Dave Vos, the head of Google X’s Project Wing drone delivery program, says drones are safer than commercial aircraft.
Look up into the sky in 2017 and you could see drone deliveries happening on a regular basis, says Dave Vos, the head of Google X’s Project Wing drone delivery program. “Moving people and stuff around the planet in an efficient way is where I want to get,” Vos told an audience at an Aero Club aviation industry event in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
The shoe-designer-turned-executive says he’s ever vigilant about becoming closed off to new ideas.
Fast Company editor-in-chief Bob Safian sits down with Nike CEO Maker Parker, who tells us about one of the most dangerous pitfalls for businesses—becoming formulaic.
The newly formed Planetary Defense Coordination Office will monitor potential asteroid and comet threats to our planet.
In a move that could easily double as a plotline in a sci-fi flick, NASA has created a task force that will be charged with scouting for asteroids and other potentially devastating threats to planet Earth. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) will manage projects that seek to “find and characterize asteroids and comets that pass near Earth’s orbit around the sun” and liaise with federal agencies to coordinate the appropriate response, according to NASA.
Lyft said it is already fulfilling 2,500 requests for rides per week via its medical partners.
Lyft, an app that lets you hail a ride with a smartphone, is expanding into a surprising new demographic: senior citizens without smartphones.
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Massive Labs, led by the head of Stanford’s Design School, thinks it can build a product design company without VC money.
Launching a company in Silicon Valley these days, though much less expensive than a decade ago, is still a complex process, particularly when it comes to designing and selling physical goods rather than software.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere apologized for lashing out at the Electronic Frontier Foundation—but he stands by the “Binge On” program.
An open letter by John Legere, T-Mobile’s outspoken and often profane CEO, cements what he has been saying for weeks—that he really wants you to use “Binge On,” a new streaming feature that has taken heat for allegedly slowing down video download speeds. Binge On allows T-Mobile customers to stream content from specific video and audio partners without eating into their data plans.
The president will focus on the future, with a nod to accomplishments, in his speech. Plus: a look at his SOTU Address wins and losses.
In his final State of the Union address tonight, President Obama has promised to focus on “the big things” in “the years to come” and is expected to tout recent positive job numbers as proof that the economy has recovered. He also will likely spotlight his recent executive actions on gun violence and progress in the fight against ISIS.
To cap off his final State of the Union, Obama will chat with YouTube stars Adande Thorne, Destin Sandlin, and Ingrid Nilsen.
For the second year running, President Obama will sit down with three YouTube stars after his State of the Union address—which airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST—to discuss the issues facing young Americans.
A Gilead executive was questioned by protesters at a health care conference in San Francisco.
Pharmaceutical company executives were grilled by protesters at an industry conference in San Francisco this week for hiking the prices of life-saving drugs.
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