Amazon's delivery drone hive patent is an urban planning nightmare

Amazon's biggest problem is that it can't teleport products into the homes of customers. As the largest online retailer, the company struggles with the "last mile problem," or the difficulty of moving goods that final distance between a hyper-efficient warehouse and the eager customer's front steps. To help solve this issue, the company has famously been working on drones to make the final drops. It still sounds like science fiction, but Amazon's drone delivery program is actually deep into testing, and it is built like infrastructure, to accommodate the instantaneous demands of a massive population, where it can. Along with the testing, Amazon has filed several drone-related patents, including a concept for recharging stations mounted on streetlights, and a distribution center contained within an airship.