Amazon is pushing hard to get delivery drones into the sky, but the latest in a series of patents again highlights the potential risk to public safety. The Seattle e-commerce giant has filed a host of drone-related patents for everything from quieter propulsion systems to giant beehive-shaped loading centers.
It also has acknowledged in patent documents that delivery drones may suffer catastrophic mid-air failure or fly into buildings …
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Hartford (CT) Courant | June 29, 2018
