From self-propelled mailboxes to mail-via-missile: A century of attempts at inventing drone delivery
Drone delivery might sound new, but it's been in the works for 100 years.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Google's Wing delivery drones have supplied Virginia residents with toilet paper and medicine, while some grocers have turned to drones to fulfill unprecedented demand for grocery deliveries. Late this summer, Amazon moved a crucial step closer to offering consumers drone deliveries in half an hour or less when the tech giant secured a Part 135 air carrier certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to operate commercial drone flights.
Likewise, Walmart has partnered with drone companies DroneUp and Zipline to make contactless deliveries of COVID-19 testing kits to customers in Nevada and New York. We at Flytrex also partnered with the retail giant to explore, as Walmart put it, "how drones can deliver items in a way that’s convenient, safe, and - you guessed it - fast."
Harley-Davidson is making electric bikes now Using technology it developed to make electric motorcycles, Harley is spinning off a new company—Serial 1 Cycle Company—to make e-bikes.
PolicyBazaar CEO on why COVID-19 has been 'the mother of all wake-up calls' At TechSparks 2020, PolicyBazaar CEO Sarbvir Singh and Square Yards CEO Tanuj Shori discuss the impact of COVID-19. Panic buying of health cover has led to massive increase in demand for insurance products while demand for real estate has panned out as spending drops.
How To Turn Your Home Office Into A Den Of Focus And Creativity Ann Hackett suggests that, "When it comes to working from home, organization is key... Additionally, keeping a beautiful workspace that feels good is just as important. We're huge fans of implementing playful art, pictures, fun frames, colorful vases, pencils, etc. that can easily add enjoyment t...
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How Many Technologies Can a Company Adopt at Once? An IT executive recently asked me this question. How many technologies can a company adopt at once, successfully? It's a question I hadn't paused to contemplate before that moment. And if you are a vendor, it's not one that you think about very often either. But if you are a member of the IT team, it's top of mind every day. There are two answers to this question. The first is my initial response to the asker: change management limits the pace.
Is this the end of American optimism? Facing a seemingly endless pandemic and an election that has little hope of going smoothly, we're all on a grim, existential roller coaster now.
Delhi's air pollution could have a fix in behavioural economics Every winter season, it becomes fashionable to blame farmers for Delhi's smog problem. The onus of air quality and good behaviour shouldn't be on the poorest of the poor. The government needs to show urgency and do more.
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Latest Update: Health care, a prime concern at the moment. As the water is receding in some areas, they are becoming epidemic prone !
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