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It covers almost three quarters of the Earth, but we know only a fraction of what lies beneath the ocean’s surface. Google’s parent company Alphabet has today launched a new initiative called Tidal aimed at changing that.
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Google's parent company Alphabet is moving ahead with plans to service Helsinki with flying robotic couriers, today announcing the launch of a forthcoming delivery drone service for the Finnish capital.
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Wing has become the first company to get the official go-ahead from the FAA to begin a commercial drone delivery service in the US. The Alphabet subsidiary received Air Carrier Certification from the FAA, which allows the company to begin delivering goods from businesses to households.
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Google’s parent company Alphabet is launching its very first air delivery service in the Australian capital of Canberra, following years of trials in the area. Wing, as the Alphabet subsidiary is called, will now begin delivering an assortment of goods to local customers via a mobile app.
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Alphabet's Project X drones started delivering burritos to customers in Australia's Capital Territory last year, and has now announced that folks in Finland can look forward to package deliveries by air from early 2019.
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Waymo has covered some serious miles in testing its autonomous vehicles on public roads, five million (8 million km) of them in fact. To go with the milestone, the self-driving company has shared a 360-degree video that demonstrates how its vehicles see the world, and takes you along for the ride.
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Naked mole-rats are immune to cancer, long-lived, don’t feel much pain, and can survive extended periods without oxygen. Now, researchers at Calico Life Sciences have uncovered a new superpower: technically, naked mole-rats don’t age, violating what was considered a fundamental biological law.
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There are various driverless car trials taking place around the world, but these invariably involve a human at the wheel ready to take control in case of emergency. Google spin-off Waymo is moving into the next phase of testing, setting its driverless cars free on the roads of Phoenix.
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When Hurricanes Maria and Irma tore through Puerto Rico last month, Alphabet's X lab was quick to answer the call. Following a successful launch, its internet-beaming balloons have now been switched on and are already providing hard hit parts of the population with connectivity.
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Last year Alphabet began bringing Chipotle burritos to students of Virginia Tech. Now the tech giant will start using experimental aircraft to drop off tightly wrapped tubes of rice 'n' beans to folk in rural Australia, as it looks to step up its drone delivery game.
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Project Loon is an audacious concept dreamt up in Google's secretive X lab to connect remote regions of the world through high-flying communications balloons. Now headed up by Google's parent company, Alphabet, the balloons have been green-lighted to take flight over Puerto Rico.
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has now spawned Dandelion, a new startup that aims to tap into geothermal energy. The company’s signature technology is a geothermal heating and cooling system that pumps heat from the ground into the home in winter, or out of it during summer.
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