<p>This can change retail.</p>
<p>[Amazon</a> testing delivery by drone, CEO Bezos says](<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/12/01/amazon-bezos-drone-delivery/3799021/]Amazon”>Amazon testing delivery by drone, CEO Bezos says)</p>
<p>One of my engineering/CS friends posted that on his Facebook feed. Very promising technology though they will need to deal with potential issues such as drones dropping out of the sky* due to malfunctions, sudden loss of power/control, vandalistic attacks, hacking**, etc.</p>
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<li>This incident as reported by some local newspapers happened during the sequestering when a drone suddenly lost power/control and crashed onto the street. Fortunately, no one was injured.<br></li>
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<p>** Some of his friends are already discussing how “drones dropping packages on the heads of customers” could be a “useful feature” for those with less altruistic motives whether they’re prankster hackers or government/military operatives planning harassment campaigns against foreign agents or political/public figures a la Three Stooges/Bugs Bunny/Woody Woodpecker type comedies.</p>
<p>Brava, Jeff!!! Standing ovation. 
Carpet-bombing the consumer with cheap crap.</p>
<p>First proposed by TacoCopter.com at least a year ago… (See this article: <a href=“The Marketing Genius of TacoCopter - The Atlantic”>The Marketing Genius of TacoCopter - The Atlantic; for example.)</p>
<p>I think the biggest problem is likely to be people stealing the drones as they make deliveries.</p>