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Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones

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Re: Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones

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How could we design/modify our homes to receive these packages? Santa Claus-chute for things to slide down? Helicopter landing pad in the front yard? How can we sort the packages/letters into their individual receptacles? This could save US mail carriers a lot of effort.

Interesting. Maybe a new type of mail box in the roof for houses (as you suggest), and some kind of Amazon Locker with a landing pad on top for the apartment complexes. Combining drones with a better mail box would allow the asynchronous delivery of packages.

Re: Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I had to get to a mailbox to return something, I would refuse to order from that company.

There is this company called Netflix...

... which I've ordered from. If I want a disc, I buy it from Amazon. Otherwise I stream. I get that it might have made sense once upon a time, but thankfully those days are long gone.
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