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online store Amazon is testing new method of delivering parcels. It wants to start using drones to get packages to customers, in just 30 minutes. drones are small, remote-controlled helicopters called 'octocopters'. They look like toys. Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos talked about them on American TV show '60 Minutes'. He said: "I know this looks like science fiction. It's not." He added: "We can do half-hour delivery...and we can carry objects, we think, up to 2.3kg, which covers 86 per cent of items that we deliver." He joked that Amazon would not be able to deliver some things. He said: "It won't work for everything. We're not going to deliver kayaks, or table saws this way."

new delivery system is going to be called 'Prime Air'. It could be in operation before year 2018. Mr Bezos believes it will be good for environment. "It's very green and it's better than driving trucks around," he said. project still needs green light from U.S. government. company is making sure 'octocopter' meets all of country's flying safety standards. Bezos only has one concern with his 'octocopters'. He said: "This thing can't land on somebody's head while they're walking around their neighborhood." He said Amazon needed to keep finding new ways to stay ahead. He knows that companies can have short life span and that other businesses can overtake them, especially those using technology.

 


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