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Amazon.com considering drones to deliver packages in under 30 minutes

12-02-2013 • calgaryherald.com

Consider it the modern version of a pizza delivery boy, minus the boy. Amazon.com said it's working on the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project in its research and development labs. But the company says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations. The project was first reported by CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday night, hours before millions of shoppers turned to their computers for Cyber Monday sales. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a primetime interview that while the octocopters look like something out of science fiction, there's no reason they can't be used as delivery vehicles.

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Reported By Robert Lee

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