dpb

Couple things ,

How are they going to knock on your door, or is everything prearranged by mob phone/ computer

Secondly what if it's lashing down with rain , presumably extra plastic packaging going to landfill

Beastie

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They are going to home in on your mobile phone, so when your bonking your girlfriends sister expect a delivery

PaulC72

that would be quite useful, if you need jonnies or tissues for the clean up....will save the curtains anyway.

Blue by You

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More intrusion and job losses to technology.

dpb

ah ok , so its taking video all the time ?!

Blue by You

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Is surveillance the only kind of intrusion you can contemplate?

Paben

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I suppose they have thought this through? Health & safety issues such as drone collisions and crashes in built up areas would be a worry, people shooting them down in rural areas and pinching the payload might become a new sport, signing for delivery could be tricky too. Imagine a sky full of these things, perhaps threatening aircraft. And what a great terrorist bomb delivery system. Just a matter of time.

urban

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I can't see how this will ever work, thefts have to be a large problem to overcome, both thefts of delivered parcels, and drones getting taken down

yabbadoo4

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its a gimmick, nice idea but will never work in the real world for all the reasons mentioned.

David Lock

Everyone will need to install large cat flap.............


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BMWhere?

Clarkson can answer all your questions! :P

Ash Webster

it's not April 1st is it? i mean surely this is a load of tosh

Paben

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This could spell the end of the Pizza delivery boy, although gulls might pinch the Pizza en route.

wayne9t9

It`ll never fly.

joz8968

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Haaa ^^^

As mentioned, chavs everywhere will just go on a rampage and nick packages from gardens. They'll have a 'field' day.

The Joshua Tree

Amazon must think that everyone has a nice big garden or a safe place to land one of these things, how are they expecting to land one in a terrace street where their is no space outside or to someone who lives in a high rise block of flats. They'll probably want you to hang out of the window 40 storeys up in the sky to take delivery of your package.

hodgy0_2

I remember when Microsoft introduced the "internet shortcut" in Windows 98 (might have been 95)

I thought - this will never take off, no one has fast reliable broadband

only a fool pre judges the future

90 years ago the planet Pluto did not exist, just 20 odd years ago it was still a distant blur of individual pixels

yet just 20 years later we were seeing mountains on it - science and human endeavour can move at an astounding rate

Pluto in the 90's



Pluto now - 20 odd years later

dpb

I thought Pluto had been discounted as a planet ?

dpb

Sometime back then they said we'd be flying to work in our cars !

hodgy0_2

I think it has been classified as a dwarf planet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

hodgy0_2

well that just proves my point about pre judging the future

few people saw the dominance of the smart phone - it was sci-fi as late as the 90's

and Microsoft bid 44 billion for Yahoo just 5 years ago - now Yahoo is all but worthless

Paben

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Ever since that beautiful replicant Chinese girl appeared in 'Humans' I've been saving my cash for when reality catches up with fantasy, 'cos I want one

markjmd

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[GUARDIAN-COLUMNIST-MODE on]This is highlighting once again the widening rift between the Haves and Have-Nots in society. The wealthy few who live behind the secure walls of gated communities will be able to safely avail themselves of this latest innovation in luxury goods delivery, while the rest of us will have to make do with having our cheap knock-offs forced through the letterbox or cat-flap by a dissafected immigrant trying to raise a family of 12 on minimum wage.[GUARDIAN-COLUMNIST-MODE off]

Beastie

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You know she is actually an actress - Gemma Chan

You can get one now !

Paben

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Yes but she might not like what I have in mind for her replicant lookalike!

Beastie

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As long as its not disassembling her, I doubt she would mind

Ash Webster

this thread has taken the wrong turn! haha

Jamie

It will never happen everyone will be stealing the drones,where i live a local indian takeaway said they will use drones to drop food off haha

Jamie

Oh and it's easy to jam a drone and camera so no return to home for drone result a free drone and what ever goods it has.

pimmo2000

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they don't ..