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Venice test brings up floodgates for first time
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe testing of 78 mobile floodgates was hailed as a success For the first time a system of 78 mobile floodgates has been tested in Venice, after years beset by delays and corruption. The 1.5km (one-mile) Mose system of yellow dams was a “powerful project that has …
How new translation technology is opening financial floodgates around the world
Money talks, and soon it will be easier to understand. Language barriers can hinder international commerce, but that problem is increasingly being solved by machine-based translation programs, which are becoming sophisticated enough to enable people in different countries to communicate as if they spoke the same language. Lily Chen, a sales manager with electronic-forklift company …
