The Maze
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| Initial release | July 26, 1953 |
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| Directors | William Cameron Menzies |
| Based on | Maurice Sandoz |
| Screenplay | Daniel B. Ullman |
| Producers | Richard Heermance |
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| ID | 2900940 |
About The Maze
A bride (Veronica Hurst) and her aunt (Katherine Emery) chase the bridegroom (Richard Carlson) to his Scottish castle, home of a man-frog.
Illegal e-bike riders 'goading' police, force says
... That s police speak for another bike which has got away, another hooded teenager vanishing into The Maze of Bristol s Hartcliffe estate...
Good Friday Agreement: Prisoner release a bitter pill for victims
... It saw cells at The Maze Prison, near Belfast, emptied of more than 400 inmates, both republican and loyalist, who had been responsible for some of the acts of violence which cost 3,500 lives during the Troubles...
Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland, peace and women
... She visited the paramilitary prisoners at The Maze high-security jail in an effort to get them to support peace talks...
Good Friday Agreement: How Blair and Ahern brought new focus
... Then loyalist paramilitaries withdrew their support and, in January, Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam went into The Maze prison to try to get them back on board...
Good Friday Agreement: Who wants to tell the 'truth' about NI's past?
... There have been numerous consultations, negotiations, agreements and disagreements - but what about putting the direct questions to those who would have many of the answers? Who would participate in such a process? It s a question I asked former Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan, loyalist leader Jackie McDonald and Jake Mac Siacais, who spent years on the IRA wings in The Maze prison...
The 70s nuclear relic that may be about to open at last
... Passing through a semi-lit machinery room, he points to The Maze of piping and electrical conduits: " Look at the quality of that wiring...
Water pipe robots could stop billions of litres leaking
... Until then, each time there is a leak, the water companies will have to dig - around The Maze of gas, electricity, wifi and sewer pipes - to fix it...
Ukraine round-up: Mariupol aftermath and Russian soldier's trial
... Her husband, a fighter, is still thought to be somewhere in The Maze of tunnels beneath the complex...
Water pipe robots could stop billions of litres leaking
By Victoria GillScience correspondent, Bbc News
Around three billion litres of Water are lost through leaks across hundreds of thousands of miles of Water Pipe in England and Wales daily, says Water industry economic regulator Ofwat.
Scientists have now developed miniature robots to patrol The Pipe network, check for faults and prevent leaks.
They say maintaining The Network will be " impossible" without robotics.
Water industry body Water UK told Bbc News that companies were already " investing billions" in leakage.
But a recent. It named several that it said were " letting down customers and The Environment " by not spending enough on improvements. Water UK responded saying that leakage was at " its lowest level since privatisation".
Leaks are a widespread and complicated problem: Across the UK, hundreds of thousands of kilometres of Pipe - of varying age and in varying condition - Supply millions of properties with Water .
Colin Day from Essex and Suffolk Water said: " In [this region] alone, we look after More Than 8,500km (5,282 miles) of Pipe and only about half the leaks in those Pipes are visible, which means it's complicated to pinpoint where [the rest] are. "
Wasted Water has been a particularly sensitive issue this year. According to Water UK, three companies - South East Water , South West Water , and Yorkshire Water - Still have localised hosepipe bans in place following the summer drought. And, amid the cost of living crisis, Ofwat estimates 20% of customers in England and Wales struggle to pay their Water bill.
In the Last Year , though, according to Ofwat, companies have reduced leakage by an average of about 6%.
The industry has committed to a government target of halving the amount of Water lost by 2050. Water UK accepted that progress needed to " accelerate". " We're adopting the latest technology, including special in-Pipe cameras; satellite imaging; thermal drone technology, high-tech probes, and Artificial Intelligence , " it told Bbc News .
Flowing beneath our feetWe visited The Site of a leak repair with Essex and Suffolk Water , which is owned by Northumbria Water . At a suburban site, a team was carefully excavating - navigating the overlying sewer Pipe , gas Supply and electricity cables to locate an underground leak.
" This one wasn't visible - we detected it through monitoring flow in our network, " said Colin Day from Essex and Suffolk Water .
" We've covered the biggest leaks - Burst Pipes that that people see. It's these smaller, hidden leaks that we need to find. "
Essex and Suffolk Water is testing " non-Dig " repairs, including sealants that can be safely injected into Pipes to repair cracks before they develop into a major leak. The technological revolution in leak prevention, according to some scientists, will be miniature robots.
Robot Pipe patrollersSome companies already use tethered robots to investigate Pipes that are inaccessible. But most of The Network is currently inaccessible without digging. This is where much smaller, artificially intelligent machines come in.
A New Generation of underground robotic Pipe patrollers is being tested at the at the University of Sheffield .
are miniature, mobile robots with cameras for eyes and all-terrain legs. They are being developed in collaboration with the Water industry to patrol Pipes and find cracks and weaknesses before they develop into leaks.
" Companies only respond reactively to faults at The Moment , not proactively, " explains Prof Kirill Horoshenkov. " We need to have The Presence of robots so they can continuously collect data before The Onset of faults. "
Holding The Toy car-sized robot in his hand, Prof Horoshenkov explained: " They move along The Pipe , taking pictures and they have a microphone to listen to The Pipe . They're designed to make decisions about whether The Pipe is likely to develop a fault or not. "
Artificial Intelligence specialist Prof Netta Cohen from the University of Leeds says the biggest challenge for pipebots is communication.
" Underground, there's no GPS. So they will communicate with each other at short ranges (using sound or wifi). "
She and her colleagues are developing a system where a larger " mother" robot carries and deploys a group of miniature robots.
" They will deposit these little guys to go into the smaller Pipes and collect them when they're done, " explained Prof Cohen. " We will need a whole society of these robots to work in all these kilometres of Pipe .
" If you think about The State of our infrastructure, " she added, " it is so urgent to Do Something . It has implications not just for industry, but for our impact on The Environment . "
The Water Pipes beneath our feet, said Prof Cohen, are some of The Most inhospitable environments on Earth. " We can't do this without robotics. "
At ICAIR, The Team hopes The First pipebots will patrol the Water network within five years. Until then, Each Time there is a leak, the Water companies will have to Dig - Around The Maze of gas, electricity, wifi and sewer Pipes - to fix it.
Source of news: bbc.com
