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Smithsonian To Fly Drones At 'Future' Festival
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2014/05/smithsonian-to-fly-drones-at-future-festival?et_cid=3940510&et_rid=54679148&location=top
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is getting some competition from the Smithsonian Institution in testing personal delivery drones for the future.
Smithsonian magazine is hosting its second "The Future is Here" festival this weekend and plans to test fly drones and a human jetpack near the National Mall. The festival runs from Friday night through Sunday with events showcasing new science, technology and engineering.
Editor Michael Caruso said experts from NASA, the Smithsonian, Google and elsewhere will cover everything from evolutionary biology to artificial intelligence to space colonization.