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Amazon.com has announced it's struck a deal with the United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) that will see it “explore three key innovations: beyond line of sight operations in rural and suburban areas, testing sensor performance to make sure the drones can identify and avoid obstacles, and flights where one person …

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  1. tiggity Silver badge

    cat fun if they try it to my house

    Amazon drone attempting delivery vs. psychotic cats.

    Winner will be the mammal - our putative flying robot overlords will have to bide their time.

    Will make good learning experience for the drone op when they discover how far / fast and high cats can leap - and that's just the simple starting with cat on the ground scenario, never mind them setting in high up ambush points

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  2. armyknife

    Leasons from the Past?

    They seize ships in ports when the owners can't pay fees and taxes; why don't we shoot down or intercept these drones until Amazon starts paying UK taxes?

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  3. Widgit

    Drone Mugged

    Any body who has a good air rifle can shoot down a drone. This fad won't last long.

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  4. gfrevivus

    There has been an online report that Amazon will also be using their drones to scan the properties it flies over. Won't they need clearance from the ICO to do that ? Also wait for sales of BBC Microbit to increase as people decide that redirecting drones and disabling any tracking would be a good way to get free kit. Would a good excuse for non-delivery be the wind speed is too high today or the drone disappeared off the network and we can't find it ? Best solution use independent sellers to buy from.

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