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CPD: New policy prevented officers from breaking up Chitt Fest sooner
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Calls to 911 were made to Columbus Police dispatchers for more than four hours before officers broke up a large, destructive block party on Chittenden Avenue, NBC4 Investigates has learned. NBC4 Investigates requested 911 recordings from CPD stemming from the party known as Chitt Fest, which began the evening of April 17. …
A ‘pandemic drone’ and other technology could help limit the spread of coronavirus and ease restrictions sooner, but at what cost?
If you don’t feel comfortable signing up to the Government’s COVIDSafe tracking app, then you probably won’t be happy to hear about the pandemic drone. Key points: Software being developed at the University of South Australia in conjunction with Canadian drone manufacturer Draganfly could see drones used to monitor the health of people, including spotting …
GM Tests Trailer Brake Technology to Let Trucks with Trailers Stop Sooner
General Motors is testing a new trailer-braking system, saying it can reduce stopping distance up to 20 percent or 40 feet, the same stopping distance as a truck by itself at the same gross vehicle weight rating without a trailer. To do this, GM equips both trailer and truck with its eBoost braking system and …
A Massive Hunk Of Ice Will Reshape The World’s Coastlines Sooner Than We Thought
Thwaites Glacier’s outer edge. As the glacier flows into the ocean, it becomes sea ice and drives up sea level. NASA/James Yungel Global mean sea level has risen by about eight inches (20 cm) since 1900, with three of those inches coming in the last quarter century and coastal flooding becoming more common as result. …
Climate change: Should the UK’s 2050 target be sooner?
Image copyright Getty Images Over the next 31 years, we’re likely to be taking fewer flights, eating less meat, and using far less single-use plastic. That is, if the UK government is to achieve its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by 2050 – an ambitious plan that no other major nation …
