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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Amazon is taking a big step in introducing drone delivery to the masses, but it doesn't come without its challenges. Company vice president of global public policy Paul Misener sat down with Yahoo to talk about some of those challenges, and he went into surprising detail about some of the issues they've faced, as well as the vision that they have for when drone delivery finally becomes a normal thing. One of the more interesting subjects touched on was drone safety, which is an obvious talking point with the FAA getting more serious about drone usage in the United States. Amazon says their flying robots of awesomeness were designed with nothing but safety in mind, noting that the drones can detect trees and other obstacles and be sure not to fly into them. He even used a pretty vivid example: These drones are more like horses than cars — and let me explain why. If you have a small tree in your front yard, and you want to bang your car into it for some reason, you can do that. Your

Source: http://phandroid.com/2016/01/19/amazon-drone-delivery-future/ [phandroid.com]

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