Amazon Prime Air

Looks pretty sweet :D It's scary to think about how many drones will be in the air in the next 20 years to come though...
 
I dont know about AIR, can it really negotiate any wires and moving branches perfectly. They will do drone deliveries though, like everything theres an opportunity for replacing people in high density areas.
It'll be on the ground though, right now they got driveless cars and people already send things by taxi sometimes right so its really not a big jump to have unattended deliveries
 
Cosimo said:
"Sorry sir, we dropped it in your neighbour's pond"....
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you put like a card out for it to land on.

Kuros said:
Looks cool, I'll admit.

I guess it will only work with a limited number of items, however. (Such as the Firestick/small light items). I can't think of many times I've gone "Damn, I need one in less than 1/2 hour".
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not sure if its in the video or something i read, but 5lbs which is 2.2kilos so can carry a fair weight.
and much better waiting like 15minutes, rather than all day.
The other thing which is good is make a massive dent in b&q need a drill the other week and it was £16 bloody quid from b&q, theyre like £5 on amazon.

silversurfer said:
I dont know about AIR, can it really negotiate any wires and moving branches perfectly. They will do drone deliveries though, like everything theres an opportunity for replacing people in high density areas.
It'll be on the ground though, right now they got driveless cars and people already send things by taxi sometimes right so its really not a big jump to have unattended deliveries
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what trees and cable's these are low flying weaving in and out of things. Although even the newer dji drones have avoidance systems on them and getting better each year.

they are also pushing for regulations, for a 200-400ft commercial drone zone.
The company’s aeronautics experts propose that a 200ft slab of air – located between 200ft and 400ft from the ground – should be segregated and reserved for state-of-the-art drones equipped with sophisticated communications and sensing equipment and flying at high speeds of 60 knots or more. A further 100ft of airspace – between 400ft and 500ft – would be declared a no-fly zone to act as a buffer between the drones and current conventional aircraft such as passenger and cargo planes, thus mitigating fears about the impact on manned flight or dangers posed to people on the ground.
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EVH said:
I can't see this happening in the UK within next 5 years though. Have they even trialled it in a live environment? Seems like a publicity stunt tbh
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It's been tested live near their Cambridge office.

This is a terrible idea, I really hope the CAA see sense and ban it, but the government are so desperate for companies to invest here they'll probably make sure it passes into legislation.
 
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