We heard a presentation about a new mode of package transport called Matternet. MatterNet proposes to build a network of ground stations for a fleet of autonomous flying drones which can deliver packages of food, medicine ad other critical items

Last week, Google invited about 50 entrepreneurs, innovators, and scientists to the deluxe CordeValle resort in the mountains south of San Jose.

Matternet, a Silicon Valley start-up, has proposed a network of drones to deliver food and medicine in isolated regions around the world that are now inaccessible because they have no roads.

Where Matternet is going, it doesn’t need roads. But the people there need food and medicine. And these drones can bring it to them.

Kurzweil, Diamandis and other tech dignitaries at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. lauded the latest class of graduates from the summer-long program for training entrepreneurs on how to create a company that will have an impact the lives of a billion people.

Singularity University project team creates a way to get medicine to people who need it, very fast and without operator control.