To industry professionals it has elicited more of a yawn. This is old news. Companies such as Domino's Pizza have been public about testing such technology for much of the year as you can read about here:
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Regardless, the buzz is insistent so the move has accomplished its mission. I've gathered several articles on the Amazon Drone delivery service. The best is on Bloomberg.com where he correctly argues there is another reason for Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com, to time this piece now:
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My thinking is Mr. Bezos never seems to do what Wall Street wants him to do, focus on profitability, so this is a way to get them off his back.
Here is the drone:
Here are a few more articles on the subject:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/214561/look-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-an-amazo.html
http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/01/i-drone/
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Happy reading,
J.W. Gant
**UPDATE**
A well known hacker has just released specs to create a drone that latches on to other drones and takes control of them. Zombie-drones headed your way.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/flying-hacker-contraption-hunts-other-drones-turns-them-into-zombies/
Might have to consider items such as this to be a small problem for Bezos and his grand idea.
**UPDATE #2**
The Amazon Rocket delivery vehicle. Get your packages in 5 minutes or less!
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Spectacular.
**UPDATE #3**
This one should help you see the theme coming out from the announcement by Amazon.com. Ridiculous, and the responses treat it as such. The latest details the proposed response by Wal-Mart: Surface to Air missiles on each of their locations set to target Amazon drones.
http://www.rockcitytimes.com/walmart-install-mini-surface-air-missiles-store-roofs-shoot-amazon-drones/
Brilliant!
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