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When delivering a package by drone always be aware of potential mishaps

Dec 18, 2020

When delivering a package by drone always be aware of potential mishaps

By Chris Stonor This video has gone viral on the Twittersphere, showing a drone cheekily delivering a package to a woman sitting on an...

UK Royal Mail Fast-Track: First trial of post delivery by drone already takes place

Dec 16, 2020

UK Royal Mail Fast-Track: First trial of post delivery by drone already takes place

By Chris Stonor Hot on the heels of Monday’s breaking news that the UK’s Royal Mail is to deploy drones to deliver letters and parcels to...

Australia: Specific drone delivery areas for urban village of the future

Dec 9, 2020

Australia: Specific drone delivery areas for urban village of the future

By Chris Stonor A Canberra architecture firm, JUDD Studio, has peered into the future and created digital renderings of an up and coming...

Podcast: Drones in America “solving the pizza problem with drone delivery”

Dec 4, 2020

Podcast: Drones in America “solving the pizza problem with drone delivery”

By Chris Stonor Marketscale.com host, Grant Guillot, talks to Rhett Ross, CEO of Deuce Drone about the latest developments of the company...

Drones may soon be delivering products to rural communities across UK

Nov 30, 2020

Drones may soon be delivering products to rural communities across UK

By Chris Stonor The UK Department for Transport launched last week a research project known as A Call For Evidence to help develop the...

Amazon Prime Air drone project “sacks dozens of staff”

Nov 19, 2020

Amazon Prime Air drone project “sacks dozens of staff”

Amazon has sacked dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff from its Prime Air delivery drone project, reports gadgets.ndtv.com, citing an...

Drone fires sensors like darts to assist scientists in dangerous environments

Nov 4, 2020

Drone fires sensors like darts to assist scientists in dangerous environments

When overseeing environmental studies in dangerous or hard-to-access locations, scientists often set up wireless networks of small...

Manna latest: New major investor on-board and drone delivery trials in mainland Europe set for 2021

Oct 29, 2020

Manna latest: New major investor on-board and drone delivery trials in mainland Europe set for 2021

On the back of Manna’s breakthrough with partnering supermarket giant, Tesco, for trial drone deliveries in Ireland, Greenman...

Watch video: Manna drone delivery trials with Tesco up and flying in Ireland

Oct 28, 2020

Watch video: Manna drone delivery trials with Tesco up and flying in Ireland

Ireland’s drone delivery company, Manna, headed by the publicity magnet and “serial entrepreneur”, Bobby Healy, began yesterday its much...

Canada: Autonomous drones are flying in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo after new tech partner

Oct 26, 2020

Canada: Autonomous drones are flying in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo after new tech partner

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo in southern Ontario, Canada has partnered with a commercial drone company called AirMatrix to trial

PODCAST with Camile Thai founder Brody Sweeney: Ireland’s top entrepreneurs leading the salvo of...

Oct 19, 2020

PODCAST with Camile Thai founder Brody Sweeney: Ireland’s top entrepreneurs leading the salvo of...

Alongside Bobby Healy, Founder and CEO of Manna Drones, Brody Sweeney is the other Irish entrepreneur at the heart of the fast-expanding

Ireland: Manna Drone Delivery to air-drop Christmas lights during lockdown

Oct 18, 2020

Ireland: Manna Drone Delivery to air-drop Christmas lights during lockdown

Manna, the Irish drone delivery company founded by Bobby Healy, is preparing to air-drop Christmas lights to Ireland’s homes, as millions

U.S. Cheektowaga Walmart latest to deploy drones to deliver Covid-19 tests

Oct 14, 2020

U.S. Cheektowaga Walmart latest to deploy drones to deliver Covid-19 tests

People near the Cheektowaga Walmart on Walden Avenue are the latest to have a coronavirus test delivered to their home by drone, reports

Australia: Canberra’s deploying “democracy sausage drones” for this weekend’s election

Oct 13, 2020

Australia: Canberra’s deploying “democracy sausage drones” for this weekend’s election

Q: What is a “Democracy Sausage”? A: A “Democracy sausage” is the colloquial name for sausage sizzles sold as a fundraiser at Australian

South Korea trial drone and autonomous robot food delivery service combo

Oct 12, 2020

South Korea trial drone and autonomous robot food delivery service combo

The South Korean government has co-operated with a State research institute to test a “combo operation” of a delivery drone and autonomous

Drone noise an irritant? Delivery system drops packages from 150 ft by tether

Oct 6, 2020

Drone noise an irritant? Delivery system drops packages from 150 ft by tether

A major public criticism is the noise drones make, that of a swarm of bees, and the thought of delivery craft buzzing up to their doorstep

Update: Steamship Company team up with Flylogix drones for delivery service trial to Isles of Scilly

Sep 14, 2020

Update: Steamship Company team up with Flylogix drones for delivery service trial to Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) has teamed up with drone company Flylogix to trial a drone delivery service from Land’s End...

UK’s largest retailer soon to trial drone delivery in Ireland

Sep 9, 2020

UK’s largest retailer soon to trial drone delivery in Ireland

Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer, said this week it will trial grocery drone deliveries in Ireland as the company experiments with...

Walmart to trial drone deliveries of grocery and household items

Sep 9, 2020

Walmart to trial drone deliveries of grocery and household items

Walmart says it has started a pilot project for deliveries of grocery and household products by automated drones, along with end-to-end...

Japan: Laboratory creating way for drones to automatically grab package without slowing

Sep 8, 2020

Japan: Laboratory creating way for drones to automatically grab package without slowing

A team of researchers from Japan have been looking into ways to streamline and speed up the drone delivery process, reports feedspot.com...

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