Operational complexity, low margins and the eagerness to please hard-to-please consumers makes retail an ideal industry for marketing new technologies, both practical and fanciful. Read more in Retail Dive 5 tech revolutions that haven’t happened (at least not yet) By…
The World Economic Forum’s Medicine from the Sky initiative is using drones to deliver vaccines and medicine to remote areas in India.More than 300 vaccine delivery trials have already been completed, with plans to expand and reach more communities. Read…
Flash Forest, a Canadian startup , plans to use its technology to plant 40,000 trees in the area this month. By the end of the year, as it expands to other regions, it will plant hundreds of thousands of trees.…
A person with a brain chip can now pilot a swarm of drones — or even advanced fighter jets, thanks to research funded by the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Read more in defenseone It’s Now…
The World Economic Forum has launched the Drone Innovators Network, a forum aiming to unlock the societal benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles. At the network’s inaugural event at ETH Zurich on June 26, Europe’s first nationwide unmanned traffic management system…
With the program, Amazon is adding what it thinks is a more convenient option than traditional outside drop-off while also coming up with one solution to package theft, which is rampant in some markets. Raed more in recode Amazon will…
Logistics company Matternet has announced a permanent autonomous drone network in Switzerland that will now see lab samples like blood tests and other diagnostics flown between hospital facilities, clinics, and labs. Read more in The Verge The first autonomous drone…
Looking where both technology and expectations are evolving, here is a list of tomorrow’s products to mid-century, that businesses should be desperately wanting to be in the race to develop and deliver, because of huge returns guaranteed from success. learn…
Drones can be low flying, high flying, tiny or huge, silent or noisy, super-visible or totally invisible, your best friend or your worst enemy. Flying drones can also roll along the ground, stick to the side of a building, float in…
Amazon customers could soon see their purchases delivered by drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The world’s largest online retailer confirmed it is undergoing tests to deliver goods which could reach customers within 30 minutes of placing an…
