shipping something, either sold by Amazon or shipped by them via an FBA seller.
Prime is a wonderful service.
fake reviews
This is a real concern. Of course it isn't just Amazon, everyone has this issue, but yes, not all reviews are real.
and a whole host of poor employee treatment scenarios
Yea, this is real as well. Of course it isn't like going to anyone else is much better. But yes, I'd like to see all companies do better here.
why are you people so fucking incapable of pointing to the source article.
Companies can send their items to Amazon's warehouses so they get the "shipped by Amazon" benefit. Amazon dumps all of these items into the proper bins with their own items and items from every seller doing the same thing. When you order a "shipped by Amazon" item you have no clue which company it came from. There's no way to know the quality of the item ahead of time. You might get the actual product or you might get a knockoff. There's no way to know until it arrives no matter if you paid more to get the official version or not.
Stop browsing Prime items and compare their prices with the non-prime version. You're paying more for Prime-only items then you'd be if you bought over $35 of the non-Prime versions. Unless you're using all of Prime's features or are constantly buying one off items, Prime is likely costing you more than you're saving. All Prime items are marked up.
Not all items sent to Amazon are "comingled inventory", which is the term you're looking for.
If items are stickered with FNSKUs, then they'll be held apart in separate inventory from other sellers and Amazon.
As for Prime itself, sometimes items cost more, but often it is really close. Depends on what you're buying. But you don't need very many crappy shipping experiences with non-Prime orders before any savings isn't worth the trouble. Amazon's customer service is second to none, any issue and refund/replace/no hassle.
Yes, there is the A-to-Z claim process, but I'd rather not bother. I much prefer dealing with Amazon directly and not a third party seller's "customer service", whatever it might be.
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Regarding other Prime services, yes we use those a lot. We have an Amazon Echo in the house and us it for Prime streaming Music all the time. We have a pair of Amazon Fire TVs in the house and stream about half of all our TV/movies via that service.
So the free shipping is just a nice bonus on top of that.
Plus keep in mind that if you're Prime and you have an Amazon store card, you get 5% back on all your purchases. I got back far more than the cost of Prime last year, so basically Prime was free to me.
I take it that's just Amazon purchases?