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[ElectricBlanketFire]

Will the circle be unbroken?

Amazon may one day use blimps stocked with drones to get packages to customers even faster.

The ecommerce giant was approved for a patent in April for airborne warehouses that use drones to make speedy deliveries. The patent was recently discovered by an analyst at CB Insights.

Amazon's patent contends that such a system would allow for deliveries to be made in minutes. The move could also reduce the resources needed to make a delivery.

The patent describes how Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) blimps would circle over cities at 45,000 feet and launch drones carrying orders. The drones would initially fall to earth relying largely on gravity, and their motors would fire up for the final stretch.

 

[Kayhan]

Please name it Columbia.

 

[WorldStar]

I want to live on it

Thats some straight steampunk shit

 

[RareFantasy64]

Arrested Development had that same basic idea years ago

 

[Akuun]

Amazon motherships? That's crazy.

What will they do with warehouse employees? They already treat them like shit. But now they have to work on blimps? Or are they going to try to automate all that warehouse work?

 

[WPS]

This will be a huge loss for the writers who rely on the presence of Zeppelins as a quick sign that you're in a parallel universe.

 

[wenis]

Will they have the same life expectancy rate as a Shield Hellicarrier?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

The Mile High Club is about to become an Amazon Prime perk.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

 

[guek]

Arrested Development had that same basic idea years ago

 

[gutshot]

So this is how our cloud cities will begin...

 

[Ray Wonder]

I'd get Amazon prime if they did this

 

[Stitch]

I was expecting something like a Helicarrier

 

[Breads]

Carrier has arrived.

 

[sixteen-bit]

 

[fr0st]

Is that a Kirov airship

 

[this_guy]

In the future real estate purchases will include the area above you like how mineral rights are below ground.

 

[Krakatoa]

What will they do with warehouse employees? They already treat them like shit. But now they have to work on blimps? Or are they going to try to automate all that warehouse work?

Exactly there wont be any workers. It will be automated.

 

[Sai-kun]

Arrested Development had that same basic idea years ago

I'm dyyyyying, lmfao!!!

 

[TheWrathOfSean]

I feel like clear skies will be a thing of the past someday. Like eventually it will be full of noisy gaudy drones delivering and advertising.

 

[EdibleKnife]

Our cyberpunk future is going to be a lot different from Blade Runner

 

[Bronx-Man]

 

[guek]

I feel like clear skies will be a thing of the past someday. Like eventually it will be full of noisy gaudy drones delivering and advertising.

Drones aren't really noisy though

We might get there once high efficiency solar panels get incorporated into drones or batteries get a major breakthrough

 

[Zushin]

Pretty crazy. Feels weird basically being at the start of "the future". Automatic cars, floating warehouses, drones, solar energy (<hopefully). Now we just need those microwavable pizzas from Back to the Future and we'll be set.

 

[enzo_gt]

Prepare for AmazonFall.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

You know, I just had a crazy idea. We always see scifi futures with flying cars, but what if in actuality we'll just see a bunch of flying delivery blimps, trucks, etc and roads will solely be self driving cars for quick human transportation

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Prepare for AmazonFall.

"Free-Fall" on orders over $25.

 

[capitalCORN]

Are we really short on land guys, or too cheap to pay taxes?

 

[Beartruck]

Yeah, this'll work until one drone breaks and impacts into 5th avenue at terminal velocity with a toaster.

 

[Akuun]

Wouldn't weight be a huge issue though? It takes a lot of energy to put any kind of weight into the air for any amount of time, and Amazon wants to put warehouses full of shit in the air long-term?

 

[STILLethal]

You know, I just had a crazy idea. We always see scifi futures with flying cars, but what if in actuality we'll just see a bunch of flying delivery blimps, trucks, etc and roads will solely be self driving cars for quick human transportation

Nah fam, we'll be Star Trek teleporting in the future, say good bye to long distance relationships

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Yeah, this'll work until one drone breaks and impacts into 5th avenue at terminal velocity with a toaster.

You've heard of planes before, right?

 

[Reversed]

Would love to see more patents on it. Mainly security.

 

[guek]

You know, I just had a crazy idea. We always see scifi futures with flying cars, but what if in actuality we'll just see a bunch of flying delivery blimps, trucks, etc and roads will solely be self driving cars for quick human transportation

I dream of a day when manual driving on public roads is outlawed and transportation is handled completely by computers that maximize efficiency.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Would love to see more patents on it. Mainly security.

An army of Canadian geese.

 

[daveo42]

I'd love to live in a sky city, though not so much work for Amazon. At least we know there will be humans working up there. No way in hell it'll just be robots unless we are dumb enough to give robots the high ground in the coming Robot/Human War.

 

[Beartruck]

You've heard of planes before, right?

And what? Planes aren't self flying and the patent has it designed so it freefalls until the very end when the motors kick on. What if they don't?

 

[guek]

An army of Canadian geese.

+

 

[Ray Wonder]

I better not get hit in the head with a fucking dildo filled box

 

[Violet_0]

This will be a huge loss for the writers who rely on the presence of Zeppelins as a quick sign that you're in a parallel universe.

post of the day, imo

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I better not get hit in the head with a fucking dildo filled box

That'll cost extra.

 

[Kilvin]

This will be a huge loss for the writers who rely on the presence of Zeppelins as a quick sign that you're in a parallel universe.

This post needs more love. Well done

 

[Fury451]

I better not get hit in the head with a fucking dildo filled box

Yeah but think of the joy and laughter the obituary would bring to many

 

[OnPoint]

Arrested Development had that same basic idea years ago

Came for this. 4 posts in. Good job GAF.

 

[ZoltanXerxes]

Why use blimps? Anti-gravity is a much better idea.

 

[Drazgul]

I better not get hit in the head with a fucking dildo filled box

You don't want free dildos and a fat settlement? You're weird.

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

In the future real estate purchases will include the area above you like how mineral rights are below ground.

In the future, people will buy houses on Amazon and complain when its not air-mailed on time.

 

[Ray Wonder]

That'll cost extra.

Patenting it rn ty

Yeah but think of the joy and laughter the obituary would bring to many

Open that history book to page "dude took out drone delivery services by taking a box of dildos to the forehead"

I'm in af

You don't want free dildos and a fat settlement? You're weird.

idk how to feel anymore, I didn't know today would be filled with so many pros and cons of getting pegged in the face with a box of dildos tbh

 

[Lmo911]

Are we really short on land guys, or too cheap to pay taxes?

Avoiding taxes is one of the most powerful forces for innovation in human history.

 

[Volotaire]

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