Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History


December 1, 2013: The Amazon Flying Drone Project

December 01, 2016

2013 – Jeff Bezos is interviewed on the show “60 Minutes” on CBS with Charlie Rose. During his interview he unveils a project Amazon has been working on – Flying drone delivery. This secret R&D project called “Octocopter” will have drones fly the packages from outposts in each city to the homes. In a project Amazon is calling “Prime Air”, they expect the delivery system to be available in the next 4-5 years. Charlie Rose’ reaction summed it up. “Oh, my God!”. 1999 – It was the most expensive internet domain name. Business.com was first bought in 1997 for $150,000 by...