(upbeat music) i'm at u. penn, remotely in the jay kumar's lab. sample my surroundings. oh, i hit something. hello? - hi. - [shivani] vijay's apprentice dinesh thakur is my guide. - today, we are gonna show robots playing in a formation. - [shivani] great, can we see how that works? - sure, yeah. - [shivani] the first step dinesh takes in coordinating the drones is to provide them with a common point of reference. in this case, a visual tag, similar to a basic qr code. using only the onboard camera, these drones reference the code on the tag and visualize where they are in states. using sophisticated bio-inspired algorithms, the drones can figure out where each other drone is within the collective swarm. these drones are communicating with one another, right? - [dinesh] yeah, right now they're communicating more wifi. - [shivani] so cool (giggles). future versions of these drones will create their own localized wireless network to communicate. but for now, this swarm is a proof of concept. you've defined a formation, and then they're assuming that formation? - yeah, i ju

america taking place this coming saturday were joined by kathleen at u. penn and the vanderburgh center for public policy to talk about civics education in america and last year when he joined about this time last year's survey you had reported senate knowledge seemed to be on the rise since 2021. is that the trend that continues 12 months later? >> now that the branches are down so much as a little under half. the first amendment is down as well so we are celebrating constitution day and it's a chance to make sure everyone is aware of their right to freedom's responsibilities and protections of our constitution. >> can you say that the survey is and how long you've been doing it? >> guest: it's a survey that asked a national probability to the public united states about foundational civics. can you name three branches of government in the freedoms injected in the first amendment kristine noted overtake -- takes over-rated the dough and the prerogatives of the various branches. when there's a a constitutional matter who gets to decide? these are things that ar

the white house has folksinger james taylor singing in celebration of the inflation reduction act, u pennon, cbo, moody's analytics will not have effect on inflation. listen to this, this happened at the markets were tanking today. watch? >> ♪ i've seen sunny days that thought they would never end. i've seen lonely times when i could not find a friend ♪ elizabeth: that is really odd, congressman, right? james taylor is a great singer but the markets are going down. again it is so off the wall and tone deaf to do this today like this? >> he was the best part of the obama inaugural where he sang last. he is a great writer and a singer but at the end of the day you cannot perform your way through the reality of inflation. the typical family, my typical constituent is spending $500 a month more on essentials. not luxuries the things they must be as you mentioned. eggs are not something you say i will buy caviar instead. the reality is we're paying more for things we must have. elizabeth: you know democrats, more of them, steve are avoiding biden on the campaign trail. watch democrat senator m

russia's foreign ministry announced today that it has now, added actor sean penn, ben stiller and six additional ulic figures who are now banned from entering the country . both stiller and penn met with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky in june in both have called on people to show compassion and support for the people of ukraine. previous rounds of russian sanctions against americans have included president joe biden and members of his family as well as lawmakers and business leaders. the u. s sanctioned numerous russians, including government officials, and those in a number of different businesses. california could change the way it responds to heat waves the bill now on governor newsom's desk and the summer scorcher still underway. chief meteorologist bill martin is back after the break with when we can expect some relief here in the bay area. another busy day? of course - you're a cio in 2022. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise

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