On the show noise as a stress factor. How harmful is noise to our house and what kind of effects can it have. And a sinking city bangkok is desperate for solutions to its flood problem. Traffic jams and backed up streets could be a thing of the past with self driving cars. With a computer at the helm they could smooth the traffic flow by up to 30 percent but it was official Intelligence Systems know whats going on around them. The also official Intelligence Systems that drives. Vehicles have to interpret what computer scientists call optical flow that is patterns of light in a visual scene to identify objects in the trajectories its crucial to optical flow systems get it right all the time. So do they. Thats what 3 researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and tubing and germany want to determine. This system represents the movement of an object in different colors in different degrees of brightness depending on the perceived direction and the speed its going in.
A pneumonia outbreak caused by the virus now countries across asia as well as the u. S. Are screening travelers arriving from the affected area. And the buddhist leader is back with a bang after the winter break all eyes on top of his new signing from norway could the boy wonder produce some magic in his debut match for that size to bring you all the action. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us after lebanese antigovernment protesters clashed with police in the countrys capital beiruts the government has called on the army to restore call military vehicles have been used to disperse the crowds earlier Police Used Tear Gas and Water Cannons against protesters who threw fireworks at police this is the latest flare up in some fried months of demonstrations against alleged government corruption and incompetence. I lets get more now joining me is a correspondent from our Beirut Bureau basile youre near the site of those protests in beirut just bring us up to date whats the situation right
A week of great. Also coming up fears that a deadly new virus could spread across china and abroad 2 people died in him only outbreak caused by the virus now countries across asia as well as the u. S. Are straining travelers arriving from the affected area and the moon is legal is back with a bang after the winter break all eyes were on jordans new signing from norway put the boy wonder produced some magic in his store front debut our sports team will bring you all the action. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us after lebanese antigovernment protesters clashed with police in the countrys capital beirut the government has called on the army to restore call military vehicles have been used to disperse the crowds. Earlier used tear gas and Water Cannons as you can see against protesters threw fireworks on police its the latest flare up in some 3 months of demonstrations against a lunch alleged government corruption and incompetence. Lets get more now joining me is d. Correspondent basi
In Southern Africa on a daily basis lets take a look at some film for tips from an initiative in botswana the Save Wildlife Conservation Fund how started a campaign to address the plight of the hip hop or thomass in the country more than a 100 hippos are fighting for survival they are crowded together in the few remaining waterholes on the hip prevents them from migrating and finding new ones food is cause so local people have been bringing heavy on water to the polluted water was to counter the damage from the drought crisis the number the aggressive on the most are so hungry that they will approach humans without a talking just to get something to eat. Shocking isnt it prolonged drought in Southern Africa is also threatening 45000000 people with hunger due to loss of harvests big cities may no longer have enough Drinking Water reservoirs drying up here comes up with some appalling fuck about the drought that has been revealed in the region for more than 2 years. A landscape devastate
Changing face of russia. The longest session of un climate talks ever held has come to an end in madrid. After an extra two days and nights of talks, all countries agreed to develop tougher carbon cutting plans in time for another major conference to be hosted next year by the uk in glasgow. The deal, seen as a compromise, has been criticised by the un secretary general as a lost opportunity. Our science editor David Shukman has the details. Were starting to get a little lost. We are kind of lost. 0k. Confusion and fatigue after the longest session of climate negotiations on record. We are a little confused about what documents are being discussed. The hope had been to speed up the fight against rising temperatures. Instead, the talks limped to a compromise that left many unhappy. Especially the island nations that fear for their futures. Im exhausted. Ifeel like much, much more could have been done. And im thinking about how im going to go home and explain that this was a really, real