{"id":99517,"date":"2018-04-03T04:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T04:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=99517"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:34:29","slug":"were-one-step-closer-to-flying-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/were-one-step-closer-to-flying-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re one step closer to flying deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>We\u2019re one step closer to flying deliveries<\/h2>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s quest to <strong>deliver in packages in only 30 minutes<\/strong> using unmanned flying drones seems to be progressing well according to a patent filed by the online retail giant.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/wHB7l0ZPuAbScDu7gK\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXo_d6tNWuY\">Youtube\/Amazon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The patent in question is for technology that will <strong>allow these drones to interact with humans o<\/strong>nce they reach their destination. This shows a clear development path towards new dynamics that 30-minute delivery would create. If you\u2019re ordering something you can reliably expect to arrive in 30 minutes you <strong>wouldn\u2019t have to worry<\/strong> about it turning up while you were out of the house, you could simply order your package, track the drone\u2019s location, and then wait at the doorstep as it approaches your address.<\/p>\n<p>The new patent will give Amazon\u2019s delivery drones the ability to respond differently to various gestures from the human who is waiting for their package. <strong>Gestures range from a friendly thumbs up giving the OK <\/strong>to land to frantic waving of the arm to shoo the drone away. The patent also seems to indicate that the drones will be able to respond to voice commands.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99524\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99524 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/2018-03-29_10-45-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/2018-03-29_10-45-37.jpg 552w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/2018-03-29_10-45-37-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/975847153468768256\">Twitter\/JeffBezos<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/975847153468768256\">ominous images<\/a> of Amazon owner Jeff Bezos\u2019 new job hitting the internet recently, let\u2019s just hope that one of those voice commands isn\u2019t hard-coded to Bezos\u2019 voice and simply says destroy humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re one step closer to flying deliveries Amazon\u2019s quest to deliver in packages in only 30 minutes using unmanned flying drones seems to be progressing well according to a patent filed by the online retail giant. The patent in question is for technology that will allow these drones to interact with humans once they reach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/were-one-step-closer-to-flying-deliveries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We\u2019re one step closer to flying deliveries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":98726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-99517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328120,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99517\/revisions\/328120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99517"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=99517"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=99517"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=99517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}