Amazon Prime To Safely Deliver Packages By Drone To Your Doorstep?


Drone-590x330Amazon? That online retailer giant? Announcing plans to deliver packages to doorsteps via aerial drones? Sometimes I wonder if it's possible to avoid coming off as an impolite blogger. Disregarding that for a moment, from my reading of article snippets plus watching the short-n-sweet video, news of a drone-based Amazon Prime delivery system isn't sitting well with me. I don't know where it's sitting actually. I think the entire notion is futuristic and plausible, but I also recognize numerous reasons to be apprehensive. One that comes to my immediate attention is the weather. I find it hard to believe wind would be compatible with a 5 pound package being carried by a small drone. Further, don't doubt someone could exploit the thing with just one accurate gun shot (Wahoo! Free stuff!). What about the short 10 mile radius? Will the under-served rural areas be left out by design? Finally, I can't neglect the ramifications of one of these drones falling and causing harm to a person! Then again, concern is only natural and many things will remain undetermined until the drones begin successful operation. Which, they in fact will, because Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos excitedly revealed this experimental service in order to capitalize on a technology that is, if anything, used sparsely in business.

DroneDuring a recent interview on 60 Minutes, Bezos stated “I know this looks like science fiction, but it's not”. So does this mean we could be ready for this in four to five years? If it's set up correctly, why not? The service in itself could cover an entire new realm (and number) of customers because of Amazon's increasing business expansion in urban areas. Bezos also claims the drones can carry packages up to 5 lbs in weight and within a 10 mile radius of one of their distribution centers. Considering 86% of Amazons inventory are under 5 pounds, this is good news. Unfortunately, as mentioned above in my personal concerns, Bezos did admit “there is no reason to say this can't land on somebody's head”.

Drone-590x330 (1)But lets get real, shall we? If this isn’t the way of the future I don’t know what is. The reason this story is utterly crowding the internet and news is because it is going to happen. By the time the drones are ready to take flight in another four or five years, safety precautions will be more than promised. I mean, we already have those giant-like spacecrafts (airplanes) flying above our heads every single hour, yes? Just like getting used to planes, trains and automobiles, “Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road today”, Bezos stated. So, considering the time and effort being invested, part of the good news is this type of delivery could cover significantly populated regions. In addition it's electric, green, must be safety-assured, and will hopefully be prosperous in delivering packages speedily. Amazon has the man power to do pretty much anything. I don't blame the skeptics because I am one, but perhaps it's one of those things you have to see to believe. We'll talk in 2020.

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