Autonomous Cars

Giving Tomatoes Their Shots: The Future of Plant Medicine Ma…

Nobody likes getting a shot – but even plants might need them sometimes.  MIT researchers are exploring ways to administer injections to plants with drones. As described in the original article plants, much like people, get sick.  The treatment traditionally involves the spread of chemicals designed to mitigate or alleviate the …

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EHang Announces Results: A Glimmer of Hope for Passenger Dro…

EHANG 184 Like Lazarus, EHang has made a habit out of rising from what many believed for them to be dead.  First known as a Chinese-based consumer drone manufacturer with their popular Ghost drone, they pivoted several years ago to become a major name in passenger drones. Today, the company …

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The Lindbergh flight and X-Prize Spurred Innovation, GoFly w…

Who has not dreamed of their own personal flying machine?  GoFly is ready to make it happen. In the spirit of contests spurring innovation and problem solving,  the organization GoFly is offering  a total of $2,000,000 purse over the course 24-month competition – and they are scheduled to award the …

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Honda Self-Driving Car: An Autonomous Car We Want to Drive

DroneLife caught up with Marcus Frommer a spokeperson from Honda at CES and talked about the very handsome little roadster that you see pictured. We were discussing Honda’s approach to autonomous cars including a level 5 concept car that they brought to CES.  One difference from the other concept cars …

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Japan Airlines & Sumitomo Partner with Bell Textron to Provi…

With this agreement, jointly and collectively, JAL, Sumitomo and Bell will explore business opportunities for the air mobility services: deploying Bell’s eVTOL in Japan and Asia. DRONELIFE had the opportunity to see and to interview a spokeman at Bell Textron last month in Las Vegas – see that article here. Bell’s …

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