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Mail Delivery Drones

Amazon Prime Air is a Futuristic Aerial Mail Delivery Service That Uses UAVs

— December 2, 2013 — Tech
Amazon Prime Air is a project from Amazon’s research and development team, aimed at introducing a new type of mail delivery system by drone. The goal of the system is not only to make same-day deliveries, but have packages shipped to people within 30 minutes.

As Amazon notes: “It looks like science fiction, but it’s real” and it promises that seeing Prime Air drones in the sky will be just as normal as trucks on the road. Since there are concerns with public safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently developing rules for unmanned aerial vehicles, so it will be a few years before Amazon gets the go-ahead for commercial use. Amazon hopes that the FAA will provide approval for its UAVs by 2015.

With Amazon Prime Air in the works, the possibility of the sky being filled with flying, mail-delivering drones in the future seems very Jetsons-like and perhaps not all that far away from reality.
Trend Themes
1. Automated Delivery Systems - The use of drones for mail delivery is a disruptive innovation opportunity to create automated delivery systems.
2. Drone Technology - The development of mail delivery drones presents a disruptive innovation opportunity to advance and refine drone technology.
3. Same-day Delivery - The implementation of mail delivery drones opens up disruptive innovation opportunities to further optimize same-day delivery services.
Industry Implications
1. E-commerce - The introduction of mail delivery drones creates disruptive innovation opportunities within the e-commerce industry, improving delivery speed and efficiency.
2. Logistics - The use of drones for mail delivery presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the logistics industry, revolutionizing the last-mile delivery process.
3. Aerospace - The development of mail delivery drones offers disruptive innovation opportunities within the aerospace industry, driving advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle technology.
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