Amazon's drones could PARACHUTE your shopping to your door
Amazon could be working on a new strategy for dropping packages from its delivery drones to your doorstep. The e-commerce giant has received a patent for a system that'can be implemented to forcefully propel a package from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), while the UAV is in motion'. The document describes using magnets, parachutes or spring coils to release parcels while the unmanned vehicles are in mid-flight – and radio frequencies could help guide packages to their destination. Amazon could be working on a strategy for dropping packages from its drones to doorsteps. The e-commerce giant received a patent for a system that'can be implemented to forcefully propel a package from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), while the UAV is in motion'.
Feb-15-2017, 00:55:02 GMT
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