Waymo is working two fronts to normalize driverless rides: at the New York State Fair, it's selling curious fairgoers on an autonomous future as a foregone conclusion, while in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky its vehicles have begun the unglamorous business of street-by-street mapping ahead of an eventual launch. Together the moves show a company treating public relations and infrastructure as two halves of the same expansion strategy.
ZenaTech is rounding out its ZenaDrone lineup for precision agriculture, with a new prototype built to spray crops and spread seeds. The company says field testing is imminent, the next step in turning its drone platform from pitch deck into working farm equipment.