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takes the next step protection for our planet's biological diversity trailblazing projects. d w dot com slash global i.d.s. . the robots are coming at the consumer electronics show in las vegas artificial intelligence takes center stage but is the technology ready to enter the mainstream just yes l.g.'s presentation off the new. kitchen that fell flat on its face. and planned obsolescence all money spent upright said apple's battery trick that the company. also. stick micro beads our

money is spent for the cosmetics industry but those profits will be going down the drain as british the british are banning their use time to follow the brits on this one europe. this is the w. business i'm going to office work on robots and smart gadgets are said to take over our homes at least that's the impression you get if you visit c s in las vegas the world's largest consumer electronics show robots to clean your house do your shopping fold your laundry even while doing your makeup looks like the future has finally arrived it's all about progress at the c.e.'s one hundred seventy thousand visitors from around the world are getting updates on the high tech that could soon be transforming our lives self driving cars from china smart bathrooms where network mirrors scan faces and often make up tips gigantor mania in the electronic entertainment sector the wall t.v.

is true to its name offering a three me to twenty screen. robots could soon be joining the family voice or smartphone operated this butler brings drinks or hooves the floor paradise beckons. you can all your family members. or off to your home they can take the car turning. look no hands at the airport tomorrow a suitcase follows its owner like a trusty dog. intelligent working boots sound the alarm when there whereas an accident but they also provide data on work activities dozens if you need it's definitely a festival of technological progress we germans are known to have a few doubts about it because of the data collection and things like that but that's not an issue here instead there's an attitude of can do it and worry about the dangers later on and i'm with my not fold the maids makers say could soon be doing the family laundry inside four minutes consumers will have to decide

themselves of all this tech really is an upgrade in living standards. that would be certainly for me and it's going to be wonderful that future which seems to be just around the corner but is it really because when l.g. electronics david fond of all introduced algy's shiny new home robot lowy to an international audience at c.s. this happened chloe am i ready on my washer and cycle even robots have bad days chloe what's for dinner tonight ok chloe is not going to talk to me chloe doesn't like me evidently it looks like we should use the chicken chloe are you talking to me yeah what recipes could i make with chicken ok we're going to search recipes

and we're going to. look like someone else here is not very worried about his professional future and it's not chloe the robot and it's good that we have a bit old fashioned and send a real human being to report from c.s. and that's carolina chinmoy who's joining us now from las vegas carolina doesn't that incident illustrate that all the promises of salvation by proponents of artificial intelligence just a bit premature and the technology just isn't there yet. thank you for comparing me with robert indeed well the sea as is a lot about about showing about lights and colors reminds me a bit of car now it's like every every with wants to catch your attention and with the latest technologies they are showing at least here at the central hall where i'm standing right now this is normally very very very crowded right now it's quite

empty because it's not open any more to the public but normally you can't even walk around here in the central hall and this is where the biggest companies have their booth because they also have the bad to have their booth here and as i told you it's a lot about catching your attention that's what they try to make here at central home. what about the calls there are more and more are being presented. for the market well the tunnels mobility is definitely one of the main parts and the most important consumer technologies this year here at the c.s. whether it's about sales of driving cars or cell flying helicopters but i don't really think this might be realistic to see in the next years on the streets because it always depends on regulation some politics at the end and for example politics and regulations about traffic this is very restricted in europe and so the things that you show you in suffering cars and or helicopters seem to be very

futuristic very interesting and very nice to see but i don't really would say that it is realistic. did you see anything that's both useful and i mean actually useful and. something you would buy. i did get at and i saw it in your recap park that is the name of a home made for the start ups exclusively for a sat ups that means they don't have that much budget to have a booth like the ones you can see around here but they do have very good ideas i saw a suitcase where you can actually pack your things inside and transport them from one part to the other but you can also move the suitcase like to a horizontal position and sit on the suitcase and use it as a scooter an electronic scooter and so this one seems to be very useful and i think

i could really need one of these during the next days here at the c.s. . we've all long suspected it's high tech products all seem to have a built in break down day they always seem to malfunction just when the warranty has expired don't they it's called planned obsolescence and it's frankly annoying and france prosecutors are now investigating epson for making its printer cartridges break and apple who has admitted to deliberately slowing down older i phones via their regular software updates allegedly to preserve battery life. it's no fun when your i think grinds to a halt now french consumer protection organization h o p is taking action after surveying over two and a half thousand apple customers a chippy has launched a criminal complaint against the company it accuses the us of deliberately slowing

old gadgets down to boost sales of the next generation it's called plans obsolescence an industry city i find uses a not happy. you know world they were forced to see at least three four years or think. what happened to your i phone six it's very slow. to sarah. to find anything so very very slow to try to find that if it happens to be true that apple did this it's very bad it's not to get it's really done to program obsolescence but they i've become addicted to i phones and bought another one when mine was stolen you know you want to french prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into apple in france deliberately shortening a product's life is considered fraud and can be punished severely apple has denied planning obsolescence but it is now offering customers a discount on battery replacement for a limited time. to the us now where. stub planning

a joint car factory in the state of alabama sources told the a.p. news agency the factory will employ four thousand people and produce three hundred thousand vehicles per year for. announcement by company and state officials is expected later today the car maker's plans could give u.s. president donald trump a political boost he had criticized toyota for selling cars that were not made in america but about half of the ota sold in the u.s. are manufactured there actually by contrast in the u.s. are currently imports. the u.k. recently introduced a so-called lotsa levy to curb the use of plastic waste associated with the take away coffee now the british government has banned the use of microscopic plastic beads they're used as a braces and health and beauty products sold by multinational companies including l'oreal johnson and johnson and colgate palmolive but these microscopic plastic beads go down household drains and towards supplies and go down the food chain

ending up in all of us. in this ocean lies an invisible threat might create be the plastic particles can be found in face crops toothpastes and shower gel and a deadly for marine life but now the u.k. is taking action the country has banned the manufacturing of products containing micro beets and will stop sales later this year it marks a move beyond regulating plastic packaging on the outside to managing the use of non degradable plastics as actually agree with in products. we've recommended the latter a levy because of the on recyclability of coffee cups we've also recommended that producers who make whole to recycle products hauled mixed paper and plastic products should be forced to pay more for them. there are many biodegradable replacements for plastic micro beefs but they are mostly found in the more expensive brands. we've got a head which we use and it's

a little bit more expedient saying and we've got ground rice powder which we use in all facial scrubs as well and the benefits of these because we can never use plastic that will biodegradable if they break down in the oceans they don't get into the food chain and we don't end up eating them for the bond could also mean future changes for companies who make cleaning products due to the widespread use of micro beads. now that's it for me in the business team here in berlin i'll have an update for you in the next hour. but before you go here's a real time check on global markets at this hour i'm going to have a symbol in thanks for watching bob.

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