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Amazon Airborne Warehouse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38458867
How can you get a patent on a delivery method? Can I get one on the use of lorries and humans pushing small envelopes through doors? I can see this being CT heaven! |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38458867
How can you get a patent on a delivery method? Can I get one on the use of lorries and humans pushing small envelopes through doors? I can see this being CT heaven!
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High powered rifle and its presents galore all over your local area
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Could be an ideal terrorist weapons delivery platform!
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A crucial part of the article I feel.
"It is not clear whether the filing is a plan for a project that will be realised or just a proof-of-concept. Many firms regularly file patents that never end up becoming real world products or services. Amazon's patent was filed in late 2014 but has only now come to light thanks to analyst Zoe Leavitt from CB Insights who unearthed the documents." |
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I admire Amazon's vision but their drone program and now this, strike me as a clever PR stunt. It's given them miles of free publicity so far.
Many companies file for patents that never turn into product, and I suspect the patents are driven more on a "well you never know, one day...." or a "let's patent the concept before anyone else does" premise. They can also add company value as intellectual property regardless of whether they ever exist in reality or not. Can the drones ever be really viable? The more thought I give it, the more ridiculous it seems. o Technical failure and a drone lands on someone's head or into traffic o Can they survive a hail storm or gale force winds? o Collision with birds and pylons or airborne utility cables direct to property o Liable to vandalism, yobs throwing stones or taking pot-shots at them for fun o Someone is parking on a private driveway just as a drone comes in to land - will it know? What will it do? o How to navigate a safe landing in a front yard with trees and ponds, or homes with scaffolding or other small protrusions o Drone landings become is a huge advertisement for thieves - quick grab the box before the home owner does o What if the postman or visitor is walking up to your door as a drone comes in? o Noise pollution o Could startle the hell out of anyone working at heights or up a ladder etc. o No use at all for apartment blocks or homes with no grounds o What if the family pet is having a snooze on the landing zone? o Hackers will have a field day with this trying to interfere with their comms and sensors Anyone? |
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A crucial part of the article I feel.
"It is not clear whether the filing is a plan for a project that will be realised or just a proof-of-concept. Many firms regularly file patents that never end up becoming real world products or services. Amazon's patent was filed in late 2014 but has only now come to light thanks to analyst Zoe Leavitt from CB Insights who unearthed the documents." "I just unearthed the Death Star of #ecommerce" https://twitter.com/zoe_leavitt/stat...12767041331202
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Thanks jaycee331. Interesting thoughts.
"But that's what they said about steam engines". |
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Also, it said, the drones descending from the AFCs - which would cruise and hover at altitudes up to 45,000ft (14,000m) - would use almost no power as they glided down to make deliveries.
I hope there would be means of protecting packages from the intense cold encountered at that height, which would certainly damage quite a lot of goods, if exposed.Anyway, my preferred safe place is my porch. I doubt it will be able to open the door and drop it in there. |
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"I just unearthed the Death Star of #ecommerce" https://twitter.com/zoe_leavitt/stat...12767041331202 ![]()
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It's actually quite interesting how patents work.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but patents are filed on the basis of how they operate, rather than the 'idea'. Which is why you always see articles on Apple filing patents on seemingly standard practices. But it's actually the process of how it works which is patented. Like another poster said, the chances this will ever come to light is very slim. |
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It's actually quite interesting how patents work.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but patents are filed on the basis of how they operate, rather than the 'idea'. Which is why you always see articles on Apple filing patents on seemingly standard practices. But it's actually the process of how it works which is patented. Like another poster said, the chances this will ever come to light is very slim. I have read a few times that the US patent system is broken, hence apple get a patent on a paper bag ( but not just any paper bag ). |
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