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If CEO Jeff Bezos has his way, it won't be long until you purchase a product from Amazon, activate a 30-Minute Delivery button on your computer...
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...and then within a half hour begin to hear a faint buzz in the sky.
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The buzz will grow more distinct, sounding closer and closer...
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...until the source lands just outside your front door, drops off your package of books or DVDs, and buzzes off again.
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It's the Amazon PrimeAir drone...and it's not science fiction, Bezos said.
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Bezos unveiled the drone in a "60 Minutes Overtime" segment Sunday night for interviewer Charlie Rose and said he believes the system is optimistically four to five years away from becoming a reality.
"It's out of 'The Jetsons.' It's crazy stuff," said dazzled segment producer Draggan Mihailovich.
Bezos showed Rose a video clip of a drone, which Rose said is directed by GPS, flying out of fulfillment center.
"The hardest thing about this particular challenge is demonstrating to the FAA that this is a safe thing to do," Bezos told Rose.
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No kidding.
Said Mihailovich after acknowledging a possible future with Amazon drones crisscrossing airspace usually reserved for much larger flying machines: "It's going to be a brave new world."
And it's of course anybody's guess what delivery by drone might cost.
Here's the "60 Minutes Overtime" segment on the Amazon PrimeAir drone:
And if you want a briefer look at Amazon's vision of PrimeAir...
(H/T: Drudge Report, Zero Hedge)
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