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Bit Blade Runner.Cool idea though.

Truly incredible concept, can't see it being viable for quite a while, but a very cool concept anyway. I feel the packages are going to need some kind of system which makes them only receivable by the person who made the order, these drones could and probably will be somewhat faulty at first, and even if it's not the drones, GPS can be quite inaccurate at times and this would require pin point accuracy, though, they may use another type of navigation. And I can see the drones costing a lot of money and using a fair bit of power, making delivery costs huge if you want to use this service. The page says they'd like to have it launched some time in 2015, this is something I'd bet money on will not happen, and if by some miracle it does, it'll be in very few places and likely be pulled out of service not soon after. But don't get me wrong, I'd say this is definitely something that I think could happen by around 2020. And this is definitely a future I look forward to, I absolutely love when I order something and it comes the next day, if I could order something and have it within an hour it would be incredible!

This is mental!!

Imagine the scummers around Dublin and the like standing with a bag of stones trying to knock them out of the air!

Amazon Amazing invention.

Sorry

This is just cheap publicity, won't happen.

Great concept, would never work here though. Too many anti-social scumbags who would love nothing more than a moving target to throw stones at, especially if it's carrying something belonging to someone else that they could rob if they got it down...

Presumably these contraptions wouldn't be the cheapest - they would be an absolute magnet for anti-social behaviour.

This is why we can't have nice things/book drones...

Hmm.
Pretty amazing advance in technology coming out of nowhere.

I personally don't mind waiting for stuff I order from Amazon.
I find it's nice to have something to look forward to, and the not know exactly when it will arrive creates a sort of surprise element.
If everything was just a half an hour away.... how cynical i would become.

On the other hand, when the pizza places adopt this I may be interested as it could put an end to my tipping hang ups for good.
Unless it were to have some sort of built in 'slowly shuffle coins around for a bit to find the correct change' function to see if you'd give in

It is pretty good alright.

You checkout your new gimp mask and it say P+P €4.99 or get it within half an hour delivered to you door by a mini plane for €100.

Would it really be affordable at the beginning. Doubt it. This would cost money and lots of it. I'm sure the plan won't be made from Lego! How many of these things would they need to build.

Will never happen, but its good advertising for Amazon, I'm sure this will be viral now.