Self-Driving · November 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
Beloved SF cat's death fuels Waymo criticism
A Waymo ran over Kit Kat, the six-year-old 'Mayor of 16th Street' bodega cat, and the Mission District responded with a candlelit shrine and a city resolution asking voters whether driverless cars should operate in their neighborhoods. Waymo maintains its cars are safer than human drivers.
Source: TechCrunch
SkyFall's StarGate Drone Evacuated Two Wounded Soldiers From the Front Line
Ukraine's 475th Separate Assault Regiment says it used the purpose-built StarGate drone to evacuate two seriously wounded soldiers in the space of a week, flying one casualty nearly 20 miles to reach him and about the same distance back. Ground vehicles could not reach the men because of water obstacles and attack-drone threats, and the covered, medical-grade stretcher module kept each casualty protected in flight. The regiment now plans a dedicated aerial medical evacuation unit, turning one-off rescues into a repeatable capability.
Source: The War Zone