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Get on a plane? Business class, I hope. Image: Maskot/ GettyIt's easy to have a clichéd image of an engineer.Staring into a screen for at least 14 hours a day, the engineer dreams of perfect solutions to dastardly problems and how to code humanity's errors out of existence.It seems, though, that many engineers' lives may have changed after the COVID-19 pandemic. Those lives may have become more daring, more exciting and brought them into contact with more error-filled humans.I judge this from data collected by…

AT&TA flying COW ("cellular on wings")  is providing a 5G network in areas with limited infrastructure and after natural disasters. The technology convergence of drones and 5G is an interesting test case for rapid, flexible network deployments that provide a useful stopgap in critical areas."We had intermittent, weak LTE signal at the flight location before we launched the 5G Flying COW," said Ethan Hunt, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Principal Program Manager, AT&T, about a recent test. "We flew the drone…

Amazon plans to start flying some purchases to customers later this year, the e-commerce giant said Monday, announcing drone delivery that will debut in a California town.Retail rival Walmart already offers drone delivery and in May announced it is dramatically ramping up the service, expanding to six states by year-end with the potential to drop off one million packages annually.Amazon customers in the Northern California town of Lockeford will be able to sign up for free delivery by "Prime Air" drones, the company said…

Annie Palmer / CNBC: How Amazon entices creators to join its Influencer Program, which began in 2017 and pays a commission for generated sales, by flying them to resorts and more — - Last month, Amazon hosted more than a dozen Instagram, TikTok and YouTube stars at a glitzy Mexico resort. Annie Palmer / CNBC: How Amazon entices creators to join its Influencer Program, which began in 2017 and pays a commission for generated sales, by flying them to resorts and more — - Last month,…

The US will reportedly no longer require international air travelers to take a COVID test before traveling to the country. According to Reuters, the change will be effective starting Sunday morning, June 12th, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will reevaluate the decision in three months. That means people flying into the US won’t have to worry about taking a COVID test before take-off, at least until the summer travel season is over. Before the reported change, vaccinated and unvaccinated…

After turning its main attention away from jetpacks and to its Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV), JetPack Aviation has shown the fruits of its labors in the form of the flight-ready P2 Speeder prototype. At the Draper Venture Network CEO Summit in California, the Speeder made its debut under JetPack Aviation’s new Mayman Aerospace brand, which has been established to develop micro VTOL Speeders to suit a range of applications.About the size of a motorbike, the Speeder P2 is the third full-scale prototype the company has…

Bentley is engaged in a never-ending battle to balance classic luxury coach-building and modern automobile manufacturing. The luxury automaker not only has to keep up with changing technology, consumer taste and industry standards, it must also consistently deliver the old world-inspired sophistication that its known for. The automotive industry’s move towards electrification adds another challenge — one Bentley is also taking on with its Beyond 100 initiative to become a fully electric brand by 2030 and electrified…

Did You Know? Angelina Jolie – A Licensed Pilot, Was Once Barred From Flying Her Private Plane ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Angeline Jolie, who is regarded as one of the most influential and powerful actresses in the world, has been an inspiration to many to follow their dreams. The Oscar and three-time Golden Globe Awards winner has never stopped when it came to perusing her dreams too – be it acting or obtaining a pilot license and flying her family where ever they want. The Maleficent actress is one…

Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Danny Ramirez is getting honest about an intense fear he had before filming Top Gun: Maverick. While you might assume that flight isn’t an issue for the stars of a film about aviation, Ramirez was “deathly afraid” of flying before he landed the role — an emotion he tried to ignore until he had no choice but to face it. “During the Mexico premiere, my mom was like, ‘Weren’t you afraid of flying?’ And so, I started the whole project by being deathly…

On the technical side, any vertiport has a few key physical requirements: a stable electric grid for fast recharging, a hangar for maintenance and a system to move vehicles into it, and enough room around the takeoff and landing pad for the aircraft to maneuver. While Urban-Air Port’s design has a moving platform to lift vehicles to the roof of the building, Hermans explains that vertiports will require less clearance than helicopters, which land a lot less vertically than most of us imagine—eVTOLs, by comparison, do, as…