Diapers and Kindles delivered to your doorstep not by truck, not by plane or train — but by drone?你能想象一架无人机，而不是卡车、飞机或火车，将你采购的内衣、电子阅读器送往你家门口吗？Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that this reality may be just four or five years away.亚马逊网站首席执行官杰夫·贝索斯称之为，这一远景未来将会在四、五年内沦为现实。In a interview with Charlie Rose on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Bezos showed off Amazon-branded drones that he says can travel 10 miles and carry packages weighing up to five pounds to doorsteps in less than 30 minutes.杰夫·贝索斯日前做客CBS电视台的《60分钟》新闻节目，在与主持人亨利·罗斯的聊天中，杰夫展出了亚马逊研发的无人机。他称之为这台无人机可以在30分钟之内行经10英里距离，将5重达以下的包覆送货上门。

“These are octocopters,” Bezos said in the interview. “These are effectively drones, but there’s no reason these can’t be used as delivery vehicles.”“这是一种八翼无人机，”贝索斯在专访中说道，“它们是十分有效率的无人机，没什么理由它们无法用来车主。”You won’t be seeing them anytime soon — the FAA has yet to release rules about how unmanned flying vehicles may be used — but Bezos said he thinks Amazon could start offering a “Prime Air” service within four or five years.这种无人机目前还会被广泛应用，还有待联邦航空局对无人驾驶飞行器的行为规范作出涉及规定。

但是贝索斯称之为，四、五年内亚马逊就应当可以开始获取这种“Prime Air”服务。“It will work, and it will happen,” Bezos said. The truth is that the FAA will ultimately decide that.贝索斯说道，“这种运输方式不仅行之有效的，而且不具备现实的条件。” 此言否有误，最后还得需由联邦航空局来要求。

本文来源：半岛·BOB官方网站-www.qef4hf.com