YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - Drone delivery REALITY: Amazon, Uber dive in
Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos discusses the race to scale drone delivery. #foxbusiness #shorts
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - ‘MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION’: Drone DELIVERY hits the masses
Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos discusses the race to scale drone delivery and the future of U.S. airspace on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ #foxbusiness #morningswithmaria 0:06 — Drone Delivery Race Moves Toward Mass Scale 0:58 — CEO Predicts Millions of Daily Drone Deliveries by 2030 1:16 — How Drones Can Safely Navigate Crowded Skies 2:43 — Matternet’s FAA-Certified Platform Powers Next-Gen Delivery 3:51 — Trump’s Push for American Drone Manufacturing
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Amazon drone delivery expands to 500 cities nationwide
On Wednesday, Amazon announced plans to expand its drone delivery service to hundreds of U.S. cities and towns by the end of the year. The expansion marks a major step forward for Amazon’s drone delivery program, more than a decade after the company first announced plans to bring the service to customers. LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick speaks with Reuters reporter Greg Bensinger to discuss.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Amazon drone dumps delivery straight into Texas homeowner's swimming pool
An Amazon Prime Air drone dropped a package from roughly 30 feet in the air directly into a Texas woman's backyard pool, and the company says its machines check for obstacles before every delivery. Lindsey Austen heard a loud buzzing overhead, ran into her garden, and started filming just in time to watch a six-propeller […] The post Amazon drone dumps delivery straight into Texas homeowner's swimming pool appeared first on American Almanac .
An Amazon Prime Air drone dropped a package from roughly 30 feet in the air directly into a Texas woman's backyard pool, and the company says its machines check for obstacles before every delivery. Lindsey Austen heard a loud buzzing overhead, ran into her garden, and started filming just in time to watch a six-propeller Amazon drone hover above her pool, open its cargo hatch, and release a cardboard box into the water. The package bobbed on the surface while the drone flew off, its job apparently done. The footage, shared by ABC7 News , racked up thousands of views within days, and drew exactly the kind of reaction Amazon's expanding drone program does not need as it pushes into hundreds of new markets. Austen says she's done with…Open
NPR (Fatma Tanis) - Drone delivery helps in Rwanda, but only so much
A U.S. company in Rwanda has been providing medical supplies via drone. But even state-of-the-art technology can't overcome a weak health care infrastructure.