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brand new olympic venues are kept safe. behind the scenes congestion battling infrastructure digs deep and hard to get thousands where they need to be it's a building fueled by clean energy research is pretty new life into gold medal dreams the race is on. and. oh and welcome to technology update while this. may not immediately scream winter
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olympics the clock behind me shows that time is ticking as russia sochi transforms itself from a sunny summertime resort into a cutting edge winter sports complex. in fact the final countdown is on. not so little reminders were placed in a smattering of the country cities announcing that the next winter olympics are fast approaching and that it's time for the final push. and adding fuel to the nation's olympics was the recent unveiling of official uniforms and torch for the run up to the games really the torch is meant to resemble a feather as well as conjure up the image of a firebird or phoenix from russian folklore the torture edition began at the one nine hundred thirty six olympics has been kept alive in every one since. each host country has tried to use a torch was something special from the nation itself. for the one nine hundred sixty games in the u.s. was does. engineer. aerodynamic enough to allow it to be.
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transmitted by a satellite that was transported underwater at the great barrier reef before the two thousand sydney games. by plane and train maker. has been specially designed with the gravity. of the shape the body is made of aluminum and weighs a total of one point eight kilograms the flame is powered by propane tucked inside which was designed by a rocket engine. plant given the stakes. want to make sure everything works exactly as it should. first of all. under any condition and it must like immediately it has to function. in temperatures lower than forty five degrees
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below zero it has to work properly with blowing. from the front. it has to work in the rain or any other whether. the torch has to function in. where there is low pressure which is important to my limited number of torches it will be produced especially for this purpose. the torch can be used to light the cauldron in sochi next year it's got quite a busy travel schedule ahead of it it will make its way all over russia be carried by many of the country's biggest personalities the list of those carrying the. sidelines at their cold weather compatriots. into competition. and. it will be taken on a whirlwind one hundred twenty three day tour. claim
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. years ago. but that's only half the story.
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the first. station for all intents and purposes ready for action
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at the base of the ski jumping center it will be the main stop. at peak capacity. to help some twenty thousand fans of their high altitude destination each hour. only heavy machinery and supplies are being tugged up and down the line train by the time two thousand and fourteen rolls around new electric along it speeds up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour thirty minutes from bottom to top it's your high speed to get all of the olympic projects under detailed expert review to make sure that they don't unnecessarily threaten the environment or spectators. off in the distance russian technology is being used for that very purpose. the longest track in the world.
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it was built from the ground. to make sure everything is working smoothly in anticipation of the world's attention the technology required to create such breathtaking displays is. just the right temperature and is a major part of the task. so far the results speak for themselves. i like to track the ice is getting better every day is becoming. i think the track was designed properly. in the case safety on and around the course is really priority number one. three inclined to help keep over the top speed. keep an eye on the potentially dangerous chemicals used to make the track traditionally ammonia and freon have been the two main ways to keep big things cool refrigerants have always. value for the
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relatively low cost. that's been balanced against their overpowering smell and serious toxicity on the other hand. and is totally which actually may make for more difficult to spot. in recent decades. qualities have become better known a major reason. to. freon doesn't have any kind of smell. it's quite a heavy gas and in case of major leaks it settles down to the ground. out. there so if they enter a room with a freon leak they can experience oxygen deficiency which may result in poisoning or even death. does it use the dangerous freon. pumping throughout. the company responsible for producing.
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they have three levels depending on the concentration of whole sections of the piping can be closed off. the system it would take fifteen to sixty minutes for information about emergencies to reach those who needed it at times it was even covered up now it's impossible to conceal this kind of data. the company actually develops and produces a wide array of different detecting sensors they run the gamut from electro chemical catalytic to acoustic the heart they all have fast acting technology through calibration incomes office they're ready to be plugged in for round the clock contamination monetary. to magically it's constantly running constantly doing what it's supposed to. the case of an
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emergency within forty seconds. transmitted to trigger the warning system and allows the necessary measures to be taken it all happens very quickly. with. all the data from such sensors. and branches of the country's emergency services ministry. information from the connected. stations like this. and another pair of. monitors. those federal watchdog should be able to react in real time. to record breaking feats. or the ongoing construction and coming influx of sports mad. power grid was in need of much more. transmission power. station was built in two thousand. techniques.
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construction on the surrounding area. for all the other substations popping up in the area after it given the sometimes twenty degrees below zero temps engineers house and much of the machinery behind closed doors. including the federal grid company has increased the number of substations many times the. transformers are already hooked in and deliver the right voltage to the mountain venue sites while under construction is said to be ready for action this march at the same time six more have been built and provide the juice to the coast. and surrounding areas if that weren't enough existing substations have been updated to ensure the lights don't go out on the olympics. construction has progressed over the past few years. has been on a constant uptick. projects have been completed and. the
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grid. safe. stations have to give an extra. capacity to. produce. that the clean. is a preferred fuel for generators. of one hundred seventy two kilometers about one hundred sixty of. about a half kilometers off shore. and. the gas makes its way to the distribution station. absolutely.
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operational capabilities. but the cutting edge kid. from the equation. it gives. to the. power plant. after the olympic and paralympic games. fifty
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. this is is able to generate. to compensate for spikes in
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energy consumption. the. choice is head which is currently. the company is a joint venture between. the solar power technology. and the past decade. which are able to harness. between one hundred twenty five and one hundred fifty five such panels could eventually have. panels. on inside. edition. producer will be able to capture the
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whole spectrum of sunlight into energy to. allow them to harness both in. the form and some thirty percent. of course. close cooperation with. we do have sophisticated. scientists working on the premises of. choice when you consider that the campus has long been. an innovation new facilities have sprung up including especially for thin film energy technologies so by the time.
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he has. come. to.
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its own hard road to tom brady at least the sun here in russia have added an experimental exercise in the morning rigorous training regimen. it seems cruel but despite all the hard work blood sweat and tears the majority of aspiring athletes will never reach these peaks of professional sports with that in mind researchers working with the university of physical culture and sport in moscow a looking to harness the latest technology to get aspiring athletes over that hump . it is potentially dangerous and illegal doping isn't an option the new secret to
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success may lie in element ever present in the air we breathe but long over looked . over one hundred years ago by sir william ramsay travers' a novel finding certainly practical applications for. the one nine hundred thirty s. when it found use in high speed flash photography and a bit later as an operations. from being adopted by the medicine that all could be changing. thanks to work being carried out here at the institute of medical and biological problems xenon could be on the verge of a major revival. amongst the hyperbaric chambers where many of the country's divers and astronauts have gone through pressure chamber tests and training docs are taking a look at just what has to offer. what used to be observable favorable side effects of base and become objects of inquiry in their
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own right. the how they interact with receptors are still under study initial trials and experiments have shown that and it's neuroprotective properties can relieve stress anxiety and even help addicts get over withdrawal symptoms. and if we talk about the production of. there's no better place to look in the business for over twenty years. company officials placed their market share at around one quarter of. the history the company has primarily dealt with so-called technical that is not for human ingestion. gases medical benefits and the demand for. has followed accordingly. other gases are all around us all of the time they exist in such small quantities. getting our hands on
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them require sophisticated machinery and no small dose of know how as a result there's a very limited number of countries currently able to capture and put it to use for human kind. you know of. course there were only producers worldwide extracted from air but there are only five countries they produce it commercially like the united states france germany russia and ukraine. is recovered as a byproduct of production its large mental or physical factories for its plants special air separating machines oxygen and also generate as an encrypted mixture as a byproduct of the next of those to gases is then shipped to us before the refining . we manufacture for medical purposes. requires extra cation. that will produce is ninety nine point nine nine nine nine percent edition we also limit the share of harmful impurities in the gas our
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refining technology is in paid indeed unique and allows us to remove all these. they could further be used for surgeries and all kinds of other treatments. at the end of the process they get nearly ready to be sent to clinics and hospitals under the brand name med at the moment is still rather expensive especially when compared with other and statics. proponents argue that when you take into account problems in complications associated with other knockout gases the prices come closer together before the medical gets into the hands of a qualified doctor every batch is tested and checked for purity. requires them to control for six kinds of impurities they go the extra mile to control for a full tin as a result impurities in the medical scene and produced here. is around two to three
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times lower than regulators demand. every year we discover new particularly using xenon as an end. as a result we're figuring out the absolutely new ways to play. this is a truly unique medicine it is totally harmless to humans but at the same time. and it can be used to treat just about any organ in the body depending on what the problem is with. medical xenon has many potential applications researchers here are specifically interested in how we can improve the performance of athletes they recently organize an experiment to lay the groundwork for future use in sports. to be a very strong stress protector. in other words in all cases involving stress whether it be acute a chronic stress the best way to deal with it is small therapeutic doses of this
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substance and when we talk about spilled competition and athletes needs to relax sleep well and improve functional capacities with this experiment we're trying to see just how xenon can help here. so over a ten day period a group of young athletes were given a controlled dose of and had a healthy a ray of their vitals monitor said research is allowing doctors and scientists to better understand how the gas actually interacts with the body's organisms as well as working out the best way to incorporate into one's workout after taking in the gas the experiments the subjects would spend a night in a controlled environment where the sleep patterns could be followed more closely. to see what the results of the experiment looked like from the athlete side of the coin we checked in on one of the inhalers our. training at the lauder across country in complex that will hold. in two thousand and fourteen in his mind the
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short experiment and a noticeable effect. after the experiment in the hyperbaric chamber it was much easier for me to train and i was able to recover much more quickly afterwards. during the test trainings at my ski club i posted the best results. more experiments are planned for later this year but of course it will take some simple breathing sessions to get to these guys level both the first results and researchers hope that they've done their part to bring a little more olympic hardware back home this time next year. with old to be used in professional sports. it's going to be up to physicians and hopefully they will be able to use it to help athletes get.
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back at the olympic park like the ice palace are already completed and starting to host their preliminary test events earlier this month the main hockey arena was packed to the gills not for any competition but to mark the start of the final countdown. of entertaining performances as well as speeches by international sports chiefs and national leaders there's not a minute. much less a second to waste. people like you counted ceremony you. actually have. to take. those effects time.
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