If there is one thing that ruins a September Sunday more than watching your team blow a huge lead and lose spectacular fashion, it's watching your team blow a huge lead, lose spectacular fashion only to discover you have run out of beer. After a few drinks, driving to the store is no longer an option, so what’s a responsible (yet thirsty) football fan to do? Luckily for all … [Read more...] about Tailgaters Rejoice: Drones Deliver Beer and BBQ
The March of the Drones
from farmindustrynews.com Everyone is getting into the drone act. Last week Google announced it was testing a drone for delivering products, and it conducted a successful test of the product in Australia. A direct slam at Amazon, which announced it was testing a similar idea earlier this year, the concept would save money and get you products faster. Of course, the argument … [Read more...] about The March of the Drones
Google’s Drone Effort Lifting Venture Investors’ Hopes
from Wall St Journal Blogs The commitment to drone technology by major U.S. corporations is great news for startups and investors who will need their help to sway regulators over the next few years. First, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a plan in December to deliver packages using drones. Now Google's advanced-research lab is developing a similar system, the WSJ reports, and … [Read more...] about Google’s Drone Effort Lifting Venture Investors’ Hopes
Drone Developers Consider Obstacles That Cannot Be Flown Around
from New York Times The tech industry’s enthusiasm for building small delivery drones may be getting ahead of figuring out what to do with them. On Thursday, with much fanfare, Google revealed Project Wing, an experimental program out of the company’s long-term projects division, called Google X. In a video, Google showed a buzzing aircraft — half plane, half helicopter — … [Read more...] about Drone Developers Consider Obstacles That Cannot Be Flown Around
FAA Dithering Forces Google, Drone Innovators To Take Jobs Abroad
from Forbes Google’s announcement this week that they’ve been testing delivery drones caught the tech world by surprise. What wasn’t surprising to experts familiar with the industry is that Google conducted all of their aerial tests outside the United States. That’s because the FAA has utterly failed to create procedures for companies like Google to test their innovative new … [Read more...] about FAA Dithering Forces Google, Drone Innovators To Take Jobs Abroad
