that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through. i didn t even notice that, but the camera did. as cars get ever more powerful and ever more numerous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final stages of developing the first average female crash test dummy. so, what happens to a woman s body during a crash? shona mccallum has been to linkoping in sweden to fi
mr biden accused the former president donald trump, and his supporters, of undermining democracy and fuelling anger and violence. now on bbc news, click. this week we re guarding against danger and disaster. shiona is in sweden to put the first average female crash test dummies through their paces. whoa! 0k. i m ready to be rescued right now. that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then, from cold and wet to hot and dry, laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alerts come through. i didn t even notice - that but the camera did. as cars get ever more powerful and ever more numerous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians. but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety te
against danger and disaster. shona is in sweden to put the first average female crash test dummies through their paces. whoa! 0k! i m ready to be rescued right now! that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through. i didn t even notice that, but the camera did. as cars get ever more powerful and ever more numerous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final st
it hopes that by experiencing the metaverse first hand it ll be better equipped to police it. and finally, scientists at the national university of singapore say they ve created the world s first interactive mouthguard. the smart mouth guard lets individuals with limited hand function control smartphones, computers and wheelchairs by translating bite patterns into instructions. the open water, the last place you want to get into difficulties. last year, lifeguards from the royal national lifeboat institution rescued more than 3,000 swimmers in distress off the coast of the united kingdom. however, tragically, there were still over 100 accidental fatalities in coastal waters in 2021. but what if there was a way to get to swimmers in trouble even faster without lifeguards even having to set foot in the sea? well, here in southern
we have got robots out on lakes patrolling the water for microplastics and bringing them back to the lab. and it s going to support an ongoing programme of making the water cleaner. into the metaverse now, where interpol is looking to catch the next generation of criminals. the global policing organisation has announced it will be training officers in its own virtual world. it hopes that, by experiencing the metaverse first hand, it will be better equipped to police it. and finally, scientists at the national university of singapore say they have created the world s first interactive mouthguard. the smart mouth guard lets individuals with limited hand function control smartphones, computers and wheelchairs by translating bite patterns into instructions. the open water, the last place you want to get into difficulties. last year, lifeguards from the royal national lifeboat institution rescued more than 3,000 swimmers in distress off the coast of the united kingdom.