I caught that on the news yesterday and laughed. But is it that silly? Imagine 20 years from now... Batteries with 20 times the power. We could all have little "helipads" in our back yard for shipping and receiving packages. UPS could send out about a billion of those things every day. They would automatically visit the location, drop, and return home.
Yes, sounds crazy. But did you imagine the smart phone 20 years ago? Or GPS? Or digital cameras? Or...???