Amazon Unveils Flying Delivery Drones on '60 Minutes'


Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is known for making big bets in the world of innovation, and on Sunday night on 60 Minutes he revealed what might be one of his biggest: product delivery by flying robot drones
The service is called Amazon Prime Air and it's slated for rollout sometime in 2015, depending on FAA approval.
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A video of how the service will work has already been posted to YouTube, showing the process of the package being taken from the warehouse floor and on to the front steps of the customer’s home. The idea is to have the drone deliver orders roughly 30 minutes after the customer hits the “buy” button on Amazon.com Read more...More about Amazon, Robots, Amazon Prime, Tech, and Dev Design

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