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 ...

The shipping label wouldn’t look out of the ordinary until called into action, but a system of cords, a breakaway cover, and the all-important parachute would be hidden away under the surface ...

4. Click the "Calculate Shipping Cost" button, then click "Confirm and Pay" to have you PayPal account billed and get a printable label you can affix to the package you're sending.

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 ...

You can print a shipping label on eBay and send out items you've sold via standard USPS mail, or through FedEx and UPS. Here's how to do it.

A drone could someday drop off a package that gently lands in someone’s yard thanks to a shipping label with a built in parachute. (Amazon Illustrations via USPTO) It’s a bird, it’s a plane ...