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Kathleen Martin
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All over the world, governments, civil society, academia, industry, and citizens are trying to figure out the rapidly evolving technology changes occurring throughout society. Whether you call it the 4th Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, or Society Next, only one thing is for certain; the impact of the technologies cannot be understated. Autonomous vehicles in the sky and on the ground, AI, Crypto, IoT, cloud computing, edge networks all share one similar trait; peoples all over the world are being challenged by rapid innovation occurring at a speed, scale, and scope never before seen. They are challenged to regulate, to maintain the public interest, to support where they can and protect where they must. It is not to be taken lightly. Too much oversight and innovation falters, not enough and you are left extremely vulnerable.
There are other places to explore the latest news in aviation, the newest record set by a flying car (congrats, Joby!), but this discussion will tend to focus on the larger vision and direction of the next generation of aviation. Think drones. Think flying cars. Think Artificial Intelligence in the Sky. Consider equity. Scale. Impact. Outcomes. Roadblocks and Enablers. This conversation is not just about technology, not just about aerospace, not just about drones. The hope is that we explore some of the bigger questions around policy, regulation, emerging technologies, and their overall effect on people and society.
All over the world drones are demonstrating their value. What began as a hobby, and then a small business opportunity, is now a multi-billion-dollar industry impacting logistics, surveying, supply chains, and disaster relief that has changed the balance away from enjoying leisure and toward providing great utility. Lives are being saved while regulation catches up; just not everywhere. Whether it’s a limited scale project in Malawi ferrying Tuberculosis and HIV samples for test, or the national scale automated supply-chain that leverages drones for COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana, drones are making a meaningful impact every day and beginning to be trusted.
We can’t ignore the huge changes brought on, or accelerated, by the COVID-19 Pandemic. For the last two-years society has had to reset and rethink some of the core assumptions upon which our economic and political models were built. The fragility of guaranteed goods, on time or at all, is laid bare for all to see; demonstrating the need for new ways for all of us to share resources. The pandemic has changed the question from, “Do we need drones in our supply chain?,” to “How do we safely scale drones in our logistics chain?,” Contactless delivery and on-demand access to any good, anywhere, has become the expectation rather than exception. And the lack of resilience in the traditional supply chains has become a glaring hole. So, let’s start there – drone delivery; a phenomenon that has captured the eye of the public ever since Jeff Bezos went on 60 minutes to declare that drones were just around the corner. In the decade since, countries across the globe (particularly in Africa) have implemented drone delivery into their national logistics systems – technologically leapfrogging their US, European, and UK peers in autonomous logistics just as they have with mobile telephony. Today, the real impact of drone delivery is finally coming to Europe and the US.
Continue reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/harrisonwolf/2022/02/11/introducing-ai-in-the-sky/?sh=59302f287ec9
There are other places to explore the latest news in aviation, the newest record set by a flying car (congrats, Joby!), but this discussion will tend to focus on the larger vision and direction of the next generation of aviation. Think drones. Think flying cars. Think Artificial Intelligence in the Sky. Consider equity. Scale. Impact. Outcomes. Roadblocks and Enablers. This conversation is not just about technology, not just about aerospace, not just about drones. The hope is that we explore some of the bigger questions around policy, regulation, emerging technologies, and their overall effect on people and society.
All over the world drones are demonstrating their value. What began as a hobby, and then a small business opportunity, is now a multi-billion-dollar industry impacting logistics, surveying, supply chains, and disaster relief that has changed the balance away from enjoying leisure and toward providing great utility. Lives are being saved while regulation catches up; just not everywhere. Whether it’s a limited scale project in Malawi ferrying Tuberculosis and HIV samples for test, or the national scale automated supply-chain that leverages drones for COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana, drones are making a meaningful impact every day and beginning to be trusted.
We can’t ignore the huge changes brought on, or accelerated, by the COVID-19 Pandemic. For the last two-years society has had to reset and rethink some of the core assumptions upon which our economic and political models were built. The fragility of guaranteed goods, on time or at all, is laid bare for all to see; demonstrating the need for new ways for all of us to share resources. The pandemic has changed the question from, “Do we need drones in our supply chain?,” to “How do we safely scale drones in our logistics chain?,” Contactless delivery and on-demand access to any good, anywhere, has become the expectation rather than exception. And the lack of resilience in the traditional supply chains has become a glaring hole. So, let’s start there – drone delivery; a phenomenon that has captured the eye of the public ever since Jeff Bezos went on 60 minutes to declare that drones were just around the corner. In the decade since, countries across the globe (particularly in Africa) have implemented drone delivery into their national logistics systems – technologically leapfrogging their US, European, and UK peers in autonomous logistics just as they have with mobile telephony. Today, the real impact of drone delivery is finally coming to Europe and the US.
Continue reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/harrisonwolf/2022/02/11/introducing-ai-in-the-sky/?sh=59302f287ec9
