Amazon testing delivery with drones

Workers handle items for delivery at Amazon's new distribution center in Brieselang, near Berlin November 28, 2013. The world's largest e-commerce company said it's working on a way to get customers their goods in 30 minutes or less by drone. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a primetime interview that while the octocopters look like something out of science fiction, there's no reason they can't be used as delivery vehicles. While it's tough to say exactly how long it could take the project to get off the ground, Bezos told "60 Minutes" that he thinks it could happen in four or five years. Agriculture is Besides regulatory approval, Amazon's biggest challenge will be to develop a collision avoidance system, said Darryl Jenkins, a consultant who has given up on the commercial airline industry and now focuses on drones.