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Drones for High Value Deliveries

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Since 2016 they've been using drones (more properly referred to as  unmanned aircraft systems ) to deliver blood and medical supplies in the African nation of Rwanda.   Zipline's fixed wing drones have greater range, can carry more cargo and handle bad weather better than the traditional quadracopter drones.

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A Third Way to Classify Workers Gains Momentum

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Proposition 22 also requires the applicable companies to provide occupational accident insurance to cover at least $1 million in medical expenses and lost income resulting from injuries suffered while a driver is online, and disability payments of 66 percent of a driver's average weekly earnings before the injuries suffered.

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The Online Platform Economy as a Safety Net

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.  In that study, we found 21% of online platform workers reported they participated in this type of work to get through financial hardships or shocks, such as a job loss or major medical expenditures.    We also found 41% of the workers surveyed had faced a financial shock over the prior year.

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CB Insights on the Trends Shaping Tech in 2018

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.  The global race for AI chip dominance heats up : We’re seeing a Cambrian explosion of applications for artificial intelligence, from recognizing faces in videos for security purposes to detecting diseases in medical images at scale. But what chips will these processes run on? China and the US are in a race to own this segment.

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PWC's 2017 Sharing Economy Predictions

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Medical equipment sharing platforms such as Cohealo have emerged across the Atlantic and as the UK healthcare system starts to collaborate more closely, we think 2017 will see the first opportunities for some NHS Trusts to share resources, including staff, equipment and estates in a more dynamic way - a trend we will be exploring in future blogs!

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

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Doctor on Demand , for example, provides video medical consultation service.  The online site legal site Avvo recently announced a new service that covers routine legal scenarios for business, family and immigration, with fixed-price offerings  starting at $39 for a 15-minute advice session or $149 for a document review.

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Pet Humanization and the Quantified Dog

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Medical and food spending are the biggest segments. 90% of the spending in the non-food/non medical segment is dog related. Dogs garner the most spending, with about 2/3rds of all pet spending going to the dogs. But other pet products and services - which includes grooming, boarding, training, and pet sitting/walking services, etc. -

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