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(i don't have kids).Special delivery box sounds a better idea though.
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
(i don't have kids).Special delivery box sounds a better idea though. | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
On December 27 2013 01:53 hp.Shell wrote: Multi-storey buildings could be delivered to the lobby. They would have to re-hire doormen to take the packages in from the main door. As for a plastic bowl sending children falling on concrete, the drone could be programmed to only fly vertically after a certain distance from the ground (say 10 feet). Then your child would only be crushed by the package instead of knocked over. Kids are pretty smart by the way, they will probably move in the vertical-flying situation. Also people could have special package mailboxes set up near their door on a pole 4 feet above the ground. It would look like a plastic box with no lid sitting atop a pole. This way you would have no problem with the drone hurting the less aware beings as it would never go lower than 4 feet above the ground. Many (non ghetto) apartment buildings have an office where packages are centrally delivered to. I don't see why the system couldn't be designed to only deliver to the apartment at 123 Fake Street between 8-5 when someone is in the office to retrieve the package, or send a notification to the person/office that the package will be dropped off in 3 minutes or whatever. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On December 27 2013 02:00 OuchyDathurts wrote: Many (non ghetto) apartment buildings have an office where packages are centrally delivered to. I don't see why the system couldn't be designed to only deliver to the apartment at 123 Fake Street between 8-5 when someone is in the office to retrieve the package, or send a notification to the person/office that the package will be dropped off in 3 minutes or whatever. Well even if it's 50seconds, in a city you can't just put a package in front of door on the sideway with people passing every seconds (i'm talking big city and like skyscraper). On top of it could be possible (with something built it for the drone as someone suggested). But it's not possible for every building too. | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
On December 27 2013 02:02 FFW_Rude wrote: Well even if it's 50seconds, in a city you can't just put a package in front of door on the sideway with people passing every seconds (i'm talking big city and like skyscraper). On top of it could be possible (with something built it for the drone as someone suggested). I've already gone over it in this very thread, but UPS drops off packages at your front door ALLLLLLL the time. Its SOP because waiting for someone to sign isn't worth their time compared to the odds that it might be stolen. Skyscrapers are generally commercial buildings here as opposed to residential. UPS won't leave business packages unsigned for so I could see the same for drones. Not allowed to be drone delivered. I mean, its entirely possible for Amazon to just tell any apartment building to go fuck itself, they won't deliver, single family dwellings only! But there are technological ways around everything if you want it bad enough. It just depends how far they want to push it and what the deem as acceptable or not. There are far greater minds than me working on this but I can see it being possible to implement a system that gets the job done safely for the majority of customers in the area, and I don't even know all the technology available. I know my engineering friends would LOVE to be working on something like this. | ||
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Crushinator
Netherlands2138 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
On December 27 2013 02:17 oneofthem wrote: ok i just opened a package they sent and it is missing 1 of 2 sunscreens ordered. can i blame drones Yes you can, the drones clearly want you to get skin cancer so they can take over the world. | ||
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Mb79584
United States164 Posts
On December 27 2013 02:21 OuchyDathurts wrote: Yes you can, the drones clearly want you to get skin cancer so they can take over the world. They took arr jerbs too | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
Dey tuk ur durbs? | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On December 27 2013 02:12 OuchyDathurts wrote: I've already gone over it in this very thread, but UPS drops off packages at your front door ALLLLLLL the time. Its SOP because waiting for someone to sign isn't worth their time compared to the odds that it might be stolen. Skyscrapers are generally commercial buildings here as opposed to residential. UPS won't leave business packages unsigned for so I could see the same for drones. Not allowed to be drone delivered. I mean, its entirely possible for Amazon to just tell any apartment building to go fuck itself, they won't deliver, single family dwellings only! But there are technological ways around everything if you want it bad enough. It just depends how far they want to push it and what the deem as acceptable or not. There are far greater minds than me working on this but I can see it being possible to implement a system that gets the job done safely for the majority of customers in the area, and I don't even know all the technology available. I know my engineering friends would LOVE to be working on something like this. Well i think that i got it now  Because in France it's illegal to drop a package without the signature. You can't even give it to a neighboor without a singed authorization.You know i'm not trying to dismiss the thing. I'm just amazed at it and asks questions just to see what ideas people have. It's drone theory crafting | ||
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