Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 16 of 23

Thread: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

  1. #1
    HEXUS.admin
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    31,709
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    2,073 times in 719 posts

    Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    "Airborne fulfilment centres" will recharge and refill flying drone delivery craft.
    Read more.

  2. #2
    RIP Peterb ik9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    7,701
    Thanks
    1,839
    Thanked
    1,434 times in 1,057 posts
    • ik9000's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P7H55-M/USB3
      • CPU:
      • i7-870, Prolimatech Megahalems, 2x Akasa Apache 120mm
      • Memory:
      • 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 2133 11-11-11-27
      • Storage:
      • 2x256GB Samsung 840-Pro, 1TB Seagate 7200.12, 1TB Seagate ES.2
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SuperOverClocked
      • PSU:
      • NZXT Hale 90 750w
      • Case:
      • BitFenix Survivor + Bitfenix spectre LED fans, LG BluRay R/W optical drive
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Professional
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell U2414h, U2311h 1920x1080
      • Internet:
      • 200Mb/s Fibre and 4G wifi

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Reminds me of a diagram I saw in a WW1 textbook...

  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    520
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    31 times in 28 posts

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    If this happens then it's only a matter of time before you HAVE to have a paid for licence to fly ANY drone. It's ALL about the $$$$$.

  4. #4
    RIP Peterb ik9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    7,701
    Thanks
    1,839
    Thanked
    1,434 times in 1,057 posts
    • ik9000's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P7H55-M/USB3
      • CPU:
      • i7-870, Prolimatech Megahalems, 2x Akasa Apache 120mm
      • Memory:
      • 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 2133 11-11-11-27
      • Storage:
      • 2x256GB Samsung 840-Pro, 1TB Seagate 7200.12, 1TB Seagate ES.2
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SuperOverClocked
      • PSU:
      • NZXT Hale 90 750w
      • Case:
      • BitFenix Survivor + Bitfenix spectre LED fans, LG BluRay R/W optical drive
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Professional
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell U2414h, U2311h 1920x1080
      • Internet:
      • 200Mb/s Fibre and 4G wifi

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    why complain about that? Surely you don't expect to be able to fly a drone for free do you?

  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2013
    Posts
    344
    Thanks
    54
    Thanked
    22 times in 19 posts

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    All my respect to the first person to steal a dirigible warehouse

  6. #6
    I'm special azrael-'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Aarhus, Denmark
    Posts
    1,074
    Thanks
    67
    Thanked
    113 times in 92 posts
    • azrael-'s system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS Prime X470-Pro
      • CPU:
      • AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
      • Memory:
      • 64 GB ECC DDR4 2666 MHz (Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD)
      • Storage:
      • 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 1 TB Samsung 850 EVO, 12 TB WD HDDs
      • Graphics card(s):
      • eVGA GTX 1080 SC Gaming, 8 GB
      • PSU:
      • Seasonic X-Series 560W
      • Case:
      • Corsair Obsidian 550D
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Acer Predator XB271HU
      • Internet:
      • VDSL 55/12 Mbit/s

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by Otherhand View Post
    All my respect to the first person to steal a dirigible warehouse
    "Steal" sounds too naughty. Let's call it "reroute" instead.

  7. #7
    RIP Peterb ik9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    7,701
    Thanks
    1,839
    Thanked
    1,434 times in 1,057 posts
    • ik9000's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P7H55-M/USB3
      • CPU:
      • i7-870, Prolimatech Megahalems, 2x Akasa Apache 120mm
      • Memory:
      • 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 2133 11-11-11-27
      • Storage:
      • 2x256GB Samsung 840-Pro, 1TB Seagate 7200.12, 1TB Seagate ES.2
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SuperOverClocked
      • PSU:
      • NZXT Hale 90 750w
      • Case:
      • BitFenix Survivor + Bitfenix spectre LED fans, LG BluRay R/W optical drive
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Professional
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell U2414h, U2311h 1920x1080
      • Internet:
      • 200Mb/s Fibre and 4G wifi

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by azrael- View Post
    "Steal" sounds too naughty. Let's call it "reroute" instead.
    oh the humanity...

  8. #8
    Orbiting The Hand's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Lincoln, UK
    Posts
    1,580
    Thanks
    170
    Thanked
    96 times in 73 posts
    • The Hand's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte AB350 Gaming-3
      • CPU:
      • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Patriot Viper DDR4 3200mhz (8GBx2)
      • Storage:
      • 2TB Kingston SSD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus Geforce RTX 2060 Super 8GB Dual Series
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX 520 Modular
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster Praetorian
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • Sony 32 inch HD TV
      • Internet:
      • 20Mbps Fibre

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Reminds me of BioShock Infinite!

  9. #9
    Spreadie
    Guest

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    oh the humanity...

  10. #10
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Posts
    254
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    16 times in 14 posts

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    I cannot envisage deliveries made by drones , utter annoying chaos with drones buzzing around. Might lead to an upsurge in peeps buying air rifles to shoot the bloody things down , could become a new sport. That apart , hacking frequencies and sending these AWOL could be fun I suppose and disgruntled traders that Amazon has ripped off and put out of business might want to re-create " The Hindenburg Disaster " if they did go with an airship warehouse. Still can't see this taking off , excuse the pun.

  11. #11
    RIP Peterb ik9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    7,701
    Thanks
    1,839
    Thanked
    1,434 times in 1,057 posts
    • ik9000's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P7H55-M/USB3
      • CPU:
      • i7-870, Prolimatech Megahalems, 2x Akasa Apache 120mm
      • Memory:
      • 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 2133 11-11-11-27
      • Storage:
      • 2x256GB Samsung 840-Pro, 1TB Seagate 7200.12, 1TB Seagate ES.2
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SuperOverClocked
      • PSU:
      • NZXT Hale 90 750w
      • Case:
      • BitFenix Survivor + Bitfenix spectre LED fans, LG BluRay R/W optical drive
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Professional
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell U2414h, U2311h 1920x1080
      • Internet:
      • 200Mb/s Fibre and 4G wifi

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by mers View Post
    might want to re-create " The Hindenburg Disaster " if they did go with an airship warehouse. Still can't see this taking off , excuse the pun.
    That, while a tongue-in-cheek comment, does pose an interesting thought. Amazon will presumably intend to use Helium for the obvious avoidance of said Hindenburg-style disaster. Unless anyone's cracked nuclear fusion while I've been laid-out with this bug that means a further -substantial - drain on what is currently a very finite and very important resource. FFS we should be rationing this stuff, and not letting retail companies start use it for dirigibles. Maybe Trump will understand the value of a limited resource and stop this BS pricing that lets us pump it into goofy balloons so it can inevitably leak off into space.

  12. #12
    Studmuffin Flibb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Kent
    Posts
    4,904
    Thanks
    31
    Thanked
    324 times in 277 posts
    • Flibb's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
      • CPU:
      • AMD FX-6300
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC3-12800
      • Storage:
      • Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 3GB MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr
      • PSU:
      • FSP
      • Operating System:
      • Win7 64bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • Deffl TFT thing

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    There are meant to be several new helium capture projects coming online soon, the gas industry thinks the price should drop although I believe that when I see it. The gas analysers I work on use helium as a consumable, our lab vents about £100,000 of it to atmosphere a year, even then its not worth capturing the vented gas for rebottling as balloon gas. Low purity helium us actually pretty cheap £20 a bottle, high purity is around £600.

  13. #13
    RIP Peterb ik9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    7,701
    Thanks
    1,839
    Thanked
    1,434 times in 1,057 posts
    • ik9000's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P7H55-M/USB3
      • CPU:
      • i7-870, Prolimatech Megahalems, 2x Akasa Apache 120mm
      • Memory:
      • 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 2133 11-11-11-27
      • Storage:
      • 2x256GB Samsung 840-Pro, 1TB Seagate 7200.12, 1TB Seagate ES.2
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SuperOverClocked
      • PSU:
      • NZXT Hale 90 750w
      • Case:
      • BitFenix Survivor + Bitfenix spectre LED fans, LG BluRay R/W optical drive
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Professional
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell U2414h, U2311h 1920x1080
      • Internet:
      • 200Mb/s Fibre and 4G wifi

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by Flibb View Post
    There are meant to be several new helium capture projects coming online soon, the gas industry thinks the price should drop although I believe that when I see it. The gas analysers I work on use helium as a consumable, our lab vents about £100,000 of it to atmosphere a year, even then its not worth capturing the vented gas for rebottling as balloon gas. Low purity helium us actually pretty cheap £20 a bottle, high purity is around £600.
    It's cheap because the US set a price cap on it. Despite the fact it is a finite and irreplacable reserve of huge importance (and no alternatives) vital to high-end science, medical and similar applications. It really ought to cost a lot, lot more.

  14. #14
    Studmuffin Flibb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Kent
    Posts
    4,904
    Thanks
    31
    Thanked
    324 times in 277 posts
    • Flibb's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
      • CPU:
      • AMD FX-6300
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC3-12800
      • Storage:
      • Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 3GB MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr
      • PSU:
      • FSP
      • Operating System:
      • Win7 64bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • Deffl TFT thing

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    It's cheap because the US set a price cap on it. Despite the fact it is a finite and irreplacable reserve of huge importance (and no alternatives) vital to high-end science, medical and similar applications. It really ought to cost a lot, lot more.
    You might want to have a read of this
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworst.../#51c14fc5b701
    and
    https://www.gasworld.com/russia-heli...009834.article

    Because of the increased demand its now become worthwhile extracting He from a wider range of natural gas reserves (where the USA gets its He from, its then stored underground in the national helium reserve), new surveying techniques have also born fruit with a large reserves being identified in Tanzania. Up until recently He was vented at natural gas production facilities, due to its current higher price (10X that of argon) capture and storage is being added where commercially viable. Large users of He are also adding recapture where possible, although you would have to use a hell of a lot to make it viable. One of our customers uses one of these a day


    The expectations form BOC/Linde/AirLiquide is that more extraction will come online in the next few years, some will be from existing natural gas reserves, some will be from new reserves that are being targeted because if their high He levels.

  15. #15
    Admin (Ret'd)
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Posts
    18,481
    Thanks
    1,016
    Thanked
    3,208 times in 2,281 posts

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    Quote Originally Posted by excalibur1814 View Post
    If this happens then it's only a matter of time before you HAVE to have a paid for licence to fly ANY drone. It's ALL about the $$$$$.
    You already do if flying it for any commercial or businsss purpose .... though it's not exactly called a licence but amounts to the same thing, and requires more than just paying a fee.

  16. #16
    Registered+
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Location
    #26, Sector 7, Kurukshetra, Haryana
    Posts
    58
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • mud_z's system
      • Motherboard:
      • NP550P5c-S05IN
      • CPU:
      • Intel i7 3630QM
      • Memory:
      • 8 GB
      • Storage:
      • 120GB EVO SSD + 1TB HDD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • GT 650M DDR3 (Garbage)
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10
      • Internet:
      • 4mbps

    Re: Amazon patents airship warehouse system

    And then they will start giving ads on it
    Future is Airy

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •