By Alex Fitzpatrick and Courtney Subramanian
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed an experimental drone-based delivery service on Sunday, in an ambitious move by the online retailer to capitalize on a technology still being used sparsely by American businesses. 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,” Bezos said on 60 Minutes, adding that “this is early, this is still years away.”
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*CAF Note: Important: In 2015, the ban on the commercial use of drones in the United States will be lifted, creating a sizeable market for inspection drones.*
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