Jan 27, 2022 | Defense, Drones, Featured
A growing number of countries are banning the use of commercial drones amid concerns that they can be relatively easily converted into killing machines. The United Arab Emirates joined that list over the weekend by announcing a nationwide ban on the use of consumer...
Jan 27, 2022 | Solar, Transportation
The Chinese company Space Transportation is developing a “rocket with wings” for space tourism and point-to-point travel. “We are developing a winged rocket for high-speed, point-to-point transportation, which is lower in cost than rockets that carry...
Jan 27, 2022 | Delivery, Robots
A prolific early contender in the autonomous delivery race has forged a partnership with an authentication company. The reason? There’s a big market for the delivery of age-restricted items. There’s a larger market story behind this partnership. The...
Jan 27, 2022 | Delivery, Robots
San Francisco-based Starship Technologies has launched on-demand food deliveries on the Southern Methodist University campus with a fleet of 16 autonomous robots. The six-wheeled robots will deliver meals from nine campus eateries: Cinco Taco, Einstein Bros Bagels,...
Jan 27, 2022 | Delivery, Retail, Robots
U.K. retail tech company Ocado on Wednesday unveiled a suite of new products aimed at helping large grocery chains take on Amazon and a wave of new rapid grocery delivery start-ups. While Ocado is most well known for its online supermarket, a top focus for the company...
Jan 27, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Industrial Automation
With all the hype surrounding self-driving cars, some investors may be overlooking another sector that could be revolutionized by autonomous technology. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 5, Fool contributors Rachel Warren, Jason Hall, Trevor...
Jan 20, 2022 | Drones, Law Enforcement
A young company making drones designed to detect a loaded firearm and, if needed, get in between a shooter and a potential victim, is getting its first round of financing. Pan American Drone, founded by CEO Leah LaSalla, just raised $3 million in seed financing at a...
Jan 20, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Investment
Honda Motor today announced that, in December 2021, the company had invested in California based Helm.ai to strengthen its software technology development in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision technology. The automaker said Helm.ai had key...
Jan 20, 2022 | Aging, Robots
As a teenager in the early 2000s, Conor McGinn worked part-time in the nursing home where his grandmother lived. The employees did all they could to make her and other residents comfortable, but McGinn says her quality of life was never as good as it was before. “The...
Jan 20, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Michigan, Mobility
Our society is in the midst of a once-in-a-century mobility revolution and this past year will be remembered as a landmark year for the state of Michigan. To meet the urgency and ambition of our automotive partners — who stepped up with billions of dollars in new...
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