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I like the placards placed in "safe landing zones". Simple solution to hard problem.
by eclipxe 11y ago
I like the placards placed in "safe landing zones". Simple solution to hard problem.
- varelse 11y agoAnd mess with your neighbor's life by placing your own landing placards in your fenced-off backyard.
- vektyr 11y agoI assume that could be prevented by using QR codes or something.
- scott_karana 11y agoThis fails if: 1) If you can see over the fence... 2) If it shows up in Google Maps ;) #2 might be implausible now, but if people get really accustomed to this, I guarantee that some handymen are going to tile/spraypaint large, permanent drop points in their yards.
- takeda 11y agoYeah, wouldn't be better to have one that has encoded QR code with the package information?
- btgeekboy 11y agoHow does this "mess with your neighbor's life"? I wouldn't see this being a huge concern unless you happened to place 4 or 5 orders a day.
- dangson 11y agoI think the poster was implying that you trick the drone into delivering your neighbor's package into your backyard by putting the card out even when you're not expecting a delivery.
- bigiain 11y agoGPS is way more than accurate enough to discriminate between your backyard and you neighbours. Even with poor satellite geometry I rarely see more than 1 or 2 meter CEP when I'm up above the tree/building line.
- jaxomlotus 11y agoI'm betting that by the time this is real (and assuming the shown implementation is what actually goes live), everyone will have their own personal QR code so there will be no mistakes.
- toyg 11y agoTake a pic of your neighbour's QR, print a copy, profit.
- shpx 11y agoWait 40 minutes, don't get package, email support, they review footage/delivery data, see drone going to your neighbor, press charges for petty theft.
- varelse 11y agoDid I say anything about keeping or even opening the packages? If the drone is using some sort of convnet or HOG to detect the landing pad, I can only imagine hilarity would ensue if its visual field were saturated with multiple copies of the target image, a sort of visual DDoS if you will...
- icebraining 11y agoYeah. And even for apartments, you could use window support brackets (like those used to hang AC units, but removable).
- mentos 11y agoI remember when Amazon first announced the idea two years ago there was a lot of brainstorming in the hn comments and that idea was pretty popular. No idea if it influenced Amazon but would be cool if so. *found the thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6833223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6833223 "This is just one idea. Perhaps Amazon provides you with a beacon for the drone, or you get a big QR code for the drone to target your house & they don't need pilots at all. Who knows!" -owenmarshall