Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design

Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by toyg on Sunday November 29, 2015 @09:06PM (#10647194)

One word (well, acronym): DIY. Middle-class suburban dad is trying to fix the newly-bought house, but he's constantly running out of the right size of screws and/or stuff he didn't even know he needed. At the moment that scenario results in a a lot of trips to the hardware store, but cheap 60-minute deliveries would change it for the better.

Neonatal supplies, cleaning supplies, you name it -- the sort of thing you really don't want to shop for, it's bulky and you never know if you're getting the right brand: if you could order it from a bookmark, knowing you'll have it in 60 minutes, then the actual shopping experience would become much more fun, because you can actually pay attention only to the funky meals you'll cook and the new stuff you can try.

And of course, geeks would jump on this like crazy -- 60-minute deliveries for new hard disks, mice, games and any other soho/gaming equipment? I would sign in blood ink right now.

I have my doubts the drone model can scale (for example, in Manchester, UK today we had 80mph gale winds...), but it's an awesome idea that would definitely change retail.

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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by marssaxman on Monday November 30, 2015 @03:57PM (#10651687)

I drove to the hardware store three times during the course of a single plumbing project yesterday. Each time, I bought everything I thought I would need to finish the rest of the project! I'm not even in the suburbs, I'm right in the middle of Seattle. I definitely would have paid extra for drone delivery instead of making that third trip, because I was really tired of driving across town at that point.

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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by lazerwalker on Sunday November 29, 2015 @10:31PM (#10647506)

To be fair, in the long run the DIY use case is more likely to be served via personal fabrication. For small finicky bits like screws, being able to print-on-demand is going to be quicker and easier than waiting for a drone.

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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by zootam on Sunday November 29, 2015 @10:07PM (#10647416)

lol delivering a physical game

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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by inopinatus on Monday November 30, 2015 @12:53AM (#10647989)

A 20GB game (which is far from unusual now) in 30 minutes = 89mbit/sec, which is eight times the US national average broadband speed.

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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by toyg on Sunday November 29, 2015 @10:10PM (#10647426)

Ever tried to download a boardgame / tabletop? It's hard :)

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