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Pars Robot
The Pars robot is an Iranian drone designed to rescue people from drowning. Pars was developed by Amin Rigi and Amir Tahiri at RTS Lab, a lab working on novel robotic innovations for increasing life safety and living conditions. The drone is an Aerial robot which is designed and made for saving human lives. The first purpose of developing this robot is rescuing people drowning near coastlines. By improving its applications, it can be used in ships and off shore relief stations. It can also be used in other applications such as real-time monitoring of marine and off shore structures. Its price in 2015 is $9,185. History A prototype of the robot was tested at the Caspian sea August 2013. Different aspects of the robot were successfully tested in a seven-day period. The efficiency of the robot was better when a competition was made between the robot and a lifeguard, in which the robot delivered a life tube to a victim who was 75 meters from the beach in 22 seconds, while the lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
