Rocket Lab Getting Busy

Originally a New Zealand startup, Rocket Lab is now Nasdaq listed and an American company. Make no mistake though, the New Zealand taxpayer can be thanked first and foremost for getting this venture off the ground. Then came NZ private equity and finally, American equity.

Drone Tech Pruning Trees

Researchers at the University of Canterbury have developed a drone capable of cutting limbs off trees up to 60mm (roughly 2 inches) in width. Drone tech is really taking off. I wonder what else they can be used for?

https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/industry-impressed-chainsaw-drone-work

"It’s working so well now that we have got funding for commercialisation, so I expect it to be commercialised next year."

Advances in electric chainsaw technology with small electric motors and improving battery technology had assisted the drone development, he said.