From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:09:13 -0700 The buzz about Amazon using drone technology to speed delivery will quieten down a bit after this construction of a roadblock: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-drone-delivery-plans-nixed-u-s-regulators-n307006 If I understand it right, Santa will be able to continue to do miraculous deliveries, since he pilots the sleigh himself and it's always in his plain sight. My recent experience of Amazon suggests that they are closing in on Santa but not quite there yet, with next day delivery on Sunday already happening but my one experience of same-day delivery turning into two weeks of phone calls to their outsource delivery service called LaserShip, whose lasers appeared to be seriously misaligned. Now, how does this push us on library book deliveries to patrons? Certainly starts to raise expectations. Again. Jim O'Donnell ASU