TIME — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed an experimental drone-based delivery service in a 60 Minutes segment Sunday. Bezos said the service, dubbed “Amazon Prime Air,” could be ready for customer use in “four or five years.”
“I know this looks like science fiction, it’s not,” said Bezos, before adding that “this is early, this is still years away.”
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Bezos said the drone aircraft can carry objects of up to 5lbs within a 10-mile radius of an Amazon distribution center. Given that Amazon has been steadily building distribution centers in an increasing number of urban areas, the service would theoretically cover a significant number of customers.
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