Smart home automation is continuously evolving. It’s an emerging segment that has attracted the attention of big tech conglomerates like Apple, Google, and Amazon. However, interoperability has been a significant challenge in smart home installation since its inception. The focus so far has been on integrating a myriad of devices, platforms, and services under a…
Amazon Prime Air – Delivery by Drones
Early December of 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, revealed to the world a new dimension to fulfill their customer’s online shopping experience on popular news show “60 minutes” of CBN news.It took correspondent Charlie Rose and the 60 minutes crew completely by shock as he walked into a secret R&D unit to find what looked like a flying tarantula. It was in fact a drone. To be more precise, it was a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) with eight propellers (commonly known as an “Octocopter”). At first glance, he had no idea what purpose that it would fulfill. Bezos played a demonstration video showing how the drones pick up the packages which are placed in a yellow Amazon bucket and deliver them to the consumer within a period of 30 minutes.