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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Future Drones on The Battlefield

       Ventura - The greatest impact drones will have on the battlefield, is that, drones will be increasingly smarter and stealthier, sort of like, United States Air Force (USAF) stealth planes.  This argument is from a new paper entitled, "The Consequences of Drone Proliferation: Separating Fact from Fiction", by Michael C. Horowitz, Sarah E. Kreps, and Matthew Fuhrmann.  See whole story, www.popularscience.com
     

Thursday, December 22, 2016

First Robot Drone Delivery

       Cambridge - Amazon is in the lead to deliver retail packages that are five pounds or less.  The first customer was a British man in Cambridge England (50 miles from London).  Amazon wants to get small packages to customers within 30 minutes of the order coming in.  See whole story, www.foxbusiness.com.   

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Domino's Pizza Teams Up For Drone Delivery

      Auckland - Pizza delivery to your door is now science-fact.  It took two companies, Domino's Pizza and drone delivery service, Flirtey, to allow the giant pizza company to use drones.  The companies are calling it the "world's first pizza-by-drone commercial trials."  They are testing the concept in New Zealand.  If the trials are successful the companies plan to expand to other areas of the globe.  See also, www.aviationweek.com.         

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Nike's Self-lacing Tennis Shoe

       Hollywood - On November 28, 2016 a Nike shoe will go on sale online.  The app will let you get the $720 self-lacing tennis shoe before it goes it starts selling in stores, in early December 2016.  See whole story, www.kcal9.com

Monday, November 7, 2016

Too Big or Not Too Big That is One of The Questions That Will Be Facing Hillar Clinton if She Wins

     Washington - Democrats and Republicans, alike, are opposed to the acquisition by broadband and wireless provider AT&T of Time Warner.  Time Warner also owns CNN, HBO, and Warner Bros.  See also, www.wsj.com.