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Are airlines stopping flights to Middle East amid soaring tensions?

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Economy   来源:Future  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:Like many seabird species, puffins are listed as vulnerable to extinction on the global International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list, as they face pollution, food shortages and climate change.

Like many seabird species, puffins are listed as vulnerable to extinction on the global International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list, as they face pollution, food shortages and climate change.

For example, in Shanghai there isfor robots, where dozens of humanoid robots are learning to complete tasks.

Are airlines stopping flights to Middle East amid soaring tensions?

So how can US and European robot makers compete with that?Bristol-based Bren Pierce has founded three robotics companies and the latest, Kinisi has just launched the KR1 robot.While the robot has been designed and developed in the UK, it will be manufactured in Asia.

Are airlines stopping flights to Middle East amid soaring tensions?

"The problem you get as a European or American company, you have to buy all these sub-components from China in the first place."So then it becomes stupid to buy your motors, buy your batteries, buy your resistors, shift them all halfway around the world to put together when you could just put them all together at the source, which is in Asia."

Are airlines stopping flights to Middle East amid soaring tensions?

As well as making his robots in Asia, Mr Pierce is keeping costs down by not going for the full humanoid form.

Designed for warehouses and factories, the KR1 does not have legs.Cumbria has been hit by a number of wildfires this year as hot dry weather persists across the county.

Reintroducing native grazing breeds to landscapes can have multiple benefits, including reducing the risk of wildfires, according to Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.Ten Highland cattle and eight Exmoor ponies are being introduced to the Trent Valley in Derbyshire as part of a rewilding project intended to restore habitats and increase biodiversity.

The hope is their behaviour will mimic that of their ancestors, such as aurochs, elk and wild horses, creating so-called "mosaic landscapes" where wildlife can thrive.While the area has not been affected by recent wildfires, the trust says the animals' grazing habits can help create natural fire breaks in places more at risk.

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