Hasn't Amazon done enough?
It's brought your shopping to your door, so that you don't have to move. It's put a camera on your doorbell[1], so that you can become a passive police officer.
Why, it's even happy to see its last CEO being sent up into space[2], just so that he can coldly look down on his subjects from an even greater height.
Oh, but it's never enough in the tech world, is it?
I'm delighted, therefore, to offer you Amazon[3]'s latest vision for your daily life. It's a patent application[4] entitled "Directing Secondary Delivery Vehicles Using Primary Delivery Vehicles."
Your imagination is already whirring, I can tell. But may I offer you the first sentence of the abstract?: "Primary vehicles having cameras or other sensors generate and transmit instructions for causing secondary vehicles, such as personal delivery devices, to travel on selected courses and speeds."
In essence, a typical Amazon truck will roll down your street. It'll stop at a convenient location. Then, its rear door will open, and out will roll lots of little robot cars carrying packages. Each will have its own destination. While you stare out of your window and marvel at the synchronized delivery ballet that Amazon is performing for your pleasure.
Once the deliveries have all been performed, the little robot cars will return to the mothership and be on their way.
I do find this adorable. Although, because I have imperfect circuitry, I foresee logistical issues. You're jumping in your car in order to visit the office. One of these darn little robots is crawling across the street at 4.6 miles per hour. Won't you be just slightly tempted to nudge