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

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

 


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