Amazon hasfiled a patentfor a rather eccentric underwater storage centre , where packages can be called by acoustic tone and be ready for delivery . Yep .
The idea first came to lightearlier this year , but it has been get the rounds again . The patent dubs it an “ aquatic fulfilment inwardness ” , which would stash away goods at the bottom of lake and other bodies of water system .
waterproofed container with good within would be fell into the water from the air by a parachute . Depending on their density , they would then sink to dissimilar level . Pulses or acoustic tone could then be used to move item or bring them to the open by change the density of the packages .
This could be done by changing the charge of the air inside the package , such as how lightning ionizes the air as it streaks through , to transfer its denseness . Alternatively , control valves could supply or remove a fluid from a “ flexible bladder ” to alter the intensity .
balloon could also be used to land parcel to the surface , quick for distribution . It ’s not only clear how these would then be delivered , although Amazon has patent an “ airship ” idea before . And , of course , it ’s also working on its drone legal transfer surface .
Why would Amazon want to expend this method ? Well , the patent of invention offer some hint . It mention that existing fulfilment shopping mall “ now let in progressively prominent and complex readiness having expansive capability and high - technology accommodations for items , and feature storage areas as large as one million square fundament or more . ”
An aquatic centre , on the other paw , could make better exercise of perpendicular distance . The letters patent take down that staff currently have to walk many mile in warehouse to call back items , but that would n’t of necessity have to be the pillow slip with this automated underwater system .
It ’s worth note that large companies often stock up on patents , with many never run across the light of day . One of the more famous representative of this was when Eruca vesicaria sativa company Blue Origin , owned by Jeff Bezos ( who also owns Amazon ) , file a patent for a floating flatboat to land rockets on . Thissparked a disputewith SpaceX , with the latter emerge victorious .
So there ’s a passably good chance this will never see the light of day . But hey , perchance at some point in the time to come your drunken purchase will be fetched from the bottom of a lake and flown to you before you ’ve even woken up .
