Amazon customers could someday be repeating this phrase as the online retail giant this morning received a patent for a shipping label with a built in parachute to help packages make a soft ...

Shipping labels: Each box must have a shipping label and an FBA box ID label on the outside of the box. You can ship via small parcels or consolidate boxes on pallets (less-than-truckload or LTL ...

Delivery by drone is a reality and Amazon has been pursuing better and faster methods of autonomous package delivery. The US Patent and Trademark Office just issued a patent to Amazon for a shippin… ...

Whether the parachute shipping label will ever grace a box full of gear from Amazon is anyone's guess, but this is certainly an interesting way to slow packages before they hit the ground. The ...

Once you have the shipping label, just fill your old Amazon box (es) with stuff you want to donate, pack it up, and drop it off at your local USPS or UPS office. You can schedule a pickup straight ...

Amazon unveils ‘Snowball’ shippable data storage appliance, with an automated E Ink shipping label by Todd Bishop on October 7, 2015 at 9:39 am ...

Amazon has received a patent for a shipping label that includes a built-in parachute, “to enable the delivery of packages by [unpiloted] aerial vehicles (UAVs) or other aerial vehicles.” The ...

Now, Amazon has outlined plans to pack parachutes into shipping labels, so packages can be safely dropped as the drone buzzes by. According to the patent, the label should be about the same size ...