{"id":12611,"date":"2020-08-31T17:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T00:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12611"},"modified":"2020-08-31T17:48:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T00:48:34","slug":"amazon-primeair-faa-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/amazon-primeair-faa-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon PrimeAir FAA Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Paul gave us the idea that there are several heavens, a layered set of spiritual levels increasingly sublime with altitude.\u00a0 That\u2019s why there\u2019s a \u201cseventh heaven\u201d of love, tranquility and bliss.\u00a0 Then there are earthly regulations to consider.<\/p>\n

The FAA\u2019s approval meets with Amazon\u2019s approval.\u00a0 \u201cWe’re excited about Prime Air \u2014 a future delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles, also called drones. Prime Air has great potential to enhance the services we already provide to millions of customers by providing rapid parcel delivery that will also increase the overall safety and efficiency of the transportation system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such services will be limited to the range available with drones.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Wilke introduces Amazon drone at re:MARS<\/p><\/div>\n

One such unit, introduced by Jeff Wilke (Chief of Consumer Business) at Amazon\u2019s \u00a0re:MARS Conference\u00a0<\/a>(Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) last year, seems large enough to pick up more than the five pounds listed in Amazon’s goals.\u00a0 Wilke describes its abilities in an Amazon blog entry.<\/a><\/p>\n

The drone\u2019s design includes shrouded propellers, necessary to protect small children and animals at the drop zone, and perhaps grabby adults anxious for their new sneakers.<\/p>\n