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Alphabet’s Drone Unit Partners With FedEx And Walgreens For Drone Deliveries
After being the first drone operator to be granted its Air Carrier Certification in the U.S. earlier this year in April, Wing (a subsidiary of Alphabet) has partnered with America’s FedEx, Walgreens and local craft goods retailer Sugar Magnolia to conduct a “first-of-its-kind” drone delivery trial later this spring.
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How San Francisco Plans To Use Self-Driving Cars To Fix Its Housing Crisis
For a minute, try to forget the hype you hear about self-driving cars and think about the single-occupant, human-driven vehicle like this: A very inefficient way to use expensive city land. Not only do extra-wide roads take up a lot of space, there’s far too much property allocated to parking — about 20 per cent…
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7 Autonomous Vehicle Ideas That Need To Happen Now
President Obama reently announced plans to earmark a whopping $US4 billion for autonomous vehicle research. These funds will be dispersed to pilot programs all over the US during the next decade — but where and how the money is spent will determine just how big a step forward Obama’s plan really is.
