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after the particle filled air passes the simple pre-filter their electrodes are bombarded with a ten kilowatt charge this charge comes in handy later when the particles stick to polypropylene fibers becomes a static electricity but the charge of oxygen molecules creating ozone using something called the corona discharge method the resulting rich oxygen environment is toxic to all the little bacteria viruses and fund which means this filter does more than simply get rid of simple dust and dirt given that it can be a matter of life and death at hospitals to make sure that all the particles in harmful. don't come out in their testing lab you can see that the air flowing out of the filter is free from all those that were there. in coffee shops or operating rooms technology make sure that the air we breathe is as clean as possible. in north of years academic cluster you're never much more than a short walk away from the deep siberian forest along the way you can run into all
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kinds of people scientists engineers and even some fitted with the latest military hardware. but don't worry these aren't real gunmen they're just dress the part to show off the latest thermal weapon site developed at the institute of city conductor physics here in novosibirsk. now we'll try to locate the three fighters with sniper rifles who have hidden themselves. there somewhere here in this forest. so no ordinary come of. as you can see. we can spot any of them with just the naked eye. i'm trying to find that. you. can monitor the process at the same time on the screen. there's one. behind it three. with the forest in the background
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be hard to spot him even if the visibility were normal. on the other side of a small man and. i can just see the edge of his face and hood. the third one. is in an abandoned construction site in the corner of a dark room with a metal grating. so we found all three fighters it's hard to hide from a thermal. in terms of image processing believe we're the leaders. we use a powerful processor that we've developed. it's based on very promising technology . computing. it gives us a very large optical band with nearly two times more energy efficient. it
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can run for four hours with only four double a batteries consuming three watts of energy. spawning those potential bad guys with such easy work because of the powerful image processor within the site despite its low energy demands it still produces image quality that second to no other non cool thermal sight computing power is packed onto a series of circuit boards assembled by the skilled team the engineers know it may look like a never ending maze of copper silicon and plastic to you or me but to those that built it it's a thing of computing elegance. trying to obtain as much functionality as we could while keeping it as small as possible more than we have a microprocessor capable of running at a frequency of five hundred. programmable logic is comparable to a chip from a pentium or it has several dozen megabytes of memory and much more. in such
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a small package this isn't the limit of what we can do and we're already looking into how it can be made smaller and better. traditionally the best thermal sites had to employ cryogenic cooling but that made them both bulkier and far more expensive but thanks to recent advances those from the institute of silly conductor physics can offer us the best of both worlds. we figured out. how to distribute power in terms of the range. averaging it out along the whole spectrum. in such a way that the signal coming from long distances is the same as from short distances. the price for these known cool thermal sites with micro ball or metric matrices is pulling drastically. we expect to be able to put such cameras in mobile phones in fifteen years in affordable mobile phones of course. in terms of image
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quality. they're close to expensive system. so despite its small size and light weight these new sites allow us to see things previously impossible on such devices whether we're looking straight into the sun or trying to spot something on the waterfront that's no problem for soldiers equipped with these sights designed and manufactured right here in siberia but if time is the only thing you need to kill there's one company that makes waiting for you less than punctual for a little more enjoyable. entertainment russian game designers and artists are hard at work to distract you from yours while the games may seem simple compared to blockbusters like quake and modern warfare work required for these casual games is often overlooked a dedicated team has to collaborate together to take it from a to finished product and that's precisely what has assembled out here in novosibirsk as
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a result of their hard work they're by far the largest and most successful gaming company in eastern europe and based on what they've done lately they can clearly compete with the best that the west has to offer but they found that with accolades and success come ever growing considerations. kind of financial resources that you work with at the beginning and what kind now. thousands one could spend something like ten thousand dollars or even less to make a game that's completely competitive. today to make a game that would be his in its own zone. and that's talking about casual games we don't speaking about major blockbusters in the hard cold gaming genre court only one has to spend in excess of hundreds of thousands of dollars. and that's true for one of the alum wars biggest titles the treasures of montezuma has proved so comfy among casual gamers that it's already on its third iteration it's ranked as high as
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number two on the list i pad app store a list of most games with each new version in the montezuma series the developers have to give players a reason to pony up the cash for the latest one and that's what seems to drive the increasing costs as you can see it takes far more than a few clicks of the mouse to make an idea for a new game come to life and that's something that makes alomar success even more satisfying for these developers. actually just this last december we released our first game on the windows phone seven platform scold from frenzy to watching it was a pleasure to see that the game immediately shot to the top of the us marketplace it was the fifth most popular on that lists unfortunately i'm not ready to brag about any specific figures in terms of downloads because it's a new plant from and there's not yet enough information as to how much for example fourth plane sealed in a day week month regardless the fact itself of being in the top list is rather nice
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. now maybe it's because many of us yearn for a simpler life on the farm but whatever the reason farming games like this cup proved to be a big success but nowadays it's not enough to release a game on just one platform you have to cover them all to have a chance at a hit. where planning to develop and trade for more and more new titles and put them out on more and more new platforms not only for p.c.'s but also from max possibly sony play station three up. and so he or the prospective audience abilities on the coasts are not as high as they used to be. so with companies like al or round it's safe to say that sites like this are only going to become more common but it's no longer just teenagers and twenty somethings from middle age to retirees nearly everyone is getting in on the casual game bandwagon
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despite all the games on mobile devices it's important to put them down every once in awhile and see the real world around us but in ways that will do for this edition of technology update we'll see you next time and until then enjoy the ride .
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you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charged as a big picture. shocking
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revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya as human rights groups accuse the military of torturing detainees to death. activists are back on the streets of poland to protest against the government's signing of a low key international anti-piracy pact they say will result in internet censorship. and iran considers banning oil sales to gear up ahead of the e.u. decision to stop importing crude from the country in july but tehran says it's ready for negotiations over its nuclear program.
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my former headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and you see now way our top story this hour several detainees in libya have died in recent weeks as a result of torture that's according to amnesty international the human rights group says the crimes were committed by the libyan military and. security forces the accusations fall or similar similar claims by a french medical aid agency thousands of gadhafi loyalists remain behind bars now suffering the same atrocities handed out under the late colonel's regime. has more . doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n t c run libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued to
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cheer of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from the beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out the council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in
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a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed support for this time and this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule and that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought them to see to power is by itself raising questions. high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to investigate some of may two that it bears entity of where with their evolution in the fronds and there were guiding the air raids and they addicting them and court have been eating them if you are mandated. the approach to see videos that. it is very
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very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes i saw the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes then boost was fifteen years old and while all sides in the libyan conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoings investigating what happened during labor seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact the mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly reef an ocean or r.t.
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. but libya's post gadhafi government the national transitional council has so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country next hour here on our team peter the well it has gassed our cross talked about why the molesters who overthrew the colonel are reluctant to obey their new leaders. who the hell is the n.p.c. who are these people after all these months it's still very opaque who are they. well you know we we know that these are people who who who were privileged and under the old regime and who decided they could be more privileged under a western style regime i think you know this thing about wanting democracy when what is seen here because there's just no you're only yes when i was even finished i haven't said anything in your interrupting me. saying there you have you said. which are simply not true my problem. my problem with the m.d.c.
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is that a lot of the. exiles that have come back and some of my actually lived in the suburbs of langley and that's my issue ok my issue is that these are western gets and i saw this as a matter of fact one of the issues in libya is right now that when you talk to libyans they refer to the t.n.c. the transitional council as a government of foreigners and so i think you put your finger right on the mark these are not cronies of gadhafi as a matter of fact most of those people have been arranged out the t.n.c. has brought in and i'm not even if you are going to. we are exiles. in a sense that is part of the problem and why they are not legitimate is because they really have no standing in the country at this point. where angry protests have broken out in poland after the government gave its support to an international anti-piracy treaty activists say the pact known as.
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freedom of online expression of poland joined several other e.u. countries in a closed door signing ceremony in japan on thursday let's hear seventy has more. with censorship at the end so i can interview trade agreement known as act which poland signed on thursday has upset many internet users across the country in this . small town of lubin alone several thousand people hit the streets fearing the treaty would allow corporations to crack down on the freedom of speech online the idea of funny seeing the site for publishing the dried marriage material. is somehow illogical to me it's like let's say punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to monitor our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email charting forums
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form of self-expression this was yet another rally in a whole string of protests held in poland since tuesday large crowds in several cities voiced their anger at the government for signing the document most of the country's government websites were hijacked by the anonymous group they had threatened to reveal sensitive information about the authorities should they go ahead with the act there are certain countries which are very interested in. this is. this is job. and because they were strong businesses. or property law and they want to enforce it all over the world but this doesn't mean that this is good for the people and this is why would we have this protest in poland because people feel oppressed by that essentially actor is about protecting intellectual property from music and books pharmaceuticals and clothes similar in form to the stalled u.s.
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bill sopa and people that also sparked widespread protests however critics say actor was engineered in complete secrecy bypassing government procedures and the criminal punishment it allows alerted many any legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing. a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition does something useful murder and genocide this is such an abuse of power i think its time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists. but. if you doubt this will happen given that prime minister to six party holds
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a majority in the save the government says the agreement is not a threat to freedom but maintained the internet should not be a space of legal. but protesters say they will bring even more people to warsaw central square on friday to stop it becoming law in the space of just three days protests unfold have managed to gather tens of thousands of people and wow this is still little chance that this bill would not make it through parliament the rallies unlikely to die down election or shastri r.t. reporting from poland. live from moscow still ahead for you this hour the physical function of the year. and the haves and have nots are gathered in the swiss alps to sort out a global economy in need of repair we'll have more coming up. but first iran says it's considering cutting oil supplies to europe preempting an e.u. embargo due to come into force in july to ron's lawmakers are set to debate the
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move already the subject of a draft bill on sunday what comes after the e.u. imposed sanctions in an attempt to force it to back to the negotiating table over its nuclear program iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says tehran is ready to return to talks but its opponents need to compromise inspectors from the u.n. atomic watchdog are set to arrive at the wrong later in the week sharin sure fire from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran says the country is acting to protect its sovereignty the grace period that the vision for six months. ago to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows the complex city of feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national sovereignty of the wrong i mean it's not the
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most ideal situation because iran has to find different customers where it's all about the same time iran is going to be to decrease is dependence on the petro dollar this is a very good thing in the long run this is actually going to lead to more independents who run as a whole as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses. while the u.s. and europe continued to hit iran with sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic leaves many americans called are just going to to can as in the country's capital to go to pena go up and while the obama administration says its war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with even harsher statements if we could break the iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans me says that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in always and polls is being ignored in washington residents of charlottesville in virginia took the matter to their city council which passed the
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resolution calling on the federal government to and all its wars and avoid starting the new one with iran the biggest threat right now is that we will get jackknifed into a war against iran which would be a disaster for the people of iran and for the people of charlottesville and the rest of our country david swanson is the co-author of the resolution adopted by the charlottesville city council. popular will as always been against wars unless pushed in dragged by very manipulative propaganda and they have been trying those who want war on iran have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get the american people on board i went out on the street to see how many people i would meet who want the u.s. to attack iran. do you think the u.s. should attack iran no no not at all the last thing we should do well it's
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a terrible idea one of the worst ideas i think i have heard a while yeah that would be horrible yeah because they're good guys but because. i think another war is just a horrific idea look on the republican side you've got certain ones over there who want to just can't wait to get us in war it really doesn't look good at all do you think the u.s. should attack iran yes just one out of more than a dozen. interview and it's not just people on the street but many experts in the security field warn against starting a war with iran including the former acting director of the cia people keep saying that the military option this is still on the table i think it would be a very bad option the latter one to use one of the big problems with iran is that if you get into. an open confrontation a military confrontation your risk a cycle of retaliation and response. with great difficulty seeing where the end point is the question one man asked is how does washington continue talking wars
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with so many americans against them i have a hard time think you know of any example of any issue on which the conduct of our government in washington corresponds with majority opinion war is not some kind of exception the public is against bailouts for bankers the public is against subsidies for energy companies the public is against wars the public is against just about every decision made on important issues in washington the fact of the matter is that majority of americans don't want a new wars on their plate poll showed they were opposed to u.s. involvement in libya as well but the government went about it anyway many says that the rift between what americans want and what leaders do in the name of the american people is getting larger i'm going to check our reporting from washington marty. but for all our stories and much more you can head to our website are two dot com here's what you can find online right now on or alongside one republican
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presidential candidate puts forward the proposal of making our satellites america's fifty first state plus. the animatronic dinosaurs who thrill and terrify visitors at the australian museum of natural history as its other breaks a milestone birthday following a recent renovation. and fifty years since opening its doors the museum has seen all walks of life it's all available for you at our t.v. dot com. well the third day of the world economic forum is getting underway as the business elite prepare to tackle the global financial crisis an attempt to restore economic confidence the future of china and eurasia is expected to dominate today's agenda
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along with other vital issues let's get the latest now from our correspondent lauren lyster who is in down for us she joins us live loren what's on the schedule discussions are the most anticipated what are you hearing. well i mean is that this is really been a forum that has been captivated by the future of the eurozone crisis and today the schedule absolutely reflect that we'll hear from a number of high level european financial if their souls on the future of the eurozone outlook for the european union and we'll hear from the head of the e.c.b. mario drag you will hear from other financial officials including the c.e.o. of the f.s.f. which is one of the european bailout funds also a high level official from the european commission so i'm sure a lot of people are looking to see what is going to come out of that also timothy geithner u.s. treasury secretary is going to be here to discuss priorities for the united states maybe the united states get it getting off a little bit easy for having its problems be at the for fore.

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