| Working Prototype for an Up-Down-Sideways Elevator System
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 Three years ago we covered ThyssenKrupp's development of an elevator that could go up, down and sideways. Elevator lines in the future, we wrote, would look less like a series of shafts and more like Pac-Man. Tom Scott was lucky enough to gain admittance to ThyssenKrupp's towering elevator testing facility, and here he shows you how their Multi elevator prototype actually works:
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| От террористов к террористам
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 Снимок трофейной бронемашины, отбитой игиловцами у иракской армии, появилось в Сети. Также добычей террористов стал еще один броневик, но уже не украинского производства (второе фото ниже). Прохунтовские издания сообщают скромно: "Ранее СМИ сообщали, что иракцы, получившие от Украины 88 новых БТР-4, смогли завести только 56 машин. А с места якобы тронулись лишь 34 из них. Госконцерн Укроборонпром выступил с опровержением этих сведений, отметив, что "в Ираке украинские БТР-4 продолжают успешно воевать против ИГИЛ и сегодня, а боевые машины неоднократно доказывали свою живучесть на поле боя"." Вот только правда в том, что заказано было еще при Ющенко 420 машин, а не 88. Контракт между Укрспецэкспортом и Ираком был заключен в 2009 году и являлся крупнейшей оружейной сделкой в истории "независимой Украины". Кроме 420 БТРов страна обязалась поставить танки и самолеты АН-32 на общую сумму 2,4 миллиарда долларов. Срока сделки неоднократно продлялись и уже после майдана иракцы разорвали контракт. Напомню, что ...
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| This isn't the 'clean coal' news Trump wanted during 'energy week'
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| Southern suspended costly work Wednesday on a flagship power plant in Mississippi that was meant to showcase technology to capture carbon dioxide from coal — sometimes called "clean coal." The Kemper plant, which has cost $7.5 billion so far, has been supplying customers with electricity by running on natural gas for three years, but its once-promising […] Related: EPA just gave notice to dozens of scientific advisory board members that their time is up A warming Antarctica will create new animal habitats. That could lead to some epic competition. Trump administration to propose repealing rule giving EPA broad authority over water pollution The ozone hole is slowly healing — but this chemical could delay its recovery by decades
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This isn't the 'clean coal' news Trump wanted during 'energy week'
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| Investors Are Calling on Mylan's Chairman and Director to Step Down
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| An investor group led by New York City's comptroller called for Mylan NV's myl Chairman Robert Coury and Director Wendy Cameron to step down, as part of a campaign against the firm's executive pay packages and high prices for an allergy treatment. More than a third of the investors voting at the generic drugmaker's annual meeting last week cast votes against Coury, while over half voted against Cameron--who heads Mylan's compensation committee, a letter reviewed by Reuters shows. "We believe Mylan's independent directors must act swiftly--or risk further erosion in shareowner confidence and value," the investors wrote in the letter to Mylan's independent directors. "Mylan's share price is already down nearly 50% since its April 2015 peak and the company remains under legal, regulatory and public scrutiny for its EpiPen pricing practices," they added in the letter. Mylan could not be immediately reached for comment. The company has been grappling with a growing backlash from U.S. consumers over the price ...
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