May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
As restrictions related to COVID-19 gradually ease, developers and service providers in the autonomous delivery space are scrambling to eat as much market share as possible in the still-limited locations where they’re authorized. But even robotic delivery, which...
May 28, 2020 | Law Enforcement
A new joint effort announced between Pennington County Search and Rescue, the Sheriff’s Office and the Rapid City police. One drone flier from each department will help in trying to locate missing people, as well as investigate fires and traffic accidents. Drones are...
May 28, 2020 | Featured, Healthcare
A medical-delivery firm has received special permission to fly its drones farther than previously allowed in the United States, a COVID-prompted decision that advances the nascent drone-delivery industry here. ZipLine, which says its drones have...
May 28, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Investment
Autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Aurora today announced it has roughly doubled its workforce to 500 people (up from 250 as of May 2019) and committed to hiring workers across the company as it welcomes 22 remote interns and a trio of executives. Aurora’s hiring spree —...
May 28, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Investment, Mobility
PlanetM, the State of Michigan’s mobility initiative, said Tuesday it was awarding more than $280,000 in grants to five companies to tackle mobility difficulties in the state caused by the coronavirus crisis. The companies will receive the grants in...
May 21, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Mobility
Economic development leaders from both Windsor and Detroit joined together Wednesday to announce a new partnership to better promote the region as the perfect two-nation destination for existing and startup mobility companies to invest, locate and conduct business....
May 21, 2020 | 5G, Featured, Mobility
The Rural 5G Fund would repurpose money from the failed Mobility Fund II program, which was supposed to help expand LTE to areas of the U.S. that do not yet have it, and fund 5G deployments instead. “The rapid pace of deployment of 5G networks in many parts of the...
May 21, 2020 | Agriculture, Cyber Security, Featured
Agricultural enterprises that implement various forms of agricultural technology, or ag-tech, are especially vulnerable to potential hacking. As an industry, agriculture may be more susceptible to hackers because many new technologies lack adequate safety measures....
May 21, 2020 | Agriculture
With the world supply at an all-time high and commodity prices at an all-time low as a result of increasing demands in food production and consumption, the modern farming industry is at a crossroads, writes senseFly’s Benjamin Pinguet at PrecisionAg. There...
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