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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday January 03 2017, @12:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the watch-that-first-step dept.

Amazon has filed a patent for massive flying warehouses equipped with fleets of drones that deliver goods to key locations.

Carried by an airship, the warehouses would visit places Amazon expects demand for certain goods to boom.

It says one use could be near sporting events or festivals where they would sell food or souvenirs to spectators.

The patent also envisages a series of support vehicles that would be used to restock the flying structures.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 03 2017, @12:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 03 2017, @12:50PM (#448874)

    Carried by an airship, the warehouses would visit places Amazon expects demand for certain goods to boom.

    Such as near pylons.

    The patent also envisages a series of support vehicles that would be used to restock the flying structures.

    Shuttles, probes, and arbiters.

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