Its geek versus geek as spen meets fry. And lots of people shout in a big tent. Summer is on the way and, well, it wouldnt be a british summer without a visit to a good Old Fashioned festival. No, not that one. Much better. Known as the town of books, hay on wye in wales is the location of the hay festival. Its a literary mecca, an annual gathering of artists, authors, daleks and, yep, even royals. Its even been called the woodstock of the mind by none other than former us president bill clinton. This year its the 30th hay festival, and the line up is pretty stellar. Well, for the second year in a row, weve been invited to share some of our favourite experiences and show off some really good tech, all in front of a real, Live Audience of actual people. What could possibly go wrong . A packed tent waited, all that we had to do was wow them applause we had robots falling over, experiments in Haptic Feedback and demos in binaural sound, but that was nothing compared to the climax a click
Its geek versus geek as spen meets fry. And lots of people shout in a big tent. Summer is on the way and, well, it wouldnt be a british summer without a visit to a good Old Fashioned festival. No, not that one. Much better. Known as the town of books, hay on wye in wales is the location of the hay festival. Its a literary mecca, an annual gathering of artists, authors, daleks and, yep, even royals. Its even been called the woodstock of the mind by none other than former us president bill clinton. This year its the 30th hay festival, and the line up is pretty stellar. Well, for the second year in a row, weve been invited to share some of our favourite experiences and show off some really good tech, all in front of a real, Live Audience of actual people. What could possibly go wrong . A packed tent waited, all that we had to do was wow them applause we had robots falling over, experiments in Haptic Feedback and demos in binaural sound, but that was nothing compared to the climax a click
Say dozens of civilians have been killed while fleeing a neighbourhood held by Islamic State fighters. Exactly how they died is not yet clear. But there have been reports of the militants targeting civilians attempting to escape the city. Iraqi Government Forces retook Eastern Mosul back injanuary. They began a new push this week to capture the remaining part held by Islamic State in the west. The latest fighting is focused on al zanjili which is near the river tigris. Alan johnston reports. They are escaping. They decided to gather their children and take their chancesin gather their children and take their chances in the streets of this war zone, Fleeing Neighbourhoods controlled by the militants. There was danger all around, from the militants and the attacking Government Forces and their us allies in aircraft overhead. Translation i went out to bring water from a nearby place. We were about 200 or 250 people, and a member of Islamic State walked amongst us. Minutes later, a plane s
0ur position is as long as the protocol, the technology for doing this kind of charging is the same, you can have a certain industry and a certain market behind, and there might be use cases. we also see tests, streets in germany, for example, for charging heavy trucks. we see, you know, pantograph systems for buses in certain areas. they are all based on the ccs technology. well, on that point, andre kaufung, general manager of charin, and the big boss of innos, great to have you with us. thanks for your time. thank you, aaron. gm, general motors. it s announced it s returning to europe with an all electric range. but the carmaker, it struggled in europe in the past, failing to make a profit in almost 20 years. so will its bold move into an all ev range mark the change? well, i ve been speaking to its european president. jaclyn mcquaid, a real pleasure having you on the show. let me start with this, because it s probably fair to say that general motors has struggled to find its niche
or perhaps even globally, so we can, well, we can make that anxiety a thing of the past? my personal, let s say view is, we need a certain number of fast charging and high power charging stations, let s say every 30 50km on a highway. and when i see a number is, what we see today, is a lot of times five, six, seven, eight outlets. and we need to double and to triple that, and that for every 50km. this gives long distance travelling a good customer experience. andre, earlier we heard about battery swapping. that s just one technology that s certainly changing the way we charge our cars. sweden, it s trialling e motorways. it will actually charge your car as you drive. i m wondering, could technologies like these lead to, well, lead to charging stations actually becoming a thing of the past? 0ur position is as long as the protocol, the technology