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TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — A distribution and storage management company in Japan, where the population is ageing faster than any other country in the world, has introduced a robotic harness called a Power Assist Suit to support their older employees. Over half of the nearly 100 employees working at Ueda Group’s distribution center in the country’s biggest industrial region, Kawasaki, are in their 40s and 50s, the company said, and their jobs require them to […]
ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) — Designing a new building can be a laborious and costly task, and getting a clear idea of how the interior spaces will look can be tricky. Swiss-based researchers founded the company Inspacion to remove this uncertainty with a virtual reality (VR) platform that allows users to step inside the design before it has been built. They say it could be particularly useful when the layout of a room is vital to […]
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) — A young industrial designer says her newly designed bracelet, which is activated by a unique ‘panic grip,’ could replace unwieldy panic buttons used by the elderly in their homes. Hanne Pålsson developed the bracelet as her Master’s thesis project at Lund University in southern Sweden. The bracelet includes a built-in mobile phone and GPS system and doesn’t require a base station. The user can program it with up to seven phone […]
Reuters — Colorado-based start-up Boom Supersonic is hoping to compete with the major airline companies by developing a new supersonic passenger jet. If successful, their supersonic airliner will fly 2.6 times faster than any other aircraft on the market today. Hitting speeds up to 1,451 miles per hour, the planes could reduce typical New York to London flight times of seven hours to little more than three hours. Boom is aiming to test their XB-1 […]
by Martin Parry Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail”, a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest living structure on Earth and its economic and social value was calculated for the first time in the Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef […]
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, United States (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday (June 25) carrying 10 communications satellites to low-Earth orbit, the company said on its website. “This is the second set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch,” it said in a statement. The launch is for Iridium, a provider of voice and data communications. […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US social media giant Facebook launched a campaign in Britain on Friday to counter the spread of online extremism following warnings from Prime Minister Theresa May after four terror attacks in three months. Facebook said it would seek to educate charities and other organisations on how to fight hate speech, in the wake of recent terror attacks in Belgium, Britain and France. The Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI) will act […]
SRIHARIKOTA, India (Reuters) — India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into space on Friday, several of them for European countries looking for high-resolution earth images, underlining its strength as a low-cost provider of services in space. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched a 712 kg Cartosat-2 satellite for earth observation and 30 other tiny satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 9.29 a.m. (0359GMT). The rocket is carrying satellites from India and […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Subsidizing the purchase of electric cars in Canada is an inefficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that is not cost effective, according to a Montreal Economic Institute study released Thursday. “It’s just a waste,” said Germain Belzile, one of the authors of the study, which examined electric vehicle subsidies offered by Canada’s two biggest provinces Ontario and Quebec, which can rise to as much as a third of a vehicle’s […]
By Ace Ramirez EBC Washington D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News) – Whether it’s a chilly winter day or a hot summer night, the historic neighborhood of Georgetown is mesmerizing. The cobbled streets will take you back in time. Colorful Victorian houses lined up are silent witnesses to the history of this neighborhood. The shops and entertainment are constant reminders that boredom is not an issue here. These are just some of the charms of […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK, NY (Eagle News) – The heat was on Tuesday evening along Fifth Avenue between East 82nd-105th streets for the 38th annual Museum Mile Festival. New York City’s biggest block party was held from 6 to 9pm where seven museums along the Museum Mile trip offered free admission to the public. Participating museums included the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Neue Galerie New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, […]
By Joanne Blanco Soriano EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK, NY (Eagle News) – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, one of the leading institutions of modern and contemporary art in the world, is presenting an extensive and unprecedented selection of Filipino films from June 1 through June 25. “A New Golden Age: Contemporary Philippine Cinema,” showcases films from 2000 to the present in what is considered to be the third […]
