The Most Iconic Inventions of the 2010s

Drone Delivery

Having a drone come and deliver a package to your home seems a bit Big Brother-ish, right? A lot of people wern't quite comfortable with this invention, but it was slowly incorporated into Amazon's business model. As of right now, these drones can only deliver within two hours of Amazon's distribution facilities, so only a small amount of customers have actually recieved a delivery drone at their door. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.