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I've got to think that Amazon could rent out the roofs on commercial buildings throughout cities pretty cheaply. Doing so could completely moot the range issue
by shawn-furyan 11y ago
I've got to think that Amazon could rent out the roofs on commercial buildings throughout cities pretty cheaply. Doing so could completely moot the range issue as it would enable drone relays. I'm sure there will be regulatory barriers to doing that, but if they can get FAA approval for their delivery program as a whole, I'm sure they can get to a tipping point of municipalities that enable this sort of relay system. It might even be a Google Fiber sort of thing, where people actively lobby their municipalities to remove regulatory barriers so as to bring the city's technological capabilities in line with the state of the art.
- rpercy 11y agoAgreed. Another possibility would be a hybrid approach with delivery trucks acting as mobile distribution centers. Trucks could be loaded with drones and packages, park in rural areas and let the drones take care of the last mile.
- pj_mukh 11y agoThat's precisely what Matternet (mentioned in the article) is planning! An internet...but for Matter. Sorry.