‘AI can help shipping industry cut emissions by 47 mn tonnes every year’
18 Jun
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‘AI can help shipping industry cut emissions by 47 mn tonnes every year’

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Technology tamfitronics Shipping, responsible for moving about 90 per cent of global trade, contributes nearly 3 per cent to the world's carbon dioxide emissions. (Representative Image)The global commercial shipping industry could cut down its carbon emissions by 47 million tonnes per year by deploying artificial intelligence for sea navigation, a study by autonomous shipping startup Orca AI showed on Tuesday.The use of the technology could reduce the need for maneuvers and route deviation from close encounters with high-risk marine targets such as vessels, buoys and sea mammals by alerting the crew in real time, according to the report.WHY IT IS IMPORTANTShipping, responsible for moving about 90 per cent of global trade, contributes nearly 3 per cent to the world's carbon dioxide emissions. This share is anticipated to rise in the coming years unless stricter pollution...
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The Scourge of Self-Checkout
18 Jun
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The Scourge of Self-Checkout

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Technology tamfitronics If you feel like everything keeps getting worse and your quality of life is increasingly compromised by annoyances great and small, I’ll wager that started in the early 2000s, around the time retailers introduced self-checkouts on a wide scale. The checkout has long been embedded in our retail model. You pick your goods from the shelves and visit a cashier who rings them up. You pay. You leave. With a drive to cut costs following the 2001 recession, supermarket chains began implementing self-checkout lanes in the United States and, soon after, in Canada. The technology promised a faster, more convenient experience for the shopper and, of course, labour savings for the retailer. In the process, retail giants shifted the checkout burden from employee to consumer. You still had to collect your bread, milk,...
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Production training space keeps Manitobans on the leading edge of media
18 Jun
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Production training space keeps Manitobans on the leading edge of media

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Technology tamfitronics Posted June 17, 2024 8:30 pmUpdated June 17, 2024 9:10 pm2 min read 1:58Production training space keeps Manitobans on the leading edge of mediaA production stage and training facility in downtown Winnipeg, is continuing to showcase what's now possible in the realm of tv, film, and video game production in the province. Drew Stremick reportsExtended reality is the combination of physical and digital production elements simultaneously during TV, film, and video game productions.StudioLab xR in Winnipeg, is one of four training facilities for extended reality in Canada. Established by New Media ManitobaStudioLab xR senior manager Jonathan L has high hopes for its applications going into the future.“This stuff doesn’t exist anywhere else in the province right now,” explained L. “So by having access to all this incredible technology, and the...
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