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Amazon is testing a new of delivering parcels. It wants to use drones. It will get to customers in 30 minutes. Drones are small, remote- helicopters called 'octocopters'. They look like . Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos talked about on the TV '60 Minutes'. He said his project wasn't science . He said he could do half-hour delivery and carry up to 2.3kg. This covers 86 per cent of the Amazon delivers. Mr Bezos said: "It won't work for everything. We're not going to kayaks, or table saws this way."

The new delivery is called 'Prime Air'. It could start the year 2018. Bezos thinks it will be good for the . "It's very green and it's better than driving around," he said. The U.S. government still needs to say . Amazon is making sure the 'octocopter' meets America's flying standards. Bezos joked that the 'octocopters' couldn't "land on somebody's while they're walking around." He said Amazon had to find new ways to be one. Companies can disappear . Other businesses can overtake them, especially if they use .

 


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