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we need to go by beyond that and actually gauge with the ideas in the information that is presented as well and confront that information and i think that's something that as you mentioned before not everything is black and white not everything isn't taken is taken and the more that we can be open to open minded qana source of information regardless of the source i think we're all going to be better off. hello and welcome to technology updates the world cup's over but if you think you've seen the end of countries going head to head in the heat think again because we can check out the national teams looking for racing glory in barcelona but first
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glance the catalonian capital seems more touristy than tacky but it looks can be deceiving already home to the world's largest mobile tech conference in two thousand and thirteen barcelona became the birthplace of the smarts moto challenge where it seems of engineering students from around europe came to the city to pitch their electric bikes against each other over four grueling days and last year participants were left eating the dust from bush's make one. name just to make a ons famous make one fights the bike was designed and built by the moscow state university of mechanical engineering also known as mommy m to the university. to use the theory from the classroom to cook their teeth out on the track. back in two thousand and ten take ups nick levy followed another team of students speedsters from the uni competing in the formula student competition in germany held in the countries he said. torie clarke bring seventy five teams from eighteen countries
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gold into town with a single seat for the races to take part in the event. although there was no champagne shower for the russian team they did reach the checkered flag despite the conditions which is more than can be said for many of the other teams but motorsports hasn't been unaffected by the shift towards electric power off truck. demand for electric transport in europe where parking spaces scarce fuel is expensive and the public is concerned about the environment. as participants in this race we want to support that philosophy. or a similar trend in russia if those are the people become more aware of environmental issues so that everyone realizes that we only have one planet and we have to look after it. really. built in one thousand nine hundred ninety one
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kids to cut saloon you has played host to some of the world's most prestigious racing events and it's sixteen turns over four point five klicks provide a full new challenge for cars and bikes the line. this month the track was a hive of activity is big name teams tinkled tweaks and superbikes ready for the twenty to twenty four hour comes the lumia and joints race. just a stone's throw away in pits forty seven the students are working just as hard to bring their bikes up to scratch for tomorrow's inspection. this year seven teams from spain poland ecuador and russia each looking for a place on the podium. hoping to repeat last year's victory and in the face of stiffer competition the mummy students have come back with a completely new set of wheels they've dropped the electric bicycle design in favor of a fully fledged enduro style motorbike with only the same headlights his last. this
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bike has more in common with these composed an engine cousins next door. mummy is journey to barcelona started the best part of a year ago. to put the team together which is made up of specialists in different fields but all sharing the same thirst for victory then followed four arduous months of meticulously planning and modeling each note and well. once the team had settled on the final text it was time to stop pushing and get their hands dirty in the workshop. software helps the students measure twice and. having fully modeled and stress test of their frame and forks virtually knew exactly what to build and how it's a handle on the day. with only a limited budget the guys had to be crafty about which parts to buy in and which ones to make in-house. they opted for steel chips for the frame offering the optimal tradeoff between strength weight and cost. but like anything the finished
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product is only as good as its components parts. we started exploring new opportunities all agree that it's time we should start using composite materials to produce structural elements structural elements but also for example a lighter it's made of composite materials and so on. should be made from high tech materials and carbon fiber offers the perfect way to shore up the structure with precious pounds. on an empty. seat the trick is to achieve the right balance between fibers and to make sure the saddle sits just right it seems clever use of competence means that their electric motorcycle weighs just the same as last year's eve by. up to nine months of blood sweat and tears all that remain for the. me team to do
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was to put the finishing touches on their entry this year the rules of the smart challenge stated teams have to use motorbike wheels and the t. should be big enough for two people in addition to the standard motor control given to each team as well as making it even more difficult to keep weight down the team has been working twice as hard this year and plans to turn up with an a so best leave with only a couple of weeks ago before race day guessing that. time was no small task and he soon time to find out if the entries perform as well in the truck as they do on paper. back in the russian camp tensions building as the first rounder scrutineer in approaches the team is told through the night in a race against time to get step by ready. all the teams have been briefed and then now in his hardest were preparing their bikes for thought couple of days ahead this year that guys like me have two entries the more casual through neutron and the feisty two proton both bikes have their strengths and even these guys don't know
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which will perform better in the competition the proton and neutron have the same brake system wheels motor battery and onboard controller but that's about where the similarities end weighing in it's forty three kilos and with a wheel base of thirty three centimeters the proton is slightly heavier and longer than his teammate it's rigid frame and swing on a built for speed and require a skilled rider while the neutron slightly springy frame makes it more of an easy rider the protons titanium front forks are lighter and can be tuned much more finely than the neutrons it's hard to smooth the ride seamlessly shift from one position to another whereas the neutron sacrifice is freedom of movement for comfort. it's may seem like the calm before the storm but before these things allow this truck the bikes must be scrutinized for compliance with the competition rules and that's just the first hurdle also a modern acceleration enjoyments handling and even their business plan all of which will go. it was the final score. after the ebonics with tested for water tightness
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it was time to progress on to the next stage which took place on the dynamic testing grounds in the center of the security council in your truck is it seems have to prove that their rides a safe in the three under five metre front and back brake tests make two proton breeze tests but the neutral was hit by a spot of engine trouble having made it to the test area under its own steam at the crucial moments the electric motor refused to spark into life. failures mean you could miss a whole day of the competition not as a result you could miss out on a few test points but it's never straightforward you can never be sure what will happen. today some of the teams are going to try and turn around yes these failures in through success in a last ditch attempt to get through to the next round. to last night's drama and hours of head scratching the team money to locate and fix the faulty connection there vending machine immobile with both bikes raring to go it's time for the
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acceleration test his speed is king as it seems takes in turns to open up the throttle on the fifty meter straight drag each entry has four attempts at the best time both with and without a passenger and just like last year proton let everyone else down to be one of the above the load of all of them come from all over europe and so on there and make some noise like a broken at mom dad and good to have its own offspring all of that will have. the overall is a cult classic its retro design and distinctive side car have stood the test of time looking just as good today as they did when they first hit the roads over seventy years ago the motor bike success just goes to show that old school will never go out of fashion and the bike is firmly cemented it's nice in the markets such as the motorbikes appeal that the company ships well over ninety percent of its bikes abroad but don't just take. my word for it. brad pitts was
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not immune to the motorbikes charm and treated himself to an aural tourist three years ago during mcgregor and tumblr founder david karp can also be listed among the aliases with an oral in that carriage. back on home turf or should i say tomah the oral is the chart of choice of the night falls pack leader alexander result a stand of also known as the surge and the gang even works with the manufacture of the ural back in the nine hundred ninety s. to create the overall wolf it. was but that we have trained up a whole generation of brilliant amateur engineers who have worked on this machine they've introduced all sorts of innovations to it from minor improvements to groundbreaking changes each of them would first try out their innovations themselves and then share them with their friends. pretty much all the roles on the
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road today were produced in a town of in the urals by the one nine hundred seventy s. the factory which was built around an old brewery had brought us more than seven hundred thousand of the three wheelers whose affordability made them a popular alternative to the car and strong demand for the overall outside of russia mentioned the fight to hit its peak production of one hundred thirty thousand bikes per year around this time as well with the trunks being shipped out to north and central africa europe and even as far as australia but to find out more about the origins of the overall we have to go even further back in time. the history of the all because rights in moscow more than seventy years ago on the same year that germany invaded the soviet union shattering the unsee aggression pact between the two countries the soviet union was forced to bump up production of greatest things in terms of motorbikes the scalp to fans to relay messages.
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before the start of the war the first prototype seventy two had already been made although it was heavier than his. predecessors it was also faster more powerful and more reliable and if you look closely at all for the present family resemblance to the german b.m.w. seventy one that's part of the lend lease program during world war two the us supplied the soviet union with over twenty six thousand hollies and seven thousand five hundred indians but russia needed the zone of graded motorbike by nine hundred forty five the soviet union had produced almost ten thousand and seventy two which were used in the war effort before kicking down again into the civilian population . the oral m. seventy two was an exact copy of that b.m.w. are seventy one but the history of how this happened isn't clear one version of events suggests that germany gave russia a license to produce the oss seventy one as part of a resource and technology exchange treaty the alternative is it gets more cloak and
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dagger in this one five bemis was secretly acquired by go between sweden and smuggled back into the country where they reverse engineered by soviet specialists it's unlikely that evidence supporting either version still exists so you'll have to make up your own mind as to which one you prefer. today and having avoided any copyrights lawsuits the fighting in it beats is still standing its curly produces around twelve hundred units per year for diehard fans of the legendary bike around the world this year's lineup boasts six models including the m seventy chippie to the original that kickstarted the brand but no matter which one you choose they all have one thing in common. a motor bike is unique since it is currently the only bike in the world to come complete with a side car. and not just any old side car this is the polar side car has no power driven sports which enables the motor bike to run on the open road. as well as
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cross-country even overwrote. interest inside cost effectively turned the soviet steed into a full two wheel drive vehicle and behind its retro facade the steel side car can be fitted with modern comforts including a little spare tire and plug sockets or even an ammo kind of stuff for the more adventurous types. the company also ships in components from specially supplies in countries such as germany japan austria and italy. produces six bikes a day and has plans to boost production to meet demand from the new markets in new zealand china and the philippines the company's director and chief engineer both and insist on testing out the latest innovations on their own bikes research different areas when developing or power type cars are used to differential drive like the kind they use in cars but inexperienced drivers face difficulties when steering the motorbike due to differential drive specific design features and
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that's why we need the differential drive switchable you can turn it on if you approach an obstacle. once you've passed and continue to explore this area in order to attract new customers by motorbike with a new inside car wheel is a rare thing. the roles versatility and carried to mean it seen action everywhere from the front line to the streets of hollywood the bikes be chased has been over seventy in the making and with beats constantly updating and improving its range the history of the oral is far from over. that's the end of the first we'll see for more three realtek after the break. there's a medium leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same motion securely place your
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party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics only are to. cut some up right on the scene play the first tree limb and i predict the future. on our reporters with her mum the instant replay. to be on the lips on mom. little. place it was a. very hard to take
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a plunge again mom here is a plug in that saks with the perfect hair looks. a little. glimpse of the flint place. to live if you. live. a. three years ago the european union are spending several hundred billion a few public procurement underestimation each. deal
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trying to sort through sometimes fifty percent of the money spent on corruption. welcome but as you can see the superbike insurance race is now well underway so let's find out how the students are getting on with the bikes in the security council. race to around twenty six thousand spectators who sets up come for the long haul ahead. on the truck money machine would being pushed to their limits in the opening hours that race. anything's possible in such a longer bens on the withdrawal of the leading insurance team in the early hours of
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the morning left the wave wide open for the french team halmos was to take the trophy covering an impressive seven hundred twenty nine laps. behind a pace life music's a slower pace with teams in their crews enjoying some well deserved downtime. we are now six hours into the superbike insurance race but i'm afraid that i can't enjoy listening to the track it's any longer look only there's a greener on silent alternative taking place right now. in the smart's moto insurance race the teams must complete twenty laps of the course covering ten point five kilometers. they should do ten laps solo and ten with the passenger and swap drivers half way through. goal here is consistency not speed so the time difference between the two drivers has to be as small as possible probably to stop teams from getting one of the professionals next door to three fold. as you
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can see bikes and skaters are in moscow because with any petrol powered machine the environment is always a concern over there creates a mishna market for three new comers. on billboard's top was a bush and pits bike champion in two thousand and thirteen and has played an active part in promoting the sports in russia having reached the top of his game he's now looking for new ways to get his kicks paddles found a new toy to play with but don't be fooled by. this mighty electric mini can hold its own it gets much larger petrol bikes as possible found out when he took it to the races. it's much easier to steer this motorbike because it's very light much lighter than bikes that run on petrol it's a big advantage we tried it out in the second stage of the russian pit by championship but i pulled away from my opponents right from the start and then completed the first lap faster than anyone else i deliberately left the track after
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that because it was just a demonstration that i wanted to show people how powerful a small motor bike can be accelerate six dreamy fast and i don't think a petrol engine will ever be able to do anything like that it also only has one gear well with petrol motorbikes you need to change gear in every split second it takes you to change gear is important in a race so this gives you maximum possible acceleration it's amazing really one of a kind. the east bike is made in moscow by della the secrets behind its killer characteristics is all in the motor which despite swing just four point eight kilograms generates nine kilowatts of power which is then fed directly to the wheel the company also builds the frame but she parks controller and software to go with it. the engines that are currently on the market surprising. thank you because they were also heavy flooding but not that powerful. so you made some prototypes. from the start we've made up our minds to use air cooling down which requires much
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fewer parts inside the engine but there's a very powerful air currents else that transfers heat from the components to the out of body remember where it cools naturally by the wind. boards upwards moreover the efficiency of our engine is about ninety percent. generates much less heat anyway. however the electric bike has generated a lot of buzz so much so that della has already designed three other models including two full sized motocross bikes and an urban version is at the prototype stage. the first batch of one hundred days to this winter and has already been snapped up with a full sized model having a predicted range of two hundred kilometers on a single charge which costs between thirty five and seventy cents it's easy to see why.
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it's no good having all these top specs if the bike doesn't look the part so della got in touch with moscow based in just two design company for helping found the design is true of countless concepts from bike before they eventually agreed on the final version. it doesn't weigh a gram more than it has to simply remove all the known load bearing parts and it. is also our original design which allows us to have high engine capacity combined with small size and most importantly lightweight. even in this day and age computer model sometimes on to not fully to evaluate a design. so our top uses industrial plus to see. to bring the drawings to life and gets the impression of the final product. after hours of sticking and pressing urban motocross bike is beginning to take shape. has been riding bikes
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since he was a child and used his extensive experience to make sure the bike is practical as well as pretty the first rendering was a bit too wide a bulky but after a few points is the right balance had been reached. the bikes on the block including the serial f.x. from california and also just k.t. m. free right. to top spec f.x. has a one hundred thirty three kilometer range weighs one hundred twenty kilos and costs twelve thousand dollars to casey m. only of the hundreds a much smaller budget capacity giving its a runtime of between twenty to ninety minutes and costs thirteen thousand five hundred dollars when the dell is finished its expected to be faster lighter and less than half the price. the inevitable rise in oil prices is only going to spot on bounces in energy storage technology making it both more efficient and affordable and was the best cheap bottleneck has been broken by so going to go faster and further than ever before. it's the
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final day of the small tomato competition right here in the hearts of boss alone or there's not much between the teams they still everything to go for in this final handling test. in this closing event of the smarts moto challenge it seems have to show off the maneuverability of the machines by weaving in and out of the cones just like in the insurance test consistency is key and it seems a penalize for every kohen a hit or miss. meanwhile the church took the opportunity to have a closer look at the innovative solutions used in the team's bikes during the design appraisal. the money team seemed to be doing pretty well in the dynamic. was fastest when pitted directly against people that he bikes. for working they're working night by night and day by day maybe they forget. something along the day
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they had a baby of. challenge two thousand and fourteen is now. the final totals all the students can do is sit and wait. this year's winners with poland in ecuador with the people's friendship university of russia picking up a special prize for bravery. didn't receive anything so we caught up with emilio on public to find out what's hot. in most i'll own. but well. he made me and see how do you. do it is not a model like. the rules just say you have to create
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a small motor and i think they don't specify whether it should be a scooter or a full size motor bike only say it has to be a smart one with some out of. the new. technology because i'm sure the rosy. if well. we're here at the moment but there are also technical tests of which we won every one and yet we still fail to qualify that's what is a complete mystery to us. well it wasn't meant to be this year but life goes on the money students may not pass a loaner but they hop on a deal with their sponsored universal motor they could see their bikes ride into mass production soon. only by shree mushroom and like large cars and large motor bikes that's why we've used to motorcycle riding position and design is the basis for our a bike concept. these bikes will go into mass production thing in peru or through
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for the growth of the bike far as it will be produced according to our designs but we did receive them and i don't mean affection facility is go into symbol the bikes to me the specific asians or end customers or recognition. so who knows perhaps the streets of moscow will be buzzing with the sound of the protons and neutrons electric motors some time soon. on like this one show the story of the bike is far from over and it looks like it's on the bright electric a future so we'll see you next month until then enjoy the ride. we chase profit very large very attractive and now very globally recognized source of oil for the world and into the future the world's cheapest and best petroleum
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