Can we store the energy from lightning?
Every second of the day, Mother Nature puts on a spectacular show with an average of around 100 lightning bolts striking the Earth's surface.
Nov 22, 2022
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News tagged with strike
Robotics
Robot umpires are coming to baseball. Will they strike out?
Baseball fans know the bitter heartbreak of calls that don't go their way—especially, a ball that should've been a strike. And, with advances in technology including computer vision, artificial intelligence, and the ubiquity ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Automotive
Tesla's Musk says fallout from Sweden strike 'insane'
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk broke his silence Thursday on a strike against his company in Sweden, saying it was "insane" that it may block new car deliveries.
Nov 23, 2023
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Business
German union vow new Lufthansa strike 'in coming days'
A German cabin crew union said on Thursday it would call a fresh strike at Lufthansa "in the coming days", raising the spectre of travel chaos during the busy end-of-year holiday season.
Dec 26, 2019
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Business
Hundreds of flights axed as German airport staff strike
Tens of thousands of travelers faced flight delays and cancelations Friday as workers at eight airports in Germany went on strike for better pay.
Feb 17, 2023
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Robotics
What is a strike in baseball? Robots, rule book and umpires view it differently
The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't match the one mapped out in the rule book.
Jul 10, 2023
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Robotics
Robo-umps are coming to Major League Baseball, and the game will never be the same
The Houston Astros' use of cameras to steal signs and conceivably cheat to win the World Series has driven many recent conversations about the place and meaning of technology in sports. The Major League Baseball season is ...
Jun 1, 2020
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9/11's legacy of drone warfare has changed how we view the military
In October 2001, nearly one month after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, a US Air Force pilot made history as the first person to conduct a lethal strike with a modern drone—the Predator.
Sep 7, 2021
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Automotive
US auto strike expands with 7,000 more workers joining
Another 7,000 members of the biggest US automobile workers' union on Friday joined its already major strike against the country's "Big Three" Detroit car manufacturers.
Sep 29, 2023
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Automotive
Swedish union widens strike for Tesla workers
Sweden's metalworkers union said Friday that it was expanding its strike against Tesla, a week after mechanics walked off the job over the electric carmaker's refusal to sign a collective wage agreement.
Nov 3, 2023
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