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12-29-2016, 12:37 PM | #2 |
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I wonder how this would work in densely populated areas where commercial, police, and general aviation operate? These drones would be large enough to do considerable damage in a mid-air.
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12-29-2016, 12:37 PM | #3 |
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So now imagine the skyline of Blade Runner, but add an Amazon blimp in the background, lol.
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12-29-2016, 12:41 PM | #4 |
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I doubt this will ever fly. Patent being awarded does not necessarily mean its going to happen. There's way too many liabilities associated with this concept.
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12-29-2016, 12:46 PM | #5 | |
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Tough job getting this done within 20 years and making a profit of of it.
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12-29-2016, 12:47 PM | #6 |
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12-29-2016, 12:48 PM | #7 |
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They need to build all new houses with tunnels that will allow the products to just show up!
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12-29-2016, 01:20 PM | #9 |
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Getting awarded a patent is orders of magnitude easier than getting through the various regulating bodies, and actually implementing something like this. At this point I think they are trying to just come to an agreement in having autonomous UAVs operate at all.
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12-29-2016, 01:53 PM | #11 |
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Skeptics....the lot of you!!
Imagine how far drone tech has progressed in the last 10 years though.... |
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12-29-2016, 02:26 PM | #12 |
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Hahaha! There would be some serious landscaping and excavation going on!
This solution is much more economical.
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12-29-2016, 03:01 PM | #13 |
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12-29-2016, 03:01 PM | #14 |
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Amazon is an amazing company. That said, this is typical snake oil Bezos pumps to get people like you excited.
AMZN's valuation is still crazy and they do have a cap on how big they can actually become. AMZN has lost money every single quarter up until about a year ago and still operates on incredibly small margins. Just to give you some perspective on net income (profit) for 2015: AMZN - $566M profit - Valuation of $375b (non finance people, this is an insane valuation relative to earnings power and predicts future earnings will be much, much higher) Walmart - $15b profit - Valuation of $210b - Market values Walmart about 1/2 of Amazon, but Walmart makes 40X the profit. Apple - $46b in profit (almost 100x amzn) - Valuation of $615b (less than 2x AMZN) |
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Because Amazon is in California! If it was located in Texas it wouldn't be nearly as attractive. |
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12-29-2016, 03:07 PM | #18 |
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By the way, you should see some of the patents companies have. Means absolutely nothing. Apple has some crazy patents. Doesn't mean they'll ever come to fruition or make money.
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More people think stock prices have something to do with their valuation than than p/e multiples or number of shares outstanding. |
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