Amazon files patent for drone deliveries

Amazon is planning on using drones and parachutes for their future deliveries.

CNN reports that the US Patent and Trademark office provided Amazon with a patent that sees the everything giant delivering packages with drones and parachutes. The patent shows Amazon would use drones to delivery packages "at altitude" and "monitor and adjust package trajectory during descent". CNN reports that Amazon's drones could "radio a message to an off-course package, instructing it to deploy a parachute, compressed air canister or landing flap".

So, for now, drones still need a human at the flight stick but Amazon hopes to be in the lead with automating delivery in the very near future.