The Firenze Lanciare is “a new flying car concept,” powered by twin Williams FJ-33 jet engines and wings that unfold from underneath the car’s body for
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Author: Chris Stonor
Record-Breaker: Drone sets “new world-record” for duration of flight time: Watch video
Usually, battery-powered drones cannot fly for longer than 30 minutes before requiring to be recharged. However, Spanish start-up, Quaternium, has thrown that perception into the
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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 vaunted delivery trials with Tesco in
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South Korea: Hydrogen drone delivers emergency packs to Mount Halla
A hydrogen-powered drone delivered emergency relief supplies to Mount Halla as part of a flight trial this week in South Korea, the provincial government of
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U.S. drone startup attracts USD2.5m in seed-round funding
The latest drone industry startup to attract new funding is U.S. California-based Ware that deploys autonomous drones for warehouse inventory counting, reports a company press
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EU study shows public “still believe” drones are primarily toys and ignorant of drone usage by first responders
A recent survey called The ResponDrone Project, carried out by focus groups in six European countries, reveal the public “still believe” drones are primarily employed
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Finland: Foreship deploys drones for draught surveys
Foreship, a Finland ship design and engineering company, is deploying drones to speed up the process of naval draught surveys, while improving safety and accuracy,
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Canada: Autonomous drones are flying in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo after new tech partnership
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo in southern Ontario, Canada has partnered with a commercial drone company called AirMatrix to trial a network of drone “skyways”
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Watch video: Drone delivers “lobster and prime beef” to out-at-sea nuclear submarine dinner table
USS Henry M. Jackson had a unique experience last week when a quad-copter drone delivered food and general supplies while the submarine sailed on the
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Drones fly medical supplies to Israel hospital
Last week, drones carrying hospital supplies landed at Ziv Medical Centre in Northern Israel, reports euronews.com. This is part of a trial being run by
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