标题: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Sept 24, 2018 [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 9-27-2018 16:46 标题: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Sept 24, 2018 (1) Kyle Stock, Helping Driverless Cars Handle Snow, Sleet, and Fog.
("As things stand today, the driverless car of the future, a robot that's supposed to navigate complex traffic scenarios, can't handle more than a light dusting of snow. In Boston, where autonomous test vehicles have been on the road since last year, snow has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles, rivaled only by the swarm of local seagulls. To get the birds to make way, engineers programmed [British English for both noun and verb is programme while American English for both is program; etymology: Modern French noun masculine programme, ultimately from Ancient Greek programma: Meriam-webster,com] a little forward move that seems to startle them. Snow days have proven tougher to deal with. 'Snow not only alters the vehicle's traction but also changes how the vehicle's cameras and sensors perceive the street,' concluded a recent report by the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Even the best self-driving machines still struggle with inclement weather, be it sleet, rain, even fog")
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(a) summary underneath the title in print: Startup WaveSense says its radar system can solve one of the more serious -- and mundane self-driving problem
(b) Print and online version is somewhat different. However, there is no need to read the rest (the quotation is paragraph 1 in print).
(c) WaveSense's sensors are radars that are "bolted underneath the chassis * * * [and] can scan 10 feet beneath the [road] surface." I think it is silly.
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(a) summary underneath the title in print: Jay Powell works the halls of Congress to protect the central bank against a mercurial president
(b) Print and online version are identical. But read paragraph 1 only, for the rest is not worthy.
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(a) summary underneath the title in print: Florence's record rains highlight an innovative buyout program that removed the risk to hundreds of flood-prone homes
(b) Print and online version are identical.
(c) This report is interesting. But a couple of years back, the same magazine reported that in Louisiana, homeowners elevated their houses with stilts. This report does not say whether stilts can be done in Charlotte.
(d) Charlotte, North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina
(the most populous city in that state [whose capital is Raleigh]: 2010 census 731,000; corporate headquarters of Bank of America; has a humid subtropical climate)
Quote: "Charlotte was named in honor of German princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who had become [through marriage] the Queen Consort of [George III (reign 1760-1820)] in 1761, seven years before the town's incorporation.
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(a) summary underneath the title in print: Remote villages near extinction are becoming hotels, wooing travelers with one-of-a-kind rooms and intimate restaurants
(b) Print and online version are identical. But read paragraph 1 only, and then view photos. I like Japanese stuff, so I do read the vignette for "Nipponia."
(c) Sasayama Castle Town Hotel NIPPONIA https://www.sasayamastay.jp/en/
(i) Sasayama Castle 篠山城 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasayama_Castle (in Sasayama, Hyōgo 兵庫県 篠山市)
("Ōshoin 大書院 (Grand Hall) * * * was destroyed during" WWII)
(ii) However, the ja.wikipedia.org says 大書院 was lost due to 失火. Indeed it is the case -- not because of US firebombing.
(iii) The capital of Hyogo Prefecture is Kobe 神戸市.