Mystery and excitement at The Parker

The Parker (hotel next to us where all the stars hang out for the Palm Springs Film Festival) was closed these past 5 days for a private event.  Lots of security and a "rocket" was installed apparently.   No local news as the event seems shrouded in secrecy.  It seems it is the big conference Amazon has to show off all its new products.  They also took over some parts of the PS Air Museum to show off their drones in one of the hangers and this robot that a neighbour managed to get a photo of.

"Amazon had a secret showing of all coming new products that included an approximately 15 to 20 foot robot, hence the picture.  The security was so tight I had to hide to get this picture.  The robot goes on sale for 

8.3 million dollars in the spring of 2020.  All other products were hidden and couldn't be seen.  I was told they had many drones of all sizes flying all around the aircraft hangar where the demonstration took place !!"

We didn't see it but another neighbour at the pool yesterday said Sunday night his wife heard some buzzing noises and they looked out their patio and were treated to a light show of drones flying around...quite spectacular apparently.

I did pick up this bit of news about it on Nerdist.com

In a move that put him one step closer to becoming Nixon from Futurama, Amazon CEO, and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos climbed into the cockpit of a 13-foot-tall mech at this year’s MARS conference in Palm Springs, California and showed off the mighty power of one hell of a big, beautiful robot body. And all we can say is AROOOOOOOO!!!

http://nerdist.com/amazon-boss-jeff-bezos-robot-mech-suit-mars/