Wal-Mart envisions ‘floating warehouse’

Amazon isn't the only retailer thinking about drones.



Wal-Mart Stores has applied for a patent for a blimp-styled "floating warehouse" that could make deliveries directly to shoppers’ homes via drones, Bloomberg reported.



The machine would fly at heights between 500 ft. and 1,000 ft. and be equipped with multiple launching bays. It would be operated autonomously or by a remote human pilot.



Amazon was granted a patent for a similar type of vessel in April 2016, Bloomberg said.



To read more, click here.