Emerging Tech

Hutchinson Regional Medical Center in Kansas will allow demonstration drone flights under the supervision of the Federal Aviation Administration. The goal is to prepare for the delivery of medical supplies via drones.

A commuter bus service along the California Central Coast installed the tap-to-ride fare payment technology on all of its buses, with other transit services in other parts of the state doing the same. The pilot project is part of a state effort to increase convenience for transit riders.

Qualcomm's Flight RB5 5G Platform brings 5G connectivity and AI technology to commercial drones for the first time. The company is known for helping NASA with its Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

With nine miles of beach to survey, Oak Island, N.C., has decided to deploy a drone to monitor beach safety as well as keep people off of sand dunes. Mayor Ken Thomas thinks other beach towns can follow this approach.

Shifts in how we think about work in a post-COVID-19 world could create an opening for fairer hiring with the help of asynchronous interviews, using AI to aid in reducing bias in recruiting.

In an effort to avoid shooting or tazing people who just need to be restrained, 15 law enforcement departments in Colorado are either using or testing a lassoing device called the BolaWrap.

A trio of U.S. senators — two Democrats and one Republican — have written a letter to Amazon about the company’s biometric payment system, Amazon One. Privacy and competition are the two main concerns.

As two cities — Buffalo, N.Y., and Fairfax, Va. — embark on projects to implement augmented reality technology, questions arise on the effects the new tool will have in their communities.

Transit agencies are turning to data and data analysis tech firms to plan future developments, like route changes or service upgrades, as transit tries to regain ridership lost during the pandemic and improve services.

Digihost, a Canadian cryptocurrency company that currently operates in Buffalo's former American Axle plant, has agreed to buy the Fortistar natural gas-burning power plant for $3.5 million plus some Digihost stock.

The company is digitizing the vehicle title process using blockchain, which could help state governments offer more efficient services to residents. The move comes as sellers promote more online vehicle purchases.

The CU Hyperloop team is one of 12 in the world that will compete in the “Not-A-Boring” competition, hosted by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company, to dig tunnels through which a remote-operated car could pass.

New autonomous boats are being increasingly used in fisheries research, from scientists in the Great Lakes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deploying them in the Pacific Ocean.

The proposed legislation would examine technology- and policy-based approaches to detecting and combating maliciously deployed deepfakes. This marks yet another attempt to legislate the controversial technology.

The food services company Sodexo has partnered with robot delivery company Kiwibot to bring about two dozen vehicles onto campus that will be able to manage door-to-door deliveries of drinks and individual meals.

The owners of several nuclear power plants, including two in Pennsylvania, have formed ventures with cryptocurrency companies to provide the electricity needed to run computer centers that “mine” bitcoin.

Washington State University and the University of Washington will head new research geared toward using artificial intelligence to solve problems associated with climate change and real-time machine learning.

As QR codes have become more commonly used during the pandemic, the Better Business Bureau notes that it has received reports nationwide of con artists using the system to their advantage.