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Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus... by beachstartup on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:47PM (#13177970)
many urban buildings have rooftop access. having a landing pad (could be nothing more than a rubber mat with a giant QR code on it) would be workable if the resident can confirm a delivery time to be on the roof. or they could leave the package there, if the building residents use it like a shared mail area.

having said all that this idea of drones flying around all over the place semiautonomously is crazy to me. maybe i'm getting old.

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Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus... by snrplfth on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:50PM (#13177998)
This is a good point. Drones will probably be used for very prompt delivery. So the problem of unsecured packages will probably not be that important, for the same reasons that the problem of unsecured delivered pizzas is not that important.
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