First licence for drone deliveries in China goes to SF Express
A subsidiary of SF Holdings, which owns giant courier firm SF Express, has been granted the first license for delivering goods via drones. Testing of d…
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E-commerce giant JD will build tens of thousands delivery drone landing pods
China’s skies are about to get as busy as its streets. Chinese e-commerce platform JD has just won the first national pilot for unmanned areal vehicle …
World’s top drone seller DJI made $2.7 billion in 2017
Updated: A previous version of this post stated that Luo Zhenhua is the vice-president of DJI. Luo Zhenhua is now the president of DJI. The drone in…
Snap reported to be in talks to buy Beijing drone company for $200m
Snap Inc, the parent company for Snapchat, is reportedly in talks to acquire Chinese drone maker Zero Zero Robotics (零零无限) for between $150 and $200 mi…
JD is using drones to help rural e-commerce take off
A drone glides through the air over fields of green carrying a red box—the iconic red of China's e-commerce giant JD.com—under the center of its body. …
Now In Shenzhen: Ex-DJI employees launch mobile power station
This is the fifth post of “Now in Shenzhen”, where TechNode visits a handful of Shenzhen-based companies leveraging Shenzhen’s core strength: manufactu…
China looks to introduce real name registration for UAVs in face of booming industry
China's civil aviation watchdog is about to introduce a real-name registration policy for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in a bid to address mounting c…
This startup wants to be the DJI of the sea
Chinese companies have taken a leading role in the years-long transition of drones from niche cutting-edge technology to affordable consumer electronic…
From Synthetic Foods To Soft Robotics, Here’s What frog Says About Tech 2017
Predicting the future is about seeing patterns amid chaos. frog, a global design and strategy firm, has continued its efforts in predicting the fu…
Four Chinese Drones You Can’t Miss In 2016
The global commercial drone market is taking off as improvements in technology transform drones from a specialty device into an affordable consumer pro…
This Is What China’s First Operational Drone Deliveries Look Like
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has revealed the country's first operational pilot program for drone deliveries, as tech firms compete to reach the c…
[Photos] Highlights Of GMIC Beijing 2016: Big Data And AI Are King
This year's Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing went well and beyond smartphones, covering everything from drones to smart home devices…