The drones that deliver mail in France

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After Amazon's attempts to deliver parcels via #drones, in France the #mail already arrives with this method comfortably at the recipient's home. By now the postal services of some countries have started to evaluate the possibility of using drones instead of classic postmen, especially to deliver mail in particularly difficult areas. There have already been examples in Switzerland and Australia. However, France today announces a truly regular delivery service via drones. The … Read more

The first educational robot is born

The field of robotics is making giant strides, including educational robots, designed for children aged 3 to eight. In particular, today we present to you "#My robot friend", which speaks, moves, responds to external stimuli but above all increases the cognitive abilities of the little ones. It is an educational playmate created by the Lisciani Group which, one year after the success of Mio Phone® (the first parental control smartphone dedicated to little ones) revolutionizes the world of … Read more

Maker Faire: the innovation fair

This year too, the #Maker Faire, the innovation fair, will be held in Rome, which will host hundreds of projects and 100 pavilions in 6 thousand square meters. The next Maker Faire, the international event dedicated to the world of digital craftsmanship and innovation, will be a maxi fair. Save the date: from 14 to 16 October in the spaces of the Nuova Fiera di Roma. “We were no longer in the spaces – said Riccardo Luna, curator of the event – ​​now we have a truly gigantic one and we will take advantage of it to increase the ... Read more

First parcels delivered by drones in Great Britain

#Amazon promised us, and here the first tests start in #Great Britain. It's only a matter of time before we say goodbye to our dear old delivery man, and welcome the new latest generation #drones, which deliver your purchase directly to your front door. In China JD has already officially launched the drone delivery service, and Amazon responds with the first tests in Great Britain on delivery drones. Drones, however, don't just steal jobs: ... Read more

A drone dance in the forest

The "dance" of these drones in the woods is absolutely spectacular. They are practically indestructible thanks to the armor they contain: of course, the expense is not worth the effort: the Swiss company that manufactures them, dronelight.ch, wants €18.000 for an object like this, it doesn't seem exactly accessible to me. But how nice to see a couple of them flying! The video is without any special effects.

Flying salvation: a network of aerial drones for first aid

The statistics released by the WHO tell us that of the millions of cases of fatal cardiac arrest occurring outside of hospital facilities, more than a third could be tackled: the timely arrival of an ambulance, the use of a defibrillator and lots and lots of speed (6 minutes is the window of time needed to save the patient). Many cities around the world do not have the capacity to act in time and lack the necessary organization. This translates into genocide: hundreds of thousands… Read more

Jobs of the near future: 26 jobs of tomorrow

In the days that mark the fall of the Berlusconi government and the Italian economic crisis (remember? we predicted it on the old site) I am as disheartened as all of you. The moment is difficult: we can only get out of it if all levels of our country change by looking to the future more than to the past. Some jobs will still survive in the future, let's be clear: but there is a whole series of jobs that don't exist today and which could be useful in the near future. Let's go with common sense: 60%... Read more

Here are the corporations that control the world

The idea that the few rule over the many is not new: a team of Swiss mathematicians has given a precise face and name to this 'master group' of corporations which, alone, controls 80% of the world economy. Global dominance theory? Study, not conspiracy The group from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (composed among others by Stefania Vitali and Stefano Battiston) used an analysis method often used to measure connections between websites: the ... Read more