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from unusual materials. sacred spaces that through the lens of french photographer tivo fire me. well 1st we kick off this special edition with a swiss landscape for tar 1st stuff on for star who heads out into nature sometimes for weeks on end to get the perfect shot he uses both his camera and a drone to capture images of pristine landscapes without trying to optimize them with filters now while many of the places are recognizable 1st star tries to keep some of the locations secret here's why. images of iceland greenland and the faroe islands taken from a drone. by photographer and camera man stephan

foster he sets out to capture nature's finest moments. of modern art in my images and film productions trying to show people the world the way it was before humans can't fold them and how it will be after a human kind of image and the way it should actually stay with human kind this is from egypt very very important to you to show nature completely and blemished to talk. for i get almost. the northern lights over icebergs in southern greenland. flamingos after a storm in the highlands of chile. foster spends about 7 months a year on photo safaris. i was a bit misty lied to far when people ask me how to make a beautiful landscape photo or create a great atmosphere and my answer is always the same gloss and more often you come to a place the better you get to know it and the better your chances are of being able

to capture that special picture and that's the civic malazan the small names. stefan foster on a hike near his hometown vienna in eastern switzerland to him experiencing nature means sensing himself as part of it something that fascinated him even as a boy. thank you to munch up and all to up to it i think everyone has some place where they're totally happy. for me that place begins when the door closes behind the ball i can walk out into the words like you slide some point the words were replaced by iceland i actually started walking across a day and only because my camera long to record my memories cuts how i got started with the target i wish mayo it's more a byproduct of my love for nature. it's who i'm up to all. the renowned photographer strives to reveal the beauty of the world around unadulterated if

possible you may use filters on occasion and process his images but he refuses to manipulate the colors. the rocky mountains in canada. and back to iceland again in particular devon fossa is attracted to the rugged landscapes of the high north he returns to them again and again. he's devoted an entire photo book to the region nordic islands with images from over 80 trips to greenland norway the faroes and of course iceland. he selected 160 images out of some 600004 the volume not in easy

task. for me she stressed me still shooting at this isn't the best part of the work for me is that all since the best part is being outdoors and i've always been that way and i'm fairly unemotional tylox the door to my office and my studio and switch my cellphone to the white rose and then i look through all the shots bam bam bam bam look i don't spend much time evaluating that i'm beat if an image doesn't jump out at me right away it's gone up to spec. these days fausta shoots about 40 percent of his photos from a drone his aerial images appear in international documentaries the flying camera has the added advantage of not leaving any tracks on iceland's most for instance. if you know if you saw flesh it takes many of these lichens and losses in the north decades or even centuries to grow and if i come along in my heavy hiking boots and

90 kilos of weight and walk on the course everything would get destroyed cellists. the photographer knows all too well that in many places the pristine nature he's looking for no longer exists it's been altered and often endangered by human activity foster concedes his photos to appeal to our emotions as ms mitchell post the feelings they evoke don't have to only be positive off the air maybe a little sadness and melancholy makes sense all things must pass and nature shows us that it's all too well. off and stephanie foster explores yet untouched regions in search of film and photo motifs. keeps the exact location secret so as not to attract tourists. he considers that an obligation to show the beauty of our planet and how much he needs protecting.

say cheese as you know and that is the typical phrase we use 1st smiling when taking a picture while british photographer brendan berry perhaps took this thing too literally he builds his own cameras using all kinds of materials but perhaps the most interesting and unique one is out of cheese but how good is the photo quality of a so-called cheese camera well that is something we had to see for ourselves. and she's camera. telephone box camera. and it can take camera old built by british photographer brendan barry let's start with a cheese. grater and barry teaches photography in exeter in southwestern england. but he's more interested in the process than in the fashion is themselves. so he

builds his own cameras with all possible and impossible material. today a camera made of cheese. one thing i like to do. is kind of play with people's preconceptions an understanding of what cameron is and what it can do. when you make a camera of a block of something that people don't usually expect they respond. to the camera so obviously in a different way but also the pictures that you take whether. it's trying to easy to build the camera like this but it's not so easy on the net. a frame for the light sensitive paper is screwed to one side of the hunted up block of cheese and then this is twisted into the have assigned and one of. the light passes through the lens and hits the photographic paper which can then be defended

. oh it was stressed out. after just 2 hours of slicing and placing the cheese cameras ready for a potential session brendan barry uses all her right from develops itself 3. the film or using is out of date right now they start making about 10 years ago i've kept my fridge since then which we're using today so the effects could be all over the place. and lego camera an accordion camera along camera and so on and so full. even converted an entire camp and equipped it with a darkroom. today brandon barry's taking his camper camera for a little drive through the country side. of the car. came on i thought well

if i can just be inside the camera and have a dark room inside as well. then i could take my dog. car anyway and sort of being in a store space which was the. everywhere else could be the. final preparations for a fashion shoot with his mobile cell camera. so light is pouring through this lens and projecting the outside world inside upside down if i move this focal point further closer away from the lens you see how different things come into focus. it's the same place in barre positions the model and they're ready to shoot tiny bit too right. prospect

so long for the moment. turn the lights off close the lens. kind of thing suppose graph paper around in the pitch. and a time to sports. will make an exposure by opening and closing lines one. 3rd. he puts the 1st right through the 1st inside the camp and does the rest outside. it's incredible it's really nice we pose something interesting it's incredible photographs. even a telephone box can become a camera and then it is already planning to repurpose many other objects to. owners of boats camera one day. a double decker bus submarine because like but using the periscope as a camera. so are. his camera concepts may sound rather

eccentric. but they do show a new perspective on photography. they produce unbelievable images. designing and building churches has probably always been one of the most challenging feats in architecture . is from france and the devoted churchgoer although not so much because he's religious he visits them as a travelling for torah for and is always on the lookout for new motifs. for me it's definitely the architecture and the power of this modern architecture through the 20th century. they always have a central point of view and that the churches are always empty. so

my goal is are just to create this sort of. feeling so that people can you know immerse themselves in the architecture. books were a seeks out modern churches around the world for his photo series sacred spaces. like notes from them to try in paris it's original it's different from anything you could have seen and also it has this visual impact with the difference of materials with the you know the wood the steel the lighting is very very interesting and ever it represents the. you know the workers of that era so it also has a very emotional. impact i think on the whole neighborhood. this perspective presents the architecture in the best possible light. and yeah you see in this one what's really beautiful is that the pillars are you

know all aligned so you really want them to be you know popping out of the photo so in that way you know the architecture speaks for itself there is no destructions it's always the same the same angle and when you put them all you know next to each other they're all very different but you get a cohesive. feeling of you know all the different churches. tivo portrays lives in paris he discovered his passion for modern churches 4 years ago since then he's photographed 36 of them in europe and asia. the most difficult part is finding them. because. when you start the series basically you start from 0 and there is a few that are kind of famous but most of them are not so it's it's mainly finding all the all the churches in the remote spaces so you would maybe never passed by

and you would actually not imagine what this is like maybe offices but not really. maybe a museum. this is notre dame to large to learn young a-q. shaped church on the outskirts of paris. to bo's approach is always the same he looks around chooses a point of view and takes a single shot. that's it. at home he makes only minor corrections to the image most of the work is already done chemo is actually an interior designer and for him photography is just a hobby. yes his photo series have attracted attention around the globe. since 2015 probably has also been taking pictures of libraries around the world. this photo series is his most famous work to date.

it's a specific space that everybody understands you know libraries or churches everybody's been there at least once in their lives. and they were made for a specific reason and so what i really find interesting how these architects have you know created. you know these different buildings but with the same the same purpose. one of his favorite churches is no to a dom do not sell it in paris he feels that the round concrete structure emanates a sense of tranquility. i guess i'm a pretty cool guy i mean i like it when i'm alone in these spaces because you actually get to experience the architecture in a very different way you know. it's just but it seems like it's been built just for you when you're there and you can witness it for you know however you perceive it. and in the photos people can imagine themselves and in the picture.

people point to his photo series sacred spaces a testament to faith in the power of modern architecture. when you take pictures of food you want to get people's mouths watering but one spanish for target for is targeting different emotions and her images make us look twice now they are collaterally compose works of art rich in color and whimsical ideas well food still plays a key role in her work but not as you might expect. split up the word breakfast and this is what you might end up with. these images are from tessa donna gets photo series break fast. the spanish photographer takes foods an ordinary objects and uses them to produce

extraordinary pictures. if you need any that last 3 woods i can use to describe my work. particularly at the end up said. we have sort of. efforts result in sue real compositions like an egg being shot with ammunition. pancakes cooked with a minor rather than a frying pan. today taking photos to advertise a shopping mall in madrid as the campaign's creative director she's to produce for images that will grace posters and appear on social media don't because photos have little in common with plastic food photography. provided the one day i'm ok sit up straight and show how much you like the shoe. that will go on out there in my kitchen is the i mean the food usually looks

a little out of playing sports as eve never seen it before in a way yes. they got enough it's been taken out of context and they say it overtly staged. for it or here we have a model i you know i know fashion and a campaign there that deals with it but in a playful way. discovered have a passion for photography and film while she was studying art in 2015 she founded her own agency she shoots commercials and produces for 2 series for magazines. national colors and minimalist composition all her trademarks and food is her favorite subject sometimes eccentric sometimes provokingly stage the biggest challenge is to make it look fresh and perfect. in may not a well for a photo of the perfect day is one that shines as a nice color and isn't overcooked. of course we edit the pictures later but in

general the glossy and fulla the bags are. just photographing the sandwich would be too simple instead. formed into nail polish because i'm usually stories are guaranteed to attract attention. and it has been the best i have static azing patches are a dime a dozen are the incidents one of them that you hear so a lot again today everyone has a smartphone and takes photos that are getting at so it's become harder to tell a funny story or set yourself apart from the crowd around. whether respect 1st lunch or dinner the dawn of those photos will leave you hungry for more. when you think of the alps normally images of hiking or skiing come to mind when german for tog refer stuff on head for goes out into the mountains he's looking for

something completely different he's fascinated by abandoned buildings or so-called lost splay says his photos cannot save them from decay but at least he can preserve their memory. ruins in deserted places have always held a magical fascination for people. they make us wonder who once lived in them and what happened to them. stephan healthfully explores places like this with his friend felix who said in the accent of their histories. you're the soup i'm perfect here you can clearly see the roof is caved in the windows are broken it's essence of the planet or is crumbling from the walls this is all together it makes for some beautiful photos.

the tooth. built in the 1920 s. it served as a summer camp it's almost as if we can still hear the children laughing and playing who spent their summer vacations here until the late night teen seventy's 2. if most of them didn't i want my pictures to reflect what i feel when i enter places like this it's a little scary i get a queasy feeling or hearts pounding i get a shot of adrenaline that's exactly this feeling i'd like to reproduce in light and shade i want people to see that in the photos in the story i shouldn't even legal it but rather have more atmosphere like an landscape photography shot this question . carefully travels the world as a professional landscape photographer he brings back images like this one of the grand canyon and the jungles of hawaii many of his pictures have won awards

he's widely recognized as one of the world's leading landscape photographers. heavily has been fascinated by abandoned houses since childhood she's published his discoveries in a book of photos. once splendid villas. first world war bunkers. hidden chapels. and factories where no machine has operated for decades. and. he doesn't say exactly where he finds the abandoned buildings so they won't be overrun by visitors also many of these buildings are indicate and hazardous and most are hard to reach.

but a graph in my landscape. if something were to happen if someone broke afford to research brain dead ankle it's safer but i'm lucky that it's never happened to me no major injuries but it's better to have a good pair along those able to help you. finding motifs takes some effort and detective work one of her family's methods is to scan satellite photos on the internet. here you can see the places abandoned doesn't even have a roof. it can be just that simple reality is if it's harder you can browse certain blogs on the subject and you can find a lot so those that still intact roof center still nice on the inside and there's nothing more to see here or you happen to pass them by going to find something my chance. steffen have allays photos document traces of civilization that time is gradually erasing. his works are

a kind of monument to abandoned place says. our that we come to the end of this special edition on the fascinating world of fred tiger fee but before we go just a quick reminder to follow us on social media or check out our website for more information about the show for me and the rest of us here in berlin as always thanks for watching we'll see you again soon.

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this is news live from russian police crackdown once more on supporters of jailed kremlin critic. they make thousands of arrests as protesters rally across the country for a 2nd straight weekend to demand his release of his wife yulia in. among those detained also coming up portugal's covered 19 crisis takes a turn for the worst with deaths and infection soaring we'll look at how germany and austria plan to help. and hope for hong kong citizens unwilling to live under chinese rule the u.k. opens a new visa scheme offering millions the chance to gain british citizenship london says it has a moral duty to the people of hong kong. a

michael welcome to the program we begin in russia where 4 and a half 1000 people have been arrested during a 2nd week of nationwide anti-government protests nearly 1500 were detained in the capital moscow including the wife of opposition leader last day. demonstrators gathered near the prison where he is being held but protests also took place right across russia this sunday from siberia to the east to st petersburg in the west of the knees arrest earlier this month has brought to a head tensions over corruption and a lack of democracy in russia as our correspondent found out on the streets today. in a political battle for used to being told what to do big controlled but young people used to organizing them so that's why i came here today because i want to thank him

what is happening in my country and watch him go ready it's a disgrace. they've stolen everything from us. i live near oil and gas fields and they're just standing is all. i mean i have a 2 year old son the stays in power for the next 16 years since he's climbing through there my son will grow up with him and i don't think anything will come of it for newsgroups did correspondent emily sure when said demonstrators were determined to gather despite a huge police presence authorities in moscow tried their best to prevent these protests today from happening at all there was a huge police presence on the ground in moscow and the authorities had blocked off a huge chunk of the center of the city rerouting buses and closing metro stations but what we saw today was kind of like a cat and mouse game between the police and protesters and it was kind of

unprecedented i like seeing the team was coordinating the movement of protesters via the social media platform telegram and every time police blocked off one spot in the city they would tell protesters to move somewhere else now there were somewhat flee fewer protesters on the streets of moscow today than there were last week at mass protests but people seemed just as determined not to go home despite the huge police presence and they told me that this protest is not so much about alexina himself even though they were calling for his release people told me that this is about fighting for a better future and a better russia. germany and austria are offering to help portugal deal with one of the world's worst coded 19 outbreaks portugal has the highest number of deaths per inhabitant of any country germany's military is sending medical aid and doctors

austria's preparing to take in some of portugal's critically ill patients portuguese doctors say the situation is becoming desperate. tight checks portugal's border is this entry point into spain only those with a valid reason are allowed through. portugal had seen a period of relatively relaxed restrictions now people are confined to their homes except voice central outings nursery schools shops and cafes the shot the government has entered crisis mode. i think it could be even stricter there are still too many people on the streets. because in many portuguese still haven't understood that we've gone from being a good corona country to one of the ground is simple puzzles that appeal. portugal's intensive care units a straining some hospitals are running out of bed sick over 1000 patients others are short of medical staff or oxygen supplies long lines of ambulances have formed

outside some clinics many patients have to wait hours until doctors decide whether they can be admitted it and where. we have never before triology like we're doing now sometimes we're having to treat people in the ambulances as it was authorities say the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused hof of all cases in greater there's been some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the midyear islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. germany is sending its military to burns's fair to help portugal d.w. reporter. is following that story for us joel what type of assistance will the been there provide well i've been talking to a spokesman from the burden is there and the message is germany will help portugal as soon as possible they have had a an exploratory mission on the ground over the past few days assessing the

situation there which is dire and figuring out how they can help and now the question really is when they're going to be able to launch that mission and what they're going to be able to send is likely to include medical military personnel as well as equipment such as respirators i.v. drips medicines and protected for a quick. and now really what they have to ask is how much can germany spare because the burden is there also has troops on the ground here in germany helping out with the local pandemic response 17000. for helping out local health departments across germany so how many can be devoted to portugal will now be decided in the coming days however that all the people who do go are going to be vaccinated against covert 19 around about 3000 military stuff already have received their shots now this won't be the 1st time that the one who has gone in to help other countries so far in this pandemic they already went into the czech republic and in the 1st wave dependent they helped lift people out of italy we should also note that austria is

also offering to help portugal by lifting and treating patients as you know portugal is just one of europe's pandemic challenges at the moment the other of course is vaccine production and now some senior german politicians or calling for the government to use emergency powers to boost supply can you tell us a little bit more about that the 'd vaccine market is fundamentally broken and the state must intervene now those are the words of marcus he is the state premier of bavaria and he says that there is a huge amount of trust that has been lost between the pharmaceutical companies and the governments over all of those missed supply agreements over the past few weeks now he has proposed a state led vaccine economy to boost production he has also spoken out in favor of the chinese and russian vaccines being used here if they are found to be safe and effective. he's not actually a member of the federal government but he is very influential as a state minister and he's also being spoken of as

a potential chancellor candidate so his words do carry weight he's being backed up here by the green party one of the leaders of the green party says that he also believes that the state should intervene in the vaccine production market so there's cross party support brewing now in the united states president joe biden has. the rise the use of the defense production act to boost vaccine supply there whether germany does something similar will be up to the chancellor and the cabinet they're going to meet over the coming days also state leaders are meeting tomorrow to discuss the next steps in germany's pandemic response. to a reporter thank you so much troll. now some other stories making headlines around the world britain's captain tom more at ease in hospital after testing positive for grown a virus captain tom became a national hero last spring by raising over 30000000 pounds for british health care charities with a walking challenge that statement on twitter said the 100 year old was having

trouble breathing but he is not in intensive care. thousands of altar orthodox jews have packed the streets of jerusalem flouting israel's coronavirus lockdown they gathered for a top rabbi's funeral despite the country's high infection rate critics have accused prime minister benjamin netanyahu of failing to enforce the lockdown due to political pressure from his allies in the ultra orthodox community. gunman have opened fire on guests and staff at a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu the attackers used a car bomb to blow through a gated entrance before invading the hotel in the city center at least 7 people or wounded islamicist militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. a world health organization team investigating the origins of covert 19 has visited a market in china where the virus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shut

for a year and a visit took place under tight security. hong kong citizens with a british national overseas passport can now apply for a visa to live and work in the u.k. they can didn't apply for british citizenship after 5 years the u.k. government says it's for filling its historic commitment to the people of hong kong former colony handed back to china in 1907 and announced a measure last july saying a tough new security law imposed by beijing violated hong kong's autonomy. it's a potential escape route for millions of hong kong citizens more than 5000000 people over 70 percent of the population are eligible for the visa scheme although not everyone will take action the u.k. administration has asked that made at that in the next 5 years that will be at least 250000 peoples to do so so i will talk about a significant number

a significant wave of emigration it's not only about the people leaving but also that capital talents the profession that they will bring with them to leave hong kong that poses a serious issue for beijing kong many educated well paid professionals could lead the territory. the way how and why i'm thinking about it says. various aspects of the u.k. like the economy are not particularly good i think it's still better than hong kong young people like me we don't know how to live or survive here so i won't consider this method. already understand the saying that people are worth less when they leave their home country if they want to move abroad and think the u.k. safer than hong kong during the pandemic that's their decision day. come friday

china condemned the u.k. visa ski. this sunday and severely violates china's sovereignty grossly interferes in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs severely violates international law on the basic principles of international relations china's indignant top this i'm strongly opposed as. beijing says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passports a largely symbolic move congress can also use the hong kong passport or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. in 2nd place like they've managed to one nil win against leverkusen life 6 christopher scored the only goal early in the 2nd half to secure a victory. or still 7 points behind byron who lead the standings with the last down to 4th after their 2nd straight defeat. here's

a look for you at all the latest results from the bonus league or 1st place byron beat hoffenheim to avenge a defeat earlier this in the season while dortmund and frankfurt both got 31 wins were. true just like graeme and shaka leipzig beat. down mines and cologne defeated bill of felt and wolfsburg is playing freiburg at the moment. a film festival in sweden has come up with a unique competition prize featuring social distancing guttenberg festival is transporting the winner to a small island where she will get to watch this year's films in total solitude. heading out for an unusual movie adventure lisa in the root will spend 7 days in complete isolation with films as her only company it will be just her on this tiny island no human company no telephone no computer. yes no

more phone. nobody's going to say we were interested in seeing how isolation effects how we watch films and how this year has changed our relationship to film and we're doing an extreme experiment on what happens if you isolate a person with a film as the only company. lisa was selected for more than 12000 film fans all eager for an opportunity to get away from it all the i.c.u. nurse works in a hospital with many patients and she's ready for a break i feel privileged to be able to do this and to be able to watch all this amazing movies in an isolated scene in my experience is going to be it's going to be he's going to great i hope. while many people are stuck at home lisa has landed the only seat in the cinema with an exceptional view. you're

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whatever he's meant. to be on fire made for. the days were flying cars were a distant dream long gone today companies worldwide designing them so when we. we'll be ready for take off our topic today on shift. whether it's bowling well start ups like in germany developers across the globe want us to take off in electrically powered flying vehicles many cities are choked with traffic but in the sky there's still plenty of room and also the prototypes as opposed to be less harmful to the environment so when will flying cars claim the skies and when they really improve our lives here's what experts have to say.

about the hard to predict who will hit cars will go mainstream. or have the necessary infrastructure as well as a social acceptance. but i do believe that flying cars will eventually transform our lives you don't know. then. it is cities like new york shanghai beijing and other places where spaces scares the global elite people with money want to be able to move around quickly to take creates demand this will probably just be a solution for the mobility problems of a very small percentage of society i'm ability elite fancy speeds those for the super rich that's not what i had in mind in japan they're not spending for the rich

by 2023 japanese megacities want to have commercial sky taxis that's why the government's investing in businesses like sky drive in aug 2020 the start of announce its 1st manned test flight my colleague cassandra ball got an exclusive glimpse of what happens inside the secret research center. this is. it's japan's 1st flying car i definitely need to see this and of course fly in it too when i think of flying cars i think of back to the future meet the robinsons and my childhood cartoon the jetson's are sorry if i imagine nation is now becoming a reality. my team and i began our journey to skydives research center from tokyo before embarking on this trip we had to sign confidentiality agreement why the secrecy in strictness because the technological details and detesting location are

top secret i'm allowed to say this much though we're about 300 kilometers southwest of the capital in the middle of the mountains what a thrill right now i'm standing in front of the are in the center of sky drive and the location is top secret kind of makes me feel like i'm in a james bond movie. or. something. that has the air mobility start up was founded in 2012 and is backed up by toyota and behind these doors it's where the magic happens and here is where it's parked drives prototype with 8 little rotors to be the place doesn't immediately scream high tech sadly i'm not allowed to test it without a pilot's license well at least i got to sit in it and it was awesome just time travel into the future well not literally but it kind of you like it.

some experts say flying cars will reduce traffic jams in urban areas lower pollution and save travel time. scary drive as one of about 80 companies worldwide there are currently working on so-called e.-v. . electric vertical takeoff and landing these flying cars run on batteries and they can land and take off from the tiniest bases had trouble already exists but is still very convenient our goal is to create a compact and quiet find vehicle so that people can fly every day. currently the prototypes flight time is limited to 3 to 5 minutes this is supposed to change soon though the developers are hoping that in only 2 years time their flying cars will be used as air taxis into or ism or for emergency medical services but there are still a number of technical obstacles left to overcome. this is. normal to small

provide greater safety but when you increase the number of motors you have to build a bigger heavier so the goal is to figure out the right number of motors in order to assure safety but at the same time keep the aircraft as compact as possible yes . it's a fine balance test pilot toshio on though tells me that for this year the next milestone for the project is already in the works launching a 2 seater to fire across tokyo bay and one of these i can't even begin to imagine oh this has been quite a journey i learned a lot about flying cars and i even got to sit a warrant but let's be clear the ultimate goal for these vehicles is autonomy to fly and until that happens there are a number of time ago obstacles that we have to overcall and even more importantly

these projects. depend heavily on public acceptance if you'd like to see what else because sandra bullock has been up to check out you tube channel sky drives model is made for air travel but hybrids goes step further traveling in the air and on roads sounds great there's just one she was obstacle for many of these ideas you need a runway the dutch company pelvic is coming close their vehicle has already been approved for roll to traffic at a top speed of 160 kilometers an hour it could turn some heads when it's propellers unfolded the pelvic turns into a gyrocopter but along with a driver's license and a pilot's license you'll need 300000 euros in the bank. most flying car models are made for road traffic but work like helicopters drones they're called even the stands for electric and vital means vertical takeoff and landing and they're quite

spectacular check this out. is this the mobility of the future these prototypes are electrically powered aircraft that can hover take off and land vertically they're called multi copters or evie tolls so which company will bring the 1st model to market global players like airbus and boeing have already joined the race as have startups like volvo copter from germany . to digital. technology is really very simple which allows you to build a vehicle that can align with muscle for the helicopter other than just the fact that they're really quiet mission free and easy for time. but so far none of these sky taxis can fly longer than about 20 minutes. for safety reasons though they need to be able to remain airborne 30 minutes longer than their longest

trip. current battery technology just isn't up to that. bad weather is another obstacle e.-v. told can't fly in strong wind or heavy rain still there developers believe these flying vehicles will revolutionize mobility and sooner than we might think governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interested in seeing sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we passed new regulations governing the use of drones in unmanned aircraft the next step would be to institute regulations specifically. take it to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european level. so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for

example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of 20 minutes and even those sky taxis won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when they expect they will fly in vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts define even that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them leave a dock but they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled and certified. they won't allow the passengers or people on the ground to be exposed to a higher risk than with an ordinary helicopter and what if i was what is space infrastructure will be needed. how exactly is going to work is still up in here and things like whether we'll need an external agency that will set the flight routes

for example or if that's something that companies because it more or less themselves it's all dependent on factors like traffic density and the infrastructure and data connections available to us and how realistic is autonomy is flying at this point in time you think of it in the regulations for transporting parcels is already quite rigorous dependent on the size and weight of the economy aircraft and there will be a lot of rules for instance junia flight terminations system to ensure an aircraft with technical problems doesn't crash into residential areas so we're still in a way off from having human passengers aboard. most developers are aiming for autonomy sky taxis even if they're still a long way to go no pilot also saves money and space at this year's c.e.'s general motors gave us a preview this video is still a simulation but the u.s. car maker hopes it's cadillac e.-v.

toll will soon become a reality the electric and autonomous flying car is designed for short commutes in urban areas. this model has room for a single passenger but general motors is also developing a 2 seater for the 1st and last mile passengers can switch to an autonomous road cadillac. a year earlier. south korean car manufacturer presented a similar vision of the future. taxi that takes off and lands vertically after a test phase with a pilot this flying taxi with room for 5 passengers would eventually be autonomous . passengers could switch to a car or transfer to another taxi flying taxis clouding the skies whether it's transport drones or sky taxis it's clear that we need to think about what the future will bring a recent survey in germany found the just 18 percent of the population could

imagine commuting flying taxis just over 50 percent would be willing to use sky taxis in emergencies for myself. to test a prototype so what's your take could you imagine taking this guy takes you to work or do you think it's not safe. on you tube facebook dot com that's all for today take care. passengers here are in full right. to lifers here need nerves of steel. while passengers here can get an eyeful along the way.

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