Amazon Home Services

Re:Amazon Home Services by nknighthb on Monday March 30, 2015 @04:44AM (#9288325)

> Remember the "drone delivery"? (It makes no sense on the face of it, and will never happen. But it was a big press release.)

You mean the drone delivery they're actively testing in the UK? The drone delivery they're fighting with the FAA about? The drone delivery they just testified before Congress about?

They're spending an awful lot of time, money, and political capital on something that makes no sense, will never happen, and was just a press release.

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Re:Amazon Home Services by michaelt on Monday March 30, 2015 @06:11AM (#9288600)

When I hear "drone delivery" I hear some PR guys spending $500 on a hobby drone, carrying a trivial weight a short distance within line-of-sight of a manual operator, then we don't hear any more about it.

Textbook drone delivery: http://pandodaily.com/2013/10/14/zookal-starts-world-first-d...

Cake drone delivery: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1020621...

Pizza drone delivery: http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dominos-tests-delivery-pizza-r...

Parcel delivery drones: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57601531-76/drones-in-chin... http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/25/german-dhl...

Beer delivery drones: http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1561256/...

Taco delivery drones: http://tacocopter.com/

Burrito delivery drones: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/12/17/burrito-bo...

Sushi delivery drones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y9RKX...

Rubber shoe delivery drones: https://www.techinasia.com/crocs-japan-drone-delivery-crash/

General delivery drones: http://matternet.us/our-vision/ http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21567193-... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11210026/Drone-on... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/02/project_wing_google_...

I think a certain amount of scepticism is warranted :)

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Re:Amazon Home Services by nknighthb on Monday March 30, 2015 @06:33AM (#9288658)

Last week, Amazon's VP of global public policy testified before the Senate Commerce Committee[0] about the FAA's delays in approving testing in the US that they've already begun in other countries. An FAA administrator testified in the same hearing. This comes more than a year after Amazon's initial announcement on December 1, 2013.[1]

This is the same VP, by the way, that testified before the same committee in January on net neutrality.[2]

Are you suggesting he's lying to Congress?

Last year, Amazon hired for their Prime Air team, among other high-profile individuals, a former NASA astronaut, a Keyhole co-founder, and a mess of aerospace vets and MIT grads.[3]

Argue all you want about its viability, but this is not "a press release" or "april fool's joke".

[0] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/24/amazon-con...

[1] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-d...

[2] http://recode.net/2015/01/21/congress-still-bickering-over-n...

[3] http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/20/despite-faa-setbacks-amazon...

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Re:Amazon Home Services by ghaff on Monday March 30, 2015 @09:30AM (#9289320)

I'm very very skeptical but, by all indications, Amazon does appear to be quite serious about it however much it initially looked like a PR stunt.

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Re:Amazon Home Services by mturmon on Monday March 30, 2015 @12:46PM (#9290740)

Ah, they hired Paul Viola. He's a major talent.

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Re:Amazon Home Services by PublicEnemy111 on Monday March 30, 2015 @10:08AM (#9289559)

It's also active in dubai. If you order any govt. documents, it is delivered to you via drone

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