Rwanda Launches World’s First On-Demand Emergency Service Using Unmanned Drones

The drones and delivery service are built and operated by Zipline, a California-based robotics company. Rwanda’s drone delivery service will initially focus on blood, an international partnership between UPS®, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and Zipline will help the country quickly expand the types of medicines and lifesaving vaccines that can be delivered. MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 14, 2016 /CNW/ – Today,

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Lyft To Offer On-Demand Ride Services in Malaysia

Lyft, a US-based ride-sharing application, plans to start its independent operation in Malaysia. The No 2 ride on-demand services firm after Uber already has a presence in Malaysia via an existing partnership with Grab. Lyft has expressed interest to have its own standalone operation by year-end, sources close to the development told The Malaysian Reserve (TMR). Valued at US$5.5 billion

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EasyMile Partners with Acando in Demonstrations across Norway

EasyMile, in partnership with Acando, will be showcasing the EZ10 driverless shuttles in demonstrations across several cities in Norway. A demonstration that was held in Kongsberg on the 29th of September, saw the Norwegian Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen taking a ride in the EZ10. The first demonstration took place at Youngstorget, in Oslo, on the 22nd of September 2016, and

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Pos Malaysia Looking for Direct Logistics Deal with Alibaba

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s biggest postal company is seeking a more direct role in providing logistics services to Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Pos Malaysia is planning talks with Alibaba this month on bypassing the middlemen when shipping goods sold on its platforms, said Mr Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh, its chief executive. “My focus is still e-commerce, and

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Snapp Ride-Sharing App in Iran Secures Financing

The Iran Internet Group has secured a €20 million Series A round of financing for its ride sharing application Snapp. The South African mobile phone company MTN led the round. €20 million is among the second largest investments in Iran’s nascent startup ecosystem this year. In March Swedish based investment firm Pomegranate invested €60 million in Sarava, an Iranian investment firm

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Israeli Startup’s Radar System Enable Drone Flight Beyond Visual LOS

Arbe Robotics, based in Tel Aviv, has built an ultra-low C-SWAP (Cost, Size, Weight and Power) full 360 degrees radar system that combines hardware and software to allow autonomous drones to detect and avoid objects up to 1km away, up from 150 metres in the first iteration of its product. “The main advantage of radar is that radar sees everything,”

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TomTom’s HD Map Powers Autonomous Driving

MELBOURNE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ITS World Congress – TomTom (TOM2) today announces a joint autonomous driving demonstration with Bosch. TomTom provided its HD Map and RoadDNA technology to setup a demonstration on the Australian F1 Grand Prix circuit at Albert Park; these novel products are important components to enable Bosch’s demo vehicle to perform in autonomous driving mode. TomTom HD Map and

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