Yes, yes, I know, this is fairly old news, but in case you haven’t heard, Amazon plans to go airborne with unmanned delivery services by 2015. What? That’s right, Amazon drones! Basically, this means you could have your packages delivered in as little as 30 minutes. Check out this video they shot while testing a prototype:
For the sake of open-mindedness, I’m going to swallow my
amazement and try to think of ways this could go wrong.
1. The drone could leave again too soon after a delivery, run out of juice, and crash-land in some poor old lady’s wig. 2. The little boy at the end might run outside before his daddy can stop him and sabotage the vehicle.
3. The daddy might be a bad man and purposefully sabotage the vehicle.
4. A redneck conspiracy theorist (or a hunter with bad vision) might attempt to shoot it out of the sky.
5. Along those lines – how could delivery affect hunting? Think about how many drones there could be after ten years, mingled with all those ducks. There would be a lot more restrictions and financial penalties.
6. People with bad intentions could easily send out their own wicked drones, and we wouldn’t be able to tell the difference (think terrorists and kamikaze drones).
7. The drone might get caught in a lightning storm.
8. Skilled hackers could find ways to track valuable deliveries and redirect the drones to their own homes.
9. While the drone is dropping off the little package on your front porch, your dog might just decide that it looks like a chew toy.
10. It might get stuck landing in a bush.
11. It might land in water. And die. Just imagine someone watching from the porch of their lakeside home as their new iPhone descends into the murky depths.
Can you think of any other potential issues with Amazon Prime Air? What's your opinion?
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