Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires
by mseebach on Friday August 22, 2014 @03:59AM
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> The rise of the personal car involved a huge amount of corruption to accomplish
They may explain the US, although I doubt it. It doesn't explain literally every single other industrialized nation in the world, including the many ones without a powerful auto industry.
> They have predictable and easily controllable failure modes
So will drones, once they mature. And despite all the predictability and controllability, trucks still fall over or get themselves wedged under bridges etc, shutting down traffic for hours.
> they're always traveling at eye level where they're relatively (easier) to spot
Except when they're around a corner, and it's not much help to a cyclist about to be crushed by a turning truck.
> they have relatively high transport capacity
For drones to be competitive they will have to be competitive with this fact. If you're right, drones will never take off (pun intended). If you're wrong, you're wrong.
They may explain the US, although I doubt it. It doesn't explain literally every single other industrialized nation in the world, including the many ones without a powerful auto industry.
> They have predictable and easily controllable failure modes
So will drones, once they mature. And despite all the predictability and controllability, trucks still fall over or get themselves wedged under bridges etc, shutting down traffic for hours.
> they're always traveling at eye level where they're relatively (easier) to spot
Except when they're around a corner, and it's not much help to a cyclist about to be crushed by a turning truck.
> they have relatively high transport capacity
For drones to be competitive they will have to be competitive with this fact. If you're right, drones will never take off (pun intended). If you're wrong, you're wrong.