Amazon’s Prime Air drones promise two-hour delivery. Gravity handles the last 10 feet.
The new rollout hovers above your driveway and lets the box go. From about 10 feet up. To avoid landing hazards, which apparently include the ground.
A test run with a plastic bottle ended in a sticky explosion across somebody’s lawn. Great news if you ordered a basketball. Not so much for the wine glasses, the hard drive or whatever fragile thing you clicked Buy Now on at 11 p.m.
Fast? Sure. So is dropping your phone off a balcony. Next up: DoorDash delivers your burrito by bazooka.