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Fnord666
on Wednesday October 18 2017, @07:37AM
from the stick-your-purchases-in-your-boot-for-you? dept.
from the stick-your-purchases-in-your-boot-for-you? dept.
In the minds of mobile shoppers, where is the line between convenience and personal space/privacy? We now have two retailers — Walmart and Amazon, the giants of in-store and online shopping, respectively — separately testing programs to deliver purchases directly into your home or your car trunk when the shopper is nowhere near.
Both efforts rely on mobile devices connecting shoppers to the scene of the delivery, where customers can theoretically watch the delivery in real time. It isn't practical or likely, but that's the idea. Mobile is what justifies these attempts.
Does the trunk of your car really make for a more secure delivery, or is it multiplying insecurities?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:23PM
They had a system like that in downtown Chicago--subterranean mail tunnels. It was that defunct system of tunnels that flooded and caused the Chicago blackout (because utilities used them to run power cables later) in the 90's when a barge working on a bridge across the Chicago river pierced a retaining wall.
I like your idea, though. With all the low-cost computers and components available now we should be able to do what you're talking about. It would be wonderful to get all the delivery trucks and semis off city streets. Traffic flow would improve.
Washington DC delenda est.