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say the us has promised ukraine more weapons, including air defence systems. a very good morning. here on bbc news, it is click. this week, the race to preserve ukraine s heritage and culture by sd scanning its buildings. phone too big? display too small? spencer has been looking at the latest flexi screens that are coming around the bend. yeah, you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. we will try on some smart fabrics and a solar powered shirt. and sticking with style, are these the emperor s new clothes? lara has been trying on some threads that don t even exist. that s very cool. good job, i take my hat off to you. my virtual hat. lives lost, people displaced. the horrors of war are unimaginable. and the battle for ukraine goes on. russia no longer has full control of the southern and eastern regions it illegally annexed in the last week, and as the ukrainian army fights back and regains some of its stolen territory, the huge damage to kherson and donetsk are ....
And the loss of culture and history that comes with that. since the start of the war, unesco says almost 200 historic sites have been damaged. but what can t be saved physically can be saved virtually. over the years, we have looked at different ways of preserving buildings digitally, and now that technology is being used for a very urgent task. as alistair kean has been finding out. across ukraine, hundreds of buildings have stood for years as important cultural sites. but through the war, many have gone from this.to this. their architectural wonders becoming piles of rubble. every day, they destroy something really important in terms of cultural heritage. for example, yesterday, ....
22nd December 2020 12:12 pm 22nd December 2020 12:12 pm Alistair Kean, environmental director at COWI, explores how engineers can help lay the path towards net zero The inaugural address to members of the Institute of Civil Engineers from incoming President, Rachel Skinner, was stark. “The way we, as civil engineers, have planned, designed, constructed and operate our infrastructure systems have been part of the (climate change) problem,” she said. “It hasn’t been intentional but it’s time to recognise that we need to do things differently.” From the address, what was clear is the outsized role that civil engineers will play in society’s response to climate change. The carbon impact of the infrastructure that we create is twofold; firstly, created by the design, materials and construction choices we make, and secondly through the behaviours that we enable – be they energy, transport, buildings, water, waste or digital. Altogether it ....