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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...s-with-drones/ If Bezos did actually mention tossing through windows, this makes it even more preposterous. The only reason I can think he would mention something so unlikely is to deter people like me from labeling his copters as rich persons's toys invading the airspace of everyone else in major metropolitan areas. Quote:
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I know.
Which is why I'm thinking of usage models where they make business sense. Most states where they are currently legal still require a licensed human in front of the controls. Full autonomous licensing is still a ways off. The key problem is emotional. Nobody wants to call these devices by their proper label: R-O-B-O-T-S. I blame James Cameron. ![]() |
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Instead of round-tripping the way humans with families and home bases must (even long distance truckers) a robot car can complete a delivery run and move onwards to a refueling/recharging station at the nearest distribution center and go on a further run from there. A vehicle could over weeks go from Washington state to Florida in a series of daisy-chained delivery runs, with minimal empty travel time, maximizing vehicle utilization and productivity. Last edited by fjtorres; 12-02-2013 at 09:39 PM. |
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Only one command to get you anywhere.
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To go home, I just say, "Find Home." I can then relax and read a Kindle eBook. However, it does have a steering wheel in case there is no satellite for a long time. I do keep my hands near the wheel to hold if police are nearby. In my state a special permit is required (similar to those for the handicapped). If I ever lost the satellite for more than 60 minutes, I'd have to call for Roadside Assistance since I'd have no idea where I was or how to get home. If passengers want to talk, I must turn off Voice Recognition so it doesn't hear someone say, "stop," by accident. That happened once and the car moved into the side lane and actually parked on a highway. The best Voice Command is, "Play Song AAAA" and it actually finds that particular song on my USB drive and plays it. I believe there are over 200 Voice Commands so it does take a few weeks of training to master them and when and how to use them. It communicates through my cell phone and receives and makes calls. However, I never answer calls while the car is in motion since I still want to be alert in case of problems. I call back folks when the car is stopped. When it is backing out of a space in a parking lot, it shows a rear camera view on my dashboard. If a pedestrian is approaching even 4 cars away, it stops and beeps and flickers a light on the camera and patiently waits for the pedestrian to clear my car and walk 4 cars in the opposite direction. If someone tailgates me, it beeps loudly, flashes red lights at the offender and gradually slows my car forcing the tailgater to a stop. The car measures miles to empty and, when a setting is reached (I have it set for 100 miles), it drives to the nearest gas station with the lowest price in the area. If I say "Tune BBC or CNN", it actually tunes to those stations turning off the USB songs. If I say, "Change Source USB," it turns back the music. The dashboard displays song name, artist, composer, album and an album picture. Some songs do not display all the information for some reason even though all were purchased from Amazon. Last edited by sirmaru; 12-02-2013 at 10:34 PM. |
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Well even with it's quirks it sounds mighty nice. I want to see one of those in action some day
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I don't think that's because of technical problems. Insurance and authorisation seem to me to be bigger issues. |
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The latest on self-driven cars:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57...-city-streets/ Volvo is joining the game and loosing a hundred of them in Sweden, circa 2017. Quote:
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I'm thinkin' Bezos is almost as good at grabbing headlines as Miley is.
Bill chimes in for his share of the publicity: "Keep Dreaming you Dreamers!" - http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/2/51...drone-delivery |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXoj_UBXv8 There is the 60 Minute Segment. Sorry if someone else has linked this already! S |
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The actual method of delivery by drone isn't far-fetched. We have drones. But the problems and questions it raises are insane.
What about delivery jobs? Inclement weather? Like someone said, someone with a remote control drone can just track and steal the packages much easier than physically going there. Implications of the sky being clogged with drones? And let's not forget that they might cause some kind of interference with NSA drones, and they won't allow that. |
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Google robots to compete with Amazon drones?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/te...pagewanted=all Amazon already has competition now in the new delivery market apparently. In 5 years we may see the skys crowded with drones and the streets crowded with robots. We humans will have to squeeze in somehow. This will definitely make it harder for the NSA to track our every move. Last edited by sirmaru; 12-05-2013 at 03:46 PM. |
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Simple. In short: No, I don't think we'll be seeing this in the next 4-5 years. It's too easy to lose packages. I can see people actually shooting those drones out of the sky. And, what if everybody starts doing this? We might have hundreds of drones flying around at all times. Quote:
- "Yeah, must be a bug in the drone that needs swatting... uh... wait..." *Instant Rimshot* Last edited by Katsunami; 12-08-2013 at 05:20 PM. |
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I don't think that this is too far fetched, actually. If Amazon is going to use droines, I'm sure there WILL be fake "Amazon" drones delivering not-so-legal stuff around.
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