Most Read: Air Taxi Takeoff, Landing Getting Set for New York City, Gartner’s 10 Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2025

Here are the most-read stories on IoT World Today this week.

Flying Vehicle Takes First Piloted Test Flight

Electric aerial vehicle (EAV) startup Skyfly has conducted its first crewed test flight after receiving authority from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the U.K.

Skyfly was given permission in June to test fly its Axe eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle following 200 tests conducted to tune the vehicle’s flight controller. 

Skyfly CEO Michael Thompson was the first test pilot.

The CAA licensing department inspected the prototype and control systems as part of the approval process, according to Skyfly.

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Air Taxi Takeoff, Landing Getting Set for New York City

The operator of the 34th Street Heliport in New York City plans to upgrade the heliport to support eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicles.

Atlantic Aviation plans to install electric charging stations in time to align with early eVTOL vehicles in service, which could be as early as 2025.

The New York City’s Economic Development Corporation and the City of New York extended the concession agreement for heliport operations with Atlantic Aviation for five years.

The heliport operator is working with Beta Technologies, Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation to adapt the facility to the needs of the electric aerial vehicles (EAV), including takeoff, landing and electric charging.

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The 10 Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2025: Gartner

At its annual IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando this week, Gartner announced its top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025, with advances in artificial intelligence, IoT technologies and quantum computing all making the list. 

The event is being held at the Swan and Dolphin Resort welcoming 8,000 attendees, CIOs and senior leaders with 200 exhibitors. 

The consulting firm regularly details a list of what the technological road ahead looks like to give business technology leaders some idea of what to watch out for. 

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Flying Taxis Receive Final FAA Rules for Operating

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued its long-awaited final rules for flying and operating eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) air taxis.

The special federal aviation regulation (SFAR) defines the operational requirements, including minimum safe altitudes and required visibility.

This was the final missing piece before air taxis could start commercial operations in the U.S.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Discusses Leadership, Future of Generative AI

Wearing his trademark black leather jacket, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday delivered a highly anticipated keynote at Gartner’s IT Symposium/Xpo where he talked about a range of leadership topics.

Nvidia has experienced meteoric success with its graphics processing units (GPUs). Once thought of mainly as a processor to handle graphics intense workloads, like video games, it turned out that the high-performance units were also efficient tools for large language models (LLMs). The near overnight success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT after launching two years ago has created an arms race for companies to build GenAI platforms. Nvidia has profited well from that race, launching it to the top of the world’s most valuable companies.

CIOs were eager to hear from Huang about finding similar success. Hundreds of attendees lined up more than an hour before the doors to Huang’s keynote started opening.

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