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Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus... by davidverhasselt on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:31PM (#13177805)
I can see drones being used in cities to dump packages into the top of packet vending machines that already exist, that open up with a PIN code. It'd be much easier too because the route can be hardcoded towards the machine.
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Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus... by kuschku on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:42PM (#13177919)
That's a good idea. Combine it with a DHL Packstation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packstation in every building, or, in more suburbian areas, every street, and you solved deliveries.
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Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus... by petra on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:49PM (#13179520)
In cities, delivery drivers ship 600 packages/day into packet vending machines, vs only 60 regular delivery, and regular deliveries via usps cost less than $2 for amazon.,

So i don't think a drone , in this high density case could offer much savings.

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