So were you as amazed or mystified (or vaguely uneasy) as I was when Amazon announced their development plans for Prime Air, an airborne drone delivery system? Whether you think it is feasible or not you have to admit the concept really smacks of 1950s science fiction from the hands of such masters as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, or Robert Heinlein. Yet the video of a prototype shown on “60 Minutes” was cool in a very real way.
In any event, the topic has certainly resonated here at CHS, as my colleague Jenny Steadman recently posted a blog, G. Fox Was Way Ahead of Amazon, while I was writing this post! So I thought, why not continue the conversation a bit longer?
A “swarm” of G. Fox & Co. helicopters lands in Bushnell Park, Hartford. CHS 2002.45.14
inside the CHS 