Amazon.com introduces PRIME Air.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Package delivery in 30 minutes or less via drone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU

So if I shoot the drone down, do I get to keep the package?

[Tisket]

And you thought S&H charges were ridiculous now...

Here's the website info: http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_396647742_4?ie=UTF8&node=8037720011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=0TVJSE1X1A6P50A046SZ&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=1682948342&pf_rd_i=prime%20air

[Gelston]

Maybe then Amazon.com will start turning a profit.

[Warriorbird]

Clever way to sell the public on drones.

[Ardwen]

of course they also said 4-5 years away on this dont hold your breath

[Showal]

And you thought S&H charges were ridiculous now...

Here's the website info: http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_396647742_4?ie=UTF8&node=8037720011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=0TVJSE1X1A6P50A046SZ&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=1682948342&pf_rd_i=prime%20air

I get two day for free with my prime. I'd be ordering packages all day long with this. There'd be a steady stream of drones to my house.

[Jarvan]

This is not possible. I have friends that work at the local Amazon warehouse. At the speed that drone flew.. they would have to have a fully stocked warehouse every 15-20 miles. Hell, I live 20 minutes away by car, no way would it get to me in 30 min.

I can't even imagining them having enough facilities to support this in 4-5 years. Not to mention the sheer number of drone "pilots" they would have to staff. I'd say 5,000 minimum.

[Ardwen]

the idea would be they would service a 5 mile area, ie urban areas like LA or NYC not for the average customer

[BriarFox]

Breaking News: Amazon.com Takes Over Drone Operations For Military

General S. Tarquin announced on Tuesday that Amazon.com will be taking over the newly privatized Air Supply and Ordnance Delivery System (ASODS) for the military. With a simple click of a button, send a tasty chili mac and cheese MRE to your soldier or drop a bomb on a terrorist! Sign up for the UltraPrime Membership and earn gold reward points for every bomb dropped.

[Bobmuhthol]

This is not possible. I have friends that work at the local Amazon warehouse. At the speed that drone flew.. they would have to have a fully stocked warehouse every 15-20 miles. Hell, I live 20 minutes away by car, no way would it get to me in 30 min.

I can't even imagining them having enough facilities to support this in 4-5 years. Not to mention the sheer number of drone "pilots" they would have to staff. I'd say 5,000 minimum.I think it's fascinating that you know more about whether Amazon's technology is "possible" than they do.

[Parkbandit]

This is not possible. I have friends that work at the local Amazon warehouse. At the speed that drone flew.. they would have to have a fully stocked warehouse every 15-20 miles. Hell, I live 20 minutes away by car, no way would it get to me in 30 min.

I can't even imagining them having enough facilities to support this in 4-5 years. Not to mention the sheer number of drone "pilots" they would have to staff. I'd say 5,000 minimum.

It's within a 10 mile radius of a warehouse. Not available for most customers.

[Jarvan]

I think it's fascinating that you know more about whether Amazon's technology is "possible" than they do.

I think it's fascinating that you are even able to stand upright with that amazingly huge ego you have.

[Jarvan]

It's within a 10 mile radius of a warehouse. Not available for most customers.

Didn't notice the 10 mile thing. That would limit it in my area to likely.. maybe 2000 people or so. They built the warehouse in an industrial park.

[Bobmuhthol]

I think it's fascinating that you are even able to stand upright with that amazingly huge ego you have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnPkK76Ask

At least you acknowledge it.

[Buckwheet]

Didn't notice the 10 mile thing. That would limit it in my area to likely.. maybe 2000 people or so. They built the warehouse in an industrial park.

They said the drones wouldn't require pilots once the FAA passes new laws in 2015 or whatever. I would imagine they would combine this service with "Amazon Instant" which was to provide local pickups in more areas.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

You're all missing the point. Drone killing package thieves will become the new rage.

[Tisket]

I get two day for free with my prime. I'd be ordering packages all day long with this. There'd be a steady stream of drones to my house.

If you believe your prime membership would cover this, I've a bridge for sale.

[Danical]

Air Becomes Self-Aware (http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv% 3D98BIu9dpwHU&start1&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3 D3Xjir3YSUA8&start2&authorName=Terminator+Amazon)

[Taernath]

It's within a 10 mile radius of a warehouse. Not available for most customers.

In that case you might as well just go and pick it up yourself, but that would remove the entire point of Amazon... avoiding human interaction at all costs.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Or even better, hackers could make them drop items on people or cause deliveries of items to wrong address. Or bring the drones down in traffic.

[Buckwheet]

If you believe your prime membership would cover this, I've a bridge for sale.

There were bags of dirt for sale on Amazon this spring with prime shipping. They were $1 cheaper per bag than Home Depot and no sales tax. I ordered like 30 bags or something ridiculous. If $75 covers that...

[Archigeek]

Breaking News: Amazon.com Takes Over Drone Operations For Military

General S. Tarquin announced on Tuesday that Amazon.com will be taking over the newly privatized Air Supply and Ordnance Delivery System (ASODS) for the military. With a simple click of a button, send a tasty chili mac and cheese MRE to your soldier or drop a bomb on a terrorist! Sign up for the UltraPrime Membership and earn gold reward points for every bomb dropped.

Bonus points for the use of General Tarquin. Well done Julio Scoundrel.

[Latrinsorm]

You're all missing the point. Drone killing package thieves will become the new rage.You forget that before the end of Obama's second term all guns will be confiscated from private citizens, and anyone with the arm to take down a drone with a knife may as well play pro ball instead (although of course American football will also be illegal by then, Leader be praised!).

[Gompers]

http://i.imgur.com/PdnS0xF.jpg

[Gelston]

http://consumerist.com/2013/12/03/the-robot-wars-begin-ups-also-looking-into-drone-deliveries/

Looks like UPS has the same idea. When will they begin firing upon each other? The skies will be full of drone dog fights.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

I hope so.

[cwolff]

We can hunt drones in Colorado. I wonder if you get the keep the contents of the package when you shoot down an Amazon Drone. Maybe you only keep half of it and the state gets the other half.

[Tenlaar]

People firing high powered rifles into the sky - what could go wrong?

[Showal]

This is not possible. I have friends that work at the local Amazon warehouse. At the speed that drone flew.. they would have to have a fully stocked warehouse every 15-20 miles. Hell, I live 20 minutes away by car, no way would it get to me in 30 min.

I can't even imagining them having enough facilities to support this in 4-5 years. Not to mention the sheer number of drone "pilots" they would have to staff. I'd say 5,000 minimum.

LOL 5000 pilots. You think each one of these would be controlled by a human pilot? With GPS being accurate to within a few feet, you think they'd have a person behind a computer screen navigating? Here's a simple idea: have drone fly up to x feet, fly to coordinates, return. All they'd need is to work out a simple sensor program for when contact is made with the ground and to avoid other objects. I have not interacted with you in a while and had almost forgotten that you're a fucking idiot.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Yeah, too easy. I do hope that when people start shooting them down, that then they escalate and weaponize. Also, do you think it would cost more to have it shipped using a flight path that avoids the ghetto?

[Showal]

Yeah, too easy. I do hope that when people start shooting them down, that then they escalate and weaponize. Also, do you think it would cost more to have it shipped using a flight path that avoids the ghetto?

You'd probably have to hire 5000 drone pilots for that service. Minimum. And to be safe, they'd need to be trained in aerial evasive maneuvers. They'd need to hire only experienced war time drone pilots.

[msconstrew]

5946

[cwolff]

Yeah, too easy. I do hope that when people start shooting them down, that then they escalate and weaponize. Also, do you think it would cost more to have it shipped using a flight path that avoids the ghetto?

The burning question is this: What is the minimum dollar amount to get drone delivery? I hope it's low enough that we can afford to hunt them every weekend.

[Gelston]

The burning question is this: What is the minimum dollar amount to get drone delivery? I hope it's low enough that we can afford to hunt them every weekend.

Remember to have the address set to someone else's house.

[cwolff]

Remember to have the address set to someone else's house.

Good idea. Ship a lot of stuff to your neighbor.

[Gelston]

Fuck Drones! Google is going to build Androids.

http://consumerist.com/2013/12/04/drones-shmones-google-is-building-an-army-of-walking-talking-androids/

[cwolff]

Fuck Drones! Google is going to build Androids.

http://consumerist.com/2013/12/04/drones-shmones-google-is-building-an-army-of-walking-talking-androids/

It's been said before, but google really is skynet.

Guess we have to take the good with the bad. Good being robot handjobs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/robot-handjobs-vr-tenga_n_4261161.html

[Latrinsorm]

Isn't it weird how much easier it is to make robots that fly than robots that walk? Makes you wonder why we evolved to plod around on our big dumb feet when we could have evolved jet propulsion instead. Way to drop the ball, Darwin.

[cwolff]

Isn't it weird how much easier it is to make robots that fly than robots that walk? Makes you wonder why we evolved to plod around on our big dumb feet when we could have evolved jet propulsion instead. Way to drop the ball, Darwin.

It's not that we can't, we just can't YET. If we don't ban these drones then we'll never evolve self-jet propulsion.

[Gelston]

Isn't it weird how much easier it is to make robots that fly than robots that walk? Makes you wonder why we evolved to plod around on our big dumb feet when we could have evolved jet propulsion instead. Way to drop the ball, Darwin.

ANDROIDS, not robots. Damn. You are going to get fucked up calling an Android a robot to his face.

[Latrinsorm]

It's an interesting question, would you rather be called the name that derives from "slave" or the name that derives from "man"? Think of how many humans are disgusted by humans, it's plausible a self-aware robot would prefer the slave name. Machine from means, synthetic from made.

In any event, it would give me a chance to try out my "eat three laws' worth of dicks" retort.
It's not that we can't, we just can't YET. If we don't ban these drones then we'll never evolve self-jet propulsion.Too late, we're in an evolutionary dead end. Our only hope is horizontal gene transfer. Luckily we already impregnate jet airplanes with thousands of people per day.

[Drisco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnPkK76Ask

At least you acknowledge it.


I watched and god Beyonce is a class act. Good for her.

[Showal]

It's an interesting question, would you rather be called the name that derives from "slave" or the name that derives from "man"? Think of how many humans are disgusted by humans, it's plausible a self-aware robot would prefer the slave name. Machine from means, synthetic from made.

In any event, it would give me a chance to try out my "eat three laws' worth of dicks" retort.Too late, we're in an evolutionary dead end. Our only hope is horizontal gene transfer. Luckily we already impregnate jet airplanes with thousands of people per day.

You haven't even begun to consider the ease of which we could watch everyone all day long, universally, with these flying drones. We're right there, Latrin. Your dream realized.