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Jack Dweck

Prime Air - A future drone delivery system from Amazon

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Prime Air is Amazon's last-mile delivery solution for the next decade, with autonomous drones that can deliver packages directly to your house in less than an hour. Two-day delivery is already becoming too slow, it seems 👀

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Saul Sutcher
Touchjet WAVE
I just love how jeremy clarkson is the narrator.
matt
@saulsutcher I can't wait for the "Drone in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment.
Smokie
@mattschaar @saulsutcher As long as Prime Air doesn't use the same drone pilots that drive The Grand Tour drones we should be good! ;)
Edward Woodcock
@mattschaar @saulsutcher Or 'celebrity in a reasonably priced drone'?
Jack Dweck
Unroll.Me
Hunter
Amazon published a video showing off its new Prime Air design, and it's a beauty! 😍 This is a big departure from the initial version, announced in 2013. Prime Air is a project by Amazon which promises delivery by drone in 30 minutes or less. Though it's not yet publicly available, Jeff Bezos estimates it'll officially launch in 3-4 years. With this latest version, it looks like Amazon is making significant progress and is taking this project very seriously. I want this right now, @JeffBezos!
Benjamin Saks
I would like to see how the regulatory environment looks in 3-4 years. I have been an avid model airplane builder for about 15 years and an AMA member. A drone flying 1-2lb of cargo over subdivisions would be the stuff of dreams, yet would be a litigation disaster the first time it failed. It happens a lot now, look how the film world has been disrupted by drones, mostly unregulated, and a lot of profit has been made. I think there is a bright future for this, on both the product side and the legal/regulatory side.
Donny Reynolds
I don't know if Amazon has addressed this, but I'm still largely concerned about theft. With a package hanging in the air visible to everybody, how does Amazon prevent drone-hunting? If Joe shot a drone passing by his backyard, how would Amazon salvage the package and track down the offender?
matt
@dovizu There's just as much of a concern re: theft from FedEx, UPS, and USPS trucks. In some ways, having a single point of transit means it's far easier to manage damage claims and returns. I'd also venture that this will only be available for certain types of purchases - either by dollar value or parcel type - that will mitigate theft.
Joshua Pinter
Little known fact is that the Drones are piloted by their tamed racing pilot, The Stig.
Niv Dror
VC Puzzle
The video makes me think of "Uber for Drones"
Anton Anisimov
How it will deliver to the condos? There is no so much space for landing. Might bombard mode through the window? :)
Edward Woodcock
@invoodoo We'll most likely end up having a roof-mounted drone drop-zone in multi-buildings.
Vrashabh
Drone + Jezza == POWER!
Smokie
@vrashabh But can you mend the drones with a hammer?
Ryan Hoover
Product Hunt
Amazon just released a video of their first autonomous delivery. Pretty incredible. More on Recode.
Matt Horton
Status - 2 - #NoBanNoWall
I love the number of people commenting with entirely solvable problems as if they're going to ruin this.
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