This week. What do you think, should we go for a ride . I think we should. Lets go. Alasdair keane strapped into a truck with a difference. But how hard is it to power a 40 tonner by battery . You can start with lots of robots. It is quite mesmerising to watch. Love a robot. I know you do. Plus from ten wheels to do but how about a scooter powered by gas . We have also been overrun by rats this week, but ai has a solution in its sights. And there is something weird lurking in the water. Hey those are my toes you are talking about, and they were freezing. If you leave them in their long enough they will become numb. The real story here is we are exploring the depths by robots. The world of transport wants to go electric, but some vehicles are easier to electrify than others. While the Tech World is going mad for electric cars, biggervehicles are proving more difficult. The bigger and heavier they are, the bigger and heavier the batteries need to be. More than a quarter of Greenhouse Gas
Of battle. None were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. Its alleged that some patrols took the law into their own hands. Rules were broken. Stories concocted, lies told, and prison is killed. The Prime Minister of ethiopia says Government Troops are close to victory over local forces in the tikrit region. Its beginning to arrive at refugee camps in sudan for those who fled the violence. Thousands of crossed the border in the past 2 weeks. The number of coronavirus related deaths in the United States has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000. Infections are also rising with more than a 1000000 cases reported in just the past week. U. S. Drug firm says it will apply for emergency authorization for its Coronavirus Vaccine within days, pfizer says a late stage trials of its candidate showed it was 95 percent effective. An improvement on initial results published last week by a police in chile used water cannon
A very crucial age group because vaccines dont tend to work as well in older people because as we get older, our immune systems deteriorate. This vaccine is different from the other 2 that weve been reporting on because it is made from a weakened version of the common cold virus found in chimpanzees, which is then modified to make sure that it cannot grow in humans is given in 2 doses. And so far is reporting and 99 percent efficacy rate. All participants have been gente generating neutralizing antibodies that is knocking out the virus in their bloodstream with no reported side effects. Meanwhile, infections across africa have risen above 2000000, the world health organization. As one, the continent is moving towards a 2nd wave of itll be more than 48000 deaths in africa linked to covert 19 united nations. It says 30000, people have not crossed into so done from northern ethiopia. Theyre fleeing the ongoing violence between federal Government Forces and local fighters in the grey regio
The cdc is worried that small get togethers could turn into super spreaders. There are 88,000 people in the hospital with covid19 in the u. S. Thats a record according to the covid19 tracking project. The number of deaths yesterday topped 2100. The most since early may. And Johns Hopkins says the u. S. Has recorded 22 Straight Days of at least 100,000 daily cases. We have a reporter in washington. Health officials fear its going to get worse. Yes, tom. Because even though thanksgiving travel is way down this year over last, still, a Million People a day packed airports across the country last weekend. Many americans are scaling back thanksgiving this year. Were going to do a zoom call or face time. Well make some type of contact and, you know, give thanks just to be over the phone. Health Officials Say small gatherings are the biggest spreaders of the coronavirus. The risk is high for families. There is just no way to sugarcoat that. Still, triplea expects up to 50 million americans to