I know they are dealing with the same issues (quadcopter based delivery of small parcels) in sub saharan africa for delivery of medicines to rural hospitals.
The speaker mentioned that you can have solar powered battery stations where the copters can swap batteries.
as to why amazon would be doing this? it's cheaper than driving.
and I found the ted talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptop ... _that.html
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
The speaker mentioned that you can have solar powered battery stations where the copters can swap batteries.
as to why amazon would be doing this? it's cheaper than driving.
and I found the ted talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptop ... _that.html
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy