What if I order a quad-copter? Would it deliver itself or a copy?
If it was a copy, I could maybe become a hub in a larger distribution
system? (The weight of the delivery system itself seems maybe within
the limits of what it can deliver).
(Actually it's an octopter, octopopter, oct-copter).
I could imagine TAKUBIN services (
http://www.yamatoamerica.com/en/business/index.aspx ) picking up on
this, though would probably need a beefier n-copter. I think they've
been doing small logistics longer than Amazon.
It could rapidly deliver, um, small parts.
You could mail me a file,
I could 3DPrint it small,
We wouldn't need Amazon,
At all.
...and then things get very interesting/annoying.....best get used to
the hum....
On 12/3/13, 8:41 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
This seems inevitable, but still kind of creepy:
http://thenextweb.com/us/2013/12/02/amazon-plans-to-deliver-packages-via-drones-within-the-next-4-5-years-video/
Reminds me a bit of the opening pages of Snow Crash with Pizza
Delivery owned by the Mob....
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