- CVS, UPS Drones To Fly Medications To Retirement Community
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The service to the largest retirement community in the U.S. is using Matternet's M2 drone system run by UPS Flight Forward. ...
- Police Testing 'Pandemic Drone'
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Police in Westport, Connecticut, are trialing a drone to monitor and detect people with COVID-19. ...
- Drones Used To Deliver Items Across College Campus
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, February 18, 2020
A student startup at Yale is using drones to deliver candy, snacks and essentials to specific drop-off spots located around the campus. The items are ordered via iPhone app. ...
- Consumers Split On Package Delivery By Drone
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The top concern is potential damage to packages (20% of respondents in study) followed closely by drones getting stolen or hacked (19%). ...
- What You Read: The 'Connected Thinking' Top 10 In 2019
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Drones, augmented reality and artificial intelligence are among the topics of the top-10 stories read here this past year. ...
- 526,000 Drones To Ship Next Year: Gartner
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, December 9, 2019
Retail deliveries by drone are expected to provide rapid service and allow retailers to access customers in remote areas. ...
- CVS Makes First Residential Drone Delivery
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, November 7, 2019
CVS see "big potential" in drone delivery in rural communities where consumers cannot conveniently reach stores for "life-saving medications." ...
- CVS Teams With UPS For Drone Delivery Service
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Drone delivery activity is heating up. Last week Alphabet subsidiary Wing started delivering packages from Walgreens to customers' homes by drone. ...
- Walmart Files Patent For Drone Deliveries
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, October 9, 2019
UPS recently received FAA approval to operate an entire drone airline. Now Walmart is considering the details of how an actual delivery would occur. ...
- UPS Gets FAA Approval For First Official Drone Airline
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, October 2, 2019
The company will initially expand its drone service to support hospital campuses and to extend the services beyond healthcare. ...
- Walgreens To Start Deliveries By Drone
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, September 20, 2019
Health and wellness, food and beverage and convenience items will be delivered from the retailer to customers in Christiansburg, Virginia, by Wing, the first drone operator certified as an a ...
- Intel Drones Fly For Apollo 11 Anniversary
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, July 17, 2019
To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Apollo 11, 300 Intel Shooting Star drones performed above the NASA Rocket Garden in Florida this week. ...
- Carmaker Launches Drone Parts Delivery Service
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, July 12, 2019
The drones are allowing for delivery times of 15 minutes between plants, which compares to 90 minutes by truck. ...
- Amazon Readies 30-Minute Delivery Drone For Flight
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, June 6, 2019
Amazon expects to deliver packages via drone within months, according to a blog post by Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer. ...
- Uber Elevate Seeks OK For Drone Food Delivery Service
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Uber has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to allow it to deliver food by drone in San Diego. ...
- FAA Certifies Alphabet's Wing For Drone Deliveries
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 25, 2019
The FAA certification means Wing can start a commercial service delivering goods to U.S. homes from local merchants. ...
- Google's Wing Launches Drone Delivery Service
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The service is starting in Canberra, Australia, where Wing has been testing drone deliveries since 2014. ...
- UPS Starts Commercial Drone Deliveries Of Medical Supplies
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The service, sanctioned by the FAA, involves the contracted delivery of medical samples in unmanned drones at WakeMed's flagship hospital and campus in the Raleigh, North Carolina metropolitan area. ...
- Intel Drones Light Up Super Bowl Halftime Show
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, February 4, 2019
During the Super Bowl halftime show featuring Maroon 5, 150 Intel Shooting Star drones were used to create a dynamic light show. As Maroon 5 sang "She Will Be Loved ...
- London's Gatwick Airport Reopens After Drone Shutdown
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Friday, December 21, 2018
London’s Gatwick Airport has reopened on a limited basis after being shut down because of drones flying over the airport. ...
- Drones Shut London's Gatwick Airport
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, December 20, 2018
Thousands of passengers were stranded at Gatwick Airport as the runway remained close due to drones spotted over the airfield. ...
- Drones Fall From Sky In Light Show Glitch
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, November 26, 2018
A drone light show experienced an apparent malfunction, causing dozens of the miniature drones to fall from the sky. The month-long Hainan International Tourism Carnival in China kicked off wi ...
- Intel Drones Join Rockettes At Radio City Music Hall
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, November 8, 2018
During the 2018 Christmas Spectacular's final scene, 100 Intel Shooting Star drones will represent Christmas lights, ...
- Intel Drones Create Light Show For Audi Car Launch
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Drones have again been used for marketing, this time by Audi to introduce its all-electric SUV. Earlier this week, 850 Intel drones were flown for a light show with 3 ...
- Golf Course Starts Drone Delivery Of Food Orders To Golfers
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, September 5, 2018
The King's Walk Golf Course in North Dakota is launching a fully operational golf course drone delivery system, believed to be the first such service in the U.S. ...
- AT&T Tests Drone Delivery Of Medical Supplies In Flying Smartbox
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, August 29, 2018
AT&T has tested using LTE-connected drones to deliver temperature-sensitive medical supplies. A connected drone carrying a thermal-insulated packaging system called Skypod made by Softbox, completed demonstration flights powered by AT&T ...
- IBM Patents Coffee Delivery Drones That Can Tell When Someone Needs A Cup
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
The system would determine if a person needs a coffee by assessing sleep quality, time of day, electronic calendar, biometrics, blood pressure, pupil dilation, factual expression analysis, the time ...
- Moviemakers Tap Drones For Aerial Filming
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, August 20, 2018
Aside from being used by consumers, drones are increasingly being tapped for commercial use, most notably in the making of movies. Following several years of lobbying by the Motion Pictu ...
- Intel Drones Create 'Time' Cover In The Sky
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, May 31, 2018
Intel's drones have now flown in California to recreate the cover of "Time" magazine in the sky. The cover was made using 958 Intel Shooting Star drones, all controlled fr ...
- Using Augmented Reality To Make The Sale
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The 2018 Robotics Summit and Showcase in Boston this week featured exhibits involving all things robotic, from the hardware that comprises various forms of working machinery to the AI a ...