so huge, they'd think that out there somewhere there would be life, but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and rep will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant telescope. teams from european canadian and us space agencies collaborated on the development the massive gold plated mirror and its tennis court sized sun shield were designed to fold up into the launch rocket. at its core, a powerful infrared lens which can penetrate clouds of gas and dust. deep into parts of time and space never before observed. or we have had some infrared telescopes in the past, but they've been much, much smaller than wet. so there will be many powerful tools that this telescope will have that just were had not been available to us in the past. so

it's going to be that's why it's revolutionary, why we're all excited about it. the james webb telescope is now traveling to its final destination more than 4 times further than the moon. it will be 6 months before it can collect scientific data. a long wait for scientists, the barely a blip in the soon to be revealed time span of the universe. and we can ask the to doctor stephanie milan. she's a planetary scientists at nasa goddard space flight center in greenbelt, maryland. dr. milan, it's so great at to have you on the program, so we understand you're part of the team behind the james web space telescope. so can you tell us, 1st of all, what you're expecting to see with this telescope? and honestly, will we see signs of extraterrestrial life? absolutely. we are expecting to actually see the 1st stars and galaxies of our universe. those the formed right after the big bang after all of the chaos from the

big bag. and we're going to be looking at planets around other stars and trying to search for earth 2 point. oh, we're looking not necessarily for life itself, but we're going to be looking at atmospheres of planets to see whether or not any of those atmospheres actually looked like our own. or maybe they have a unique chemistry that would suggest that there's something going on that perturbing that planet. be it a geologic process or possibly a biologic process, but something that will intrigue enough that will do some followup studies. not only with j w s t, but also with other facilities in the future. so this telescope was launched to day and what happens next? how soon can we actually see the images? it was a huge milestone for us today to get launched. though we still have a long journey ahead, we're going a 1000000 miles away from the earth, and we have

a month to get there. so within the next month, we will be on our journey to the 2nd look branch point. but also on that journey we're going to be unfolding the telescope because it had to be folded up to fit inside the fairing of the rocket. we now have to do all of these deployments. there's over $300.00 points of failure to do this. so we still have quite a few challenges to get through over the next month. once we're there, we're going to be commissioning the telescope. we have to focus the mirror, we have to turn on the instruments and make sure everything's working properly before we have our 1st science and strict are images that can be released to the public. so after about 6 months time, that's when you can expect to see the 1st data coming from j, w s t. and the 1st image is and when science is going to begin for the community. so i guess we still have to be a little bit patient. now. we used to consider the famous hobbled telescope as

being revolutionary. will the james web space telescope then completely replace the hubble telescope and just how much more advanced is the new one? so it is not going to replace the hubble space telescope. in fact, hubble is still operational and healthy. j. w s t is actually very complimentary to hubble space telescope, so humble as an optical telescope, it see light the same way that you and i do where is the james web space? telescope is an infrared telescope, so it actually is almost like using night vision goggles. we're looking for thermal energy or heat from objects around the solar system in our galaxy and in the universe. it is going to be revolutionary because we have access now to these, these wavelengths and sensitivity a capability with james web space telescope that we haven't had with any other facility. so it's like taking hovel, moving it to

a whole different area of science, and really start studying some of the fundamental things that we haven't been able to to really understand with the hubble space telescope, just due to the nature of the observatory itself. so j. w s t is definitely going to rewrite the textbooks and it's going to be as revolutionary as the hubble space telescope was for, for the last generation. dr. stephanie milan from nasa gutters phase flight center . thank you so much for all of your insights. thank you. so much for having me let's turn our attention now to sudan where thousands of people have been protesting in the capital cartoon there calling for a transition to civilian rule 2 months after a military coup. sudan is currently led by an interim government of civilian and military leaders. bought the pro democracy movement is demanding that the military step back from politics. the authorities have deployed security forces and

restricted phone lines and internet services in an effort to stop the rallies. we spoke earlier to d. w. africa correspond and felix marina, who described the heavy handed measures taken by sudan security forces against the protesters. now the people have been met with open fire. people are tear gas canisters were thrown at them. they protest those that i talked to earlier on and they were saying that a police were using water and gas canons to dispatch their crowds. now aside from that last night, they, there was heavy military quentin's and that actually got into cartoon. and they blocked the 3 main and she is she has so the protesters have had to buckle it's out . and finally this evening they've been able to get it near there to get to the presidential palace. but something else. so many protests, those have been injured. aaliyah, i received some of the photos for on what was going on in costume. and we could see

some of their protests was actually helping their colleagues who had been badly injured to the you are helping them as somebody moving their t shirts to cover their bandages. because some of the open fire that was thrown other people i managed to ins are quite a lot of people, although we do not have the exact number of their people who've been injured so far on christians around the world have been marking christmas day. but as well as celebrating thousands of people across britain have taken the opportunity to get vaccinated amid a massive surge of coven 19 cases. a daily infection rate in the u. k jumped above 100000 this week for the 1st time. it's not something you can find wrapped under the tree, but the gift of health is what thousands of brits are looking for this christmas. this vaccination center is one of many open during the holidays. with the goal of fulfilling the prime minister's promise to offer every adult a job before the end of the year. ad was totally

unimaginable, unfathomable by anybody that we could have a christmas or even the whole year like this that this has been primarily october. the vaccination, the elliana, so unprecedented by the u. k is grappling with its latest surgeon cases. fueled by the ami kron variance. hospitals are bracing for another massive wave of cove it. in this hospital in france, one of the country's biggest health care workers, fear they may soon run out of beds for new patients. france reached a record high number of infections on friday, registering 94000 cases. most of the patient spending christmas day in this. i see you are on vaccinated trip, who i thought a lot about the fact that i refused to be vaccinated this year. if i had been

vaccinated, i would not have needed this level of intensive care with. so the vaccine is not a danger. it's a possibility of escaping something much more serious. in the netherlands, the decorations are up, but no one's around to enjoy them. people here is spending another christmas in lockdown. we hope that makes you going through me rather was is like we thought her 2 years ago and all the all over again. okay. first christmas book mother years going to be both of these actually are both of them here and around the world. people are hoping that next year santa's gift will be a merry christmas german president. frank valdosta meyer has delivered his annual christmas address with a major focus on the pandemic here. germans to continue to respect each other to

spine disagreements over corona virus restrictions. and vaccines. 2021 has been an exhausting year for germany. on the political stage, the medical era ended and september the general election marked a turning point. the president's christmas message praised the democratic handover of power in what he called an atmosphere of mutual respect. but it was also the year when the taliban swept to power across afghanistan, bringing postwar germany largest overseas military operation to an aim. western forces pulled back and the buddhist van flew home to many. it looked like failure. stein my acknowledge that as well as other clouds on the international horizon, there was no doubt and we remember our soldiers who returned home from afghanistan and also the people who have remained there amid suffering and starvation. we are

concerned by the news we have from many regions of our turbulent world, also, and particularly from eastern europe as the author. but the president's message, as is traditional, was also one of hope. he prays the solidarity people show during the severe some of floods in germany, especially the volunteers who helped with the clean up, gave money and time. so the rebuilding could begin. as the year ends, the coven, 19 crises, still looms over national life. protests against government rules have fled off across germany. but stein maya said, even from the pandemic, positive lessons can be learned. this building, we said by 2 years frustration is growing. irritability is widespread. we're increasingly seeing alienation and regrettably open aggression. is true that in

a democracy we do not all have to be of the same opinion that i appeal to you to remember this one country and on the pandemic is over. we need still to be able to look one another in the i. and when the panoramic is over, we still want to live with each other on the me, not mitten. under his address, the president even posed a philosophical question. what is freedom? he suggested it sometimes means accepting restrictions in order to help others. that notion of solidarity and sacrifice may be needed still in the year ahead. and you can watch the german president's christmas address in full in our next news we'll and send in an hour hope to join his band with stories that those people the world over information. they provide the opinions, they want to express d, w on facebook and twitter,

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ship. ah. the cybernetic organism, or cyber for short, has played a major role in pop culture. for example, in the movie robo call, a police officer with potentially fatal injuries becomes a supercop with his high tech implants, tony stark from the marble universe can fly in his armor and superman's colleague, cyber updates his hardware to get new powers and skills these days, even real up humans and have their bodies with artificial components. they call themselves cyborgs or bio hackers. it harbison from britain is one of them. he is colorblind and has an antenna that converts carlos into sounds. and i like the human eye, his intent. i can even detect infrared and archer, violet. he has a chip implanted in his head to make this work. pretty intense. but actually, there are lots of scientists and companies working on brain computer interfaces.

they allow a direct communication between brain and computer. so you can control device with your mind, but it's not just a gimmick. it can fundamentally improve the lives of people with spinal injuries on your logical disorders. u. s. tech tight and elan mosque is developing a brain computer interface at his start up neurologic the team implanted ships in both brain hemispheres of m a cock pager. they then taught him to play a game with a joystick, and his snuff signals were transmitted to a computer by a bluetooth pager was fed bananas smoothly through a tube as a reward. when the research, as the activator the joystick pedro controlled the game with his paws alone, the computer had learned to interpret the brain activity. but there are devices that humans can control with a mind even without a brain chip like by jani prosthesis that's replaced missing body parts. british gamma daniel melville even uses one when he plays video games. but prostheses can also give people a brand new powers. how would you like a 3rd thump?

ah, this prosthetic thumb makes it possible to do things that usually require 2 hands. the prosthesis is connected to a wristband with a motor, which drives the thumb receive signals via bluetooth from pressure sensor is attached to the shoes. the user can control the prosthesis by moving their big toe zealand born scientists, danny clo, developed a 3rd film in london, wants to show that prosthetics. don't always have to replace what's missing. they can also provide an ad on an upgrade. ah, what's fascinating is after just 5 days of training with the 3rd thump you assign him, says had formed in the past subjects, brains, and the way they used their normal fingers had changed. there are other

developments like this that blow the line between human and machine. sometimes on the skin, sometimes under the skin. it might look like a temporary tattoo, but this is actually a communication interface made from gold leaf. do oh, skin was invented by the massachusetts institute of technology. one version works like a touchpad, while another uses near field communication for an f d technology to communicate with other interfaces. in the future when you walk into a tattoo, pollard, you would come out with a tattoo like this. they will not only be very sophisticated technically, but they will become an extension of yourself. often forget your keys. eric frisky can open his door in sweden with a micro chip implanted under his skin. if the size of a grain of rice and works like a room card in a hotel, it's estimated that $50000.00 people around the world already where one of these

implants, they can even be ordered online. the interesting thing is when the chips start getting smarter and start having, you know, sensors and things like that. so, and instead of just opening a door, maybe i can have continuously record my, my body temperature, my blood sugar level center, et cetera, et cetera. and, and actually give me useful information about my body. but technology that literally gets under your skin isn't for every one. implants are just one way to become a sidewalk. now, also, robotic suits, called exoskeletons. they promised more strength and better agility, heavy lifting uncomfortable work exoskeletons could some day help people reduce the strain on their backs. originally developed for medical and military use, they're now increasingly deployed in the automotive industry and logistics. many

see it as when, when employees stay healthier and companies profit from the increased efficiency in production, robotic technology that makes work more economic is under intensive development, predominantly in the u. s. in germany, but also in china and japan mcclain, one of our article they store asking adriano, we want to create devices that help people in their workplace and to make these tools more accessible and easy to use them all for you. i don't think humans will ever become dispensable. there are, there are only a few companies that are designing completely automated systems because they require, consider it investment odyssey. so i think will always have human workers saw with him on a particular domain. the exoskeleton created by japanese company at own has been in use for years in production, the care sector,

and in japan's the biggest airports. the 4 and a half kilogram suit is worn like a rucksack and it has a sensor that detects the where's movements. so when lifting 2 motors in the suit automatically support the users movement, the motors deactivate when the user is walking. with countries like japan are increasingly relying on robotics because with an aging population, workforces are becoming depleted off right now we mainly make support devices. but in the future, we want to create products that enhance people's abilities and ad physical functions like a 3rd arm see we want to cater to a society in which people of all ages can work without physical limits. and it could get much more spectacular than that. the developers that are to own have been working for more than 10 years on this mega expo suit called neo, i was even allowed to try it out. during my visit to japan,

i felt like lieutenant ripley in the sy fi classic alias with supernatural powers. the developers claim that one, i'm alone can lift up to 50 kilograms. it's hold that neil will soon a, the construction industry or in disaster management exoskeletons have a growing role in the medical sector as well. what special about this model from japan is that is controlled by nerve impulses. how is its name that stands for hybrid assistive lip as an ultimate goal? even paraplegics could train with how and learn to walk. again. my colleague, cassandra ball went to test the exoskeleton at the company's high, but i'm in japan. so these electrodes here will detect my brain signals and send it to this machine so that it will move before me. so now i'm going to try to flex and move my arm through. it detects pretty well. and now i'm going to try to lock my arm in place,

and it will still move for me. with that. pretty cool. but i do wonder why does this kind of is this safe does is go out of control. sometimes. no awesome electrodes translate cassandra's brain signal into a command for the exoskeleton. her brain sends the command move to the muscles via the spine. the signal is detected by house built in sensors. the motor receives a signal and power starts moving. this is more difficult for patients with paraplegia because the nerve connections are disrupted. but if there are any remaining impulses, how could provide beneficial treatment time for

a little test walk? cassandra is allowed to wear the exoskeleton herself. it's attached to a bracket, since it's designed for people with impaired mobility. it's a very intimate um setting is actually really late starting training right now. okay. i feel a little bit mechanic with my movement, but i think it is just getting used to the machine because now i feel a little more comfortable in it. so now he's increasing the speed the monitor displays cassandra and her nerve signals as a waveform. how works together with other ai systems to analyze the signals and evaluate user data. so, how do paralyzed people actually learn to walk again with help? the activation of muscle impulses creates

a feedback effect that enables the brain to learn how to make the body walk again from scratch. it's called neural feedback training. it only works for about 20 to 30 percent of paraplegic patients, but the results are still impressive. so with other exoskeletons, the movements are preprogrammed. so patients wearing the suits will have to rely on it permanently. however, with hell, it teaches you how to walk again, basically making the connections from your brain to your broken synopsis. so basically these patients, they go through the, these trainings and at the end of the training, they're able to walk again without the technology without the suit. how was developed by japanese robot assist yoshi yuki son kite? he is the founder and see all cyber dine and a professor at the university of to cuba. she believes these by jani gaze, and sy box acknowledges, are a step into a new age technology. it's warming,

it's getting it because we're constantly wearing technology or strongly connected to it in that sense. we're born cyborgs, don't you thank. take little detail will go unity as technology becomes more accessible, will be able to use it without even being aware of it. this phenomenon is diffusion of humans and technology, and the symbiotic relationship will continue to develop. are we all becoming cyborgs or are we already? and if the technology becomes available soon, won't people get left behind who don't want to be enhanced or who can't afforded? what are your views on cyber technology? is this the chance for us all to upgrade or are you skeptical? let us know. for example, on youtube there, you'll also find more videos about ellen mosques normally project, and the paralyzed man who controls an excess gutted him with his mind. take care. bye. ah,

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