From Wikipedia It has hard to tell where you are going if you do not know where you have been. The FAA has kicked on National Aviation History Month that runs for the month of November. To kick off our celebration of National Aviation History Month, here’s a brief history of …
Read More »Wing’s Drone Delivery Program Expands
Wing‘s drone delivery trial in Christianburg, VA will continue as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s BEYOND program, the next phase of the now complete UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP.) Google’s spin-off Wing has been a leader in pushing forward residential drone delivery of everyday items in the U.S. …
Read More »Bayer’s tech tool enables farmers avail cheaper credit
Transparency in transactions brought in through IT interventions is helping farmers, particularly women farmers with small holdings to access cheaper credit. Bayer Crop Science, which has recently tied up with Axis Bank, has been able to provide to members of its Better Life Farming (BLF) initiative, many of them women …
Read More »First drone mission launched to the North Pole analyses glob…
Roberta Pirazzini set out an Arctic expedition to do something no one had ever tried before: fly a drone near the North Pole. Sensors on the drone would assess sunlight reflected from the ice. This measurement, known as surface albedo, is key to understanding how much solar radiation is absorbed …
Read More »Skydio 2 Drone Follows Tesla Model 3 on FSD as It Nearly Sma…
As you probably know, the fact the FSD Beta works well is both good and bad news. It’s good because it shows progress, it shows we (or at least Tesla) are getting closer to the moment our cars will do most of the driving for us, and it seems like …
Read More »The U.S. can’t regulate Big Tech companies when they act lik…
Wichowski is the author of “The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World,” serves as deputy CTO for innovation and acting DCTO for broadband for the City of New York, and teaches at Columbia University. When the Justice Department announced its antitrust suit …
Read More »Ontario First Nations seeing the benefits of drone deliverie…
By Adam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Recent drone delivery projects in two First Nations communities in Ontario have been able to lift the spirits of the local populations. Bringing in PPE, food, medicine, and other basic and medical supplies, new initiatives in Georgina Island First Nation and Beausoleil First …
Read More »Beyond Program will Continue Where IPP Leaves Off
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao has announced that the three-year Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has ended as of Oct. 25. Now, the program will move to a next phase, named Beyond. “The nine state, local and tribal governments that participated in the program have signed …
Read More »China science, technology news summary — Oct. 30
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. IPR PROTECTION CENTERS China has approved the establishment of two new centers to reduce processing time and cost of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, according to the National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) …
Read More »Drone Delivery Canada COVID Prevention Project Has Taken Fli…
Courtesy of DDC Lifesaving flights are in the air for Drone Delivery Canada after the Toronto-based community announced COVID-relief projects with two Canadian First Nation groups are operational. In June, Drone Delivery Canada announced a collaboration with GlobalMedic and Air Canada to deliver COVID-treatment cargo to Christian Island, a remote territory governed by …
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