After Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that 30-minute deliveries would be made possible by “octocopters”, the public imaginations ran wide. This is certainly a revolutionary idea that can change our daily life.

The “octocopters”, or remote-controlled drones, is the Amazon Prime Air Program. According to Bezos, the program will be able to deliver items less than 5 pounds within 30 minutes for customers who live within a 10-mile radius of an Amazon distribution center. Through this new method, about 86% items can be covered.

“It will work, and it will happen, and it’s gonna be a lot of fun,” Bezos told Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes.

But the public still has some doubts on the practical use of this kind of door-to-door thrones. What if the objects drop on the way? What if the thrones crash into buildings and other flying objects? How high are they going to fly above the ground? What if someone just threw stuff at them and take them down?

These worries are reasonable. The drones need to fly at a certain heights, making sure that they are above tree level and will not bug the traffic. Also, the GPS is required to be accurate so the drones won’t lose track travelling among buildings.

Since the program is still currently against FAA air space rules and printing services brisbane, it won’t be put into action until four or five years later.

Though some problems are still unsolved, it is interesting news and the new application of technology opens up our imagination.

Also, this is not the first time that the topic comes up. Zookal, an Australian textbook company, is already using drones for deliveries.

“I know this looks like science fiction. It’s not,” Bezos said in the CBS interview. “It drops the package. You come and get your package and we can do half-hour deliveries.”

As we look back, within the last five years our life has changed a lot by the influence of technology. Certainly more changes are going to take place in the next five years.

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