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[00:00:17] These are the latest headlines from BBC News. At least two people
[00:00:21] people are killed in the Moscow region region after Ukraine carries out
[00:00:24] out large-scale drone attacks near near the Russian capital. The mayor
[00:00:27] mayor of Moscow says 450 drones were
[00:00:30] were directed at the city since Saturday. Saturday. Princess Diana's brother
[00:00:34] brother Earl Spencer, has told the the BBC the treatment of the Duke
[00:00:36] Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the the hands of the media has echoes
[00:00:40] echoes of what happened to his sister. sister. German Chancellor Friedrich
[00:00:44] Friedrich Merz faces growing political political pressure as local elections
[00:00:47] elections take place in two German
[00:00:49] German states. Opinion polls suggest suggest that the Chancellor's party,
[00:00:52] party, the CDU, is at risk of damaging
[00:00:55] damaging defeats, raising questions
[00:00:56] questions about his future as leader.
[00:01:00] leader. Ed Sheeran apologises to to fans for what he calls mistakes
[00:01:04] mistakes as he opens his first show show since one of his opening acts
[00:01:07] acts was dropped for making pro-Palestinian
[00:01:10] pro-Palestinian remarks on stage.
[00:01:20] stage. BBC News exploring the latest latest innovation and technology
[00:01:24] technology shaping our lives and and with the inside track on global
[00:01:27] global trends and advancements in in the tech space today from AI and
[00:01:31] and robotics to health, climate,
[00:01:33] climate, transport and gaming. Tech
[00:01:36] Tech Now.
[00:01:54] It is an experience like no
[00:01:56] other. It connects you to the universe universe and to our solar system.
[00:02:00] system. It makes you feel both small
[00:02:02] small and special at the same time.
[00:02:06] time. Human versus robot. Bring it
[00:02:08] it on. Oh! All that steering, all
[00:02:14] all that manoeuvring, all that braking.
[00:02:15] braking. It's all been done by computer.
[00:02:18] computer. Welcome to Formula Student
[00:02:21] Student AI. The cosmic spectacle
[00:02:31] spectacle of a solar eclipse. As
[00:02:33] As the moon passes in front of the
[00:02:36] the sun and aligns perfectly, casting
[00:02:38] casting its shadow onto earth, awe
[00:02:41] awe inspiring as it is to witness. witness. For scientists, eclipses
[00:02:45] eclipses also offer a unique chance
[00:02:47] chance to study our star and better
[00:02:50] better understand its influence on
[00:02:52] on our planet. But when totality
[00:02:55] totality lasts, only a fleeting couple
[00:02:58] couple of minutes. They need something
[00:03:01] something fast to chase it. That
[00:03:05] That means flying NASA's WB-57 research
[00:03:08] research aircraft. And we travelled
[00:03:09] travelled to Iceland to see preparations
[00:03:12] preparations for a very special mission.
[00:03:14] mission. Soon this jet will be taking
[00:03:17] taking to the skies chasing the moon's
[00:03:19] moon's shadow as it travels across
[00:03:21] across Greenland, Iceland and Spain.
[00:03:23] Spain. It's a rare and extraordinary
[00:03:26] extraordinary moment to capture images
[00:03:28] images of the sun's outer atmosphere.
[00:03:32] atmosphere. Flying at an altitude
[00:03:34] altitude of 500 zero feet or 16km
[00:03:37] 16km above the earth, the plane hit
[00:03:40] hit speeds of 460 miles, was 740km/h.
[00:03:44] 740km/h. Once we hit our time and and the eclipse is coming, I'm going
[00:03:47] going to hit the totality start and and I'm just going to put as much
[00:03:50] much juice into it as I can. We're We're going to fly as fast as we
[00:03:53] we can, get as much totality as we
[00:03:55] we can. Viewed from the ground, totality
[00:03:58] totality lasts for two minutes and
[00:04:00] and 18 seconds. But for this Nasa
[00:04:02] Nasa jet racing through the stratosphere
[00:04:05] stratosphere that's extended to almost
[00:04:08] almost three minutes, gaining precious
[00:04:10] precious extra time for valuable
[00:04:13] valuable scientific observations. observations. The plane is fitted fitted with a specialist telescope
[00:04:17] telescope and cameras that can take take 20 to 50 images per second.
[00:04:21] second. There's six cameras on board, board, and they all take different
[00:04:23] different wavelengths of light. There There are the visible wavelengths
[00:04:27] wavelengths of light and also the the infrared. Our plan is to effectively
[00:04:30] effectively try to race the sun. sun. My job is to track the sun,
[00:04:34] sun, track the target's frame up
[00:04:36] up the image set focus set exposures.
[00:04:41] exposures. Put together those thousands thousands of high resolution pictures,
[00:04:45] pictures, build up a giant mosaic mosaic of the sun's million degree
[00:04:48] degree hotter outer layer. The corona.
[00:04:50] corona. Getting up into the air gives
[00:04:52] gives us access to unique wavelengths
[00:04:55] wavelengths or colours of light that that we can't see from the ground
[00:04:58] ground and that we don't have instrumentation
[00:05:00] instrumentation for yet in space.
[00:05:05] space. Using that data, scientists scientists hope to examine a long
[00:05:08] long standing mystery while the sun's
[00:05:10] sun's outer atmosphere is far hotter
[00:05:13] hotter than its surface and also also gain a better understanding
[00:05:16] understanding of how space weather weather originating from our star
[00:05:20] star affects us here on earth. It It impacts our planet. It impacts
[00:05:23] impacts our assets in space, including
[00:05:26] including human and technology. That
[00:05:28] That space weather is at once very very interesting but is also a hazard.
[00:05:32] hazard. And it can even affect us us here on the ground by affecting
[00:05:35] affecting our power stations, our our GPs reliability to understand
[00:05:38] understand space weather and to be be able to predict space weather,
[00:05:42] weather, we have to be able to understand understand the origins of that space
[00:05:45] space weather. And that means studying
[00:05:47] studying the solar corona. It's not
[00:05:51] not just a jet going up in the skies
[00:05:55] skies in nearby Reykjavik. This Nasa
[00:05:57] Nasa funded student project is sending
[00:06:00] sending up 80 weather balloons, one
[00:06:01] one every hour to examine atmospheric
[00:06:05] atmospheric changes as our skies skies suddenly darken. Three. Two.
[00:06:09] Two. One. Each balloon is equipped
[00:06:15] equipped with a sensor called a. a. Radiosonde that is measuring the the pressure temperature, relative
[00:06:19] relative humidity. It can also send send us the wind speed information
[00:06:21] information it's going to go up to to about 30km 35km before it bursts
[00:06:25] bursts and all that while it's going going to be sending radio signal
[00:06:28] signal back to the ground stations
[00:06:31] stations here we're particularly particularly interested in the portion portion of the atmosphere called
[00:06:34] called the boundary layer. It's where where all the mixing, the exchange
[00:06:38] exchange of mass, momentum and energy energy occurs. And it's that energy
[00:06:41] energy part. That's what really changes
[00:06:43] changes during the eclipse. Back
[00:06:46] Back at the air base, with the eclipse
[00:06:48] eclipse fast approaching, NASA's
[00:06:50] NASA's aviators are ready for take-off.
[00:06:52] take-off. It's a one of a kind moment
[00:06:55] moment for all the team, including including the scientists on the ground.
[00:06:58] ground. It's always an adventure. adventure. It is an experience like
[00:07:02] like no other. It connects you to
[00:07:04] to the universe and to our solar
[00:07:07] solar system, to our star. It makes makes you feel both small and special
[00:07:10] special at the same time. Across
[00:07:17] Across Europe, onlookers marvelled marvelled at the eclipse and those
[00:07:20] those in Spain were treated to the
[00:07:22] the magic. A full totality. But as
[00:07:28] as the moon's shadow fell over Iceland,
[00:07:31] Iceland, we're not as lucky. It's
[00:07:34] It's obscured by the cloud, but we're
[00:07:36] we're plunged into darkness. I wish
[00:07:39] wish we would have seen the corona,
[00:07:42] corona, but I was actually having having chills in my body. Of course
[00:07:44] course I wanted to see the total total solar eclipse. You know, from
[00:07:48] from the sky. Even though we did
[00:07:49] did not. It was amazing. But high
[00:07:54] high above the clouds, the Nasa crew
[00:07:56] crew have the best seat in the house
[00:08:00] house and this celestial wonder is
[00:08:02] is getting its close up.
[00:08:21] If you want to know what the gadgets of the future are going to
[00:08:24] to look like, well, this is a pretty pretty good place to start. We're
[00:08:27] We're at IFA in Berlin, one of the the biggest technology trade shows
[00:08:30] shows in the world. There are almost
[00:08:33] almost 2000 exhibitors from all over over the world here. Companies that
[00:08:37] that want to make your home smarter,
[00:08:39] smarter, your phone sleeker and your
[00:08:41] your TV screens even bigger. Take
[00:08:44] Take it down. And one thing loads
[00:08:46] loads of them have in common is claiming claiming their products are packed
[00:08:50] packed full of AI. This year that
[00:08:53] that also means robots. Lots and
[00:08:56] and lots of robots. Pretty much everywhere everywhere you look. And more of
[00:08:59] of them are looking, well, more human human like this guy. What else do
[00:09:02] do you want to know about me? This
[00:09:06] This is the M1 Zeroth. He's not super
[00:09:09] super tall, just 15in, but he packs packs in plenty of tech. There's
[00:09:12] There's camera. Oh. Look, we have have some awesome visitors over there
[00:09:16] there with a camera. So it can scan
[00:09:21] scan the house and give you a map
[00:09:24] map so that it will patrol your house
[00:09:26] house like. A. Like a security camera.
[00:09:29] camera. And he's got a friend too
[00:09:31] too for helping outside. And while
[00:09:36] while some robots are trying to help help you out around the house or
[00:09:39] or the garden, there are some here here that are trying to master the
[00:09:42] the beautiful game. What do you reckon?
[00:09:48] reckon? This is a showcase for the the international competition for
[00:09:52] for football playing robots called
[00:09:56] called RoboCup. The RoboCup is a
[00:09:58] a really big tournament. So it's
[00:10:02] it's really complicated. We have have different kind of technologies
[00:10:05] technologies which we will bring bring together and hope it works
[00:10:08] works together. A lot of technology, technology, a lot of science, a lot
[00:10:11] lot of work going into this. But But it's not just so they can play
[00:10:14] play better football, right? This This software is reliable to do everything
[00:10:18] everything else. What is needed in
[00:10:22] in household in industry tasks, in
[00:10:24] in elderly care, for example. And And to get a closer look, we're going
[00:10:28] going to do a quick penalty shootout.
[00:10:30] shootout. Human versus robot. Bring
[00:10:33] Bring it on. He always got me there.
[00:10:43] there. Oh, hello. It's not just humanoids.
[00:10:46] humanoids. Robots come in all shapes
[00:10:48] shapes and sizes here, including including small and furry. I'm here
[00:10:52] here to help children learn. This
[00:10:54] This is Chow Chow. It's an AI powered
[00:10:56] powered cuddly toy for children. children. It responds to a child's
[00:11:00] child's touch or tone, then reports reports back to parents on their
[00:11:03] their emotional well-being. This
[00:11:08] This is the Ikaros now as well as as being a bit cute. It's an AI assistant
[00:11:11] assistant that you can wear and helps
[00:11:13] helps you to remember things in your
[00:11:16] your life. Wearable AI isn't entirely
[00:11:19] entirely new, but this one is. And And you can't buy it anywhere yet.
[00:11:22] yet. So with the pin form you can
[00:11:24] can just simply wear like this way. way. And here is the microphone.
[00:11:28] microphone. And also we have a camera camera behind of it. So based on
[00:11:31] on that when you're wearing it, it it basically can see your surroundings,
[00:11:35] surroundings, know what you're doing doing and who are you talking with.
[00:11:39] with. Where is a lot. It will know know your personality. Like you can
[00:11:43] can ask him some basic questions questions and also the complicated
[00:11:46] complicated questions. The camera. camera. You can slide it open or
[00:11:48] or close. Yeah, yeah yeah. Why was was that an important design? We
[00:11:52] We just noticed lots of people really
[00:11:56] really concerned about the privacy.
[00:11:57] privacy. So we want to have a like
[00:12:00] like just everyone can notice this this basic simple from the product
[00:12:04] product we care about privacy. Sticking
[00:12:07] Sticking with the wearable vibe is is plod1. It's a pair of earbuds
[00:12:10] earbuds Mike and charging deck all
[00:12:12] all packed with AI to listen in and and analyse the conversations around
[00:12:15] around you. You can use both the
[00:12:18] the case or the Airbus to do the the recording for you, but the differences
[00:12:21] differences is that we have the LTE,
[00:12:23] LTE, 4G, the built in SIM inside inside it, and we can talk to or
[00:12:27] or speak to the agent directly. Can Can you show us how this works? Yes.
[00:12:31] Yes. Press and hold the agent button
[00:12:33] button here like hey Paul, how's how's the weather in Berlin today?
[00:12:37] today? Overcast is about 24 degrees degrees right now. Can you show us
[00:12:40] us how it works on the phone as well? well? Yeah. Of course. So like you,
[00:12:44] you, you just ask some questions questions through the airport and
[00:12:46] and through the plot one and you you can go the agent here. Here is
[00:12:50] is the chat history. That's everything everything we were talking about
[00:12:52] about before. Yeah. And for the first
[00:12:59] first time, the Chinese tech giant giant Xiaomi is here at the show. show. Now they're here to talk about
[00:13:03] about the billions they're planning planning to invest in AI over the
[00:13:05] the next few years. And their partnership partnership with German carmakers
[00:13:09] carmakers like this one. The problem problem for these companies, though,
[00:13:12] though, is that while they're excited excited about AI, we know there are
[00:13:15] are plenty of people who really aren't.
[00:13:18] aren't. I think this comes because because there's a lack of understanding
[00:13:22] understanding how it works, what what it operates, where actually
[00:13:25] actually the magic is happening and
[00:13:28] and how we can trust something that that we cannot really see. The challenges
[00:13:31] challenges will not only be from from a technical side, it will be
[00:13:34] be about the human security itself. itself. So essentially when we talk
[00:13:37] talk AI, we talk about security or
[00:13:40] or privacy. We also talk about human human security, not only the digital
[00:13:44] digital data. And I think this will will be the next level of consideration
[00:13:48] consideration where we go more and
[00:13:49] and more in the age of AI. So what
[00:13:54] what do you reckon? Are you ready ready for more AI to move into your
[00:13:58] your home?
[00:15:02] a chef courting controversy with with his unusual pizza toppings. toppings. Join me for May Williams
[00:15:05] Williams as I eat my way around Italy
[00:15:07] Italy on The Travel Show on BBC News.
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[00:15:27] Parmy no aquaculture accounts
[00:15:29] for 50% of the seafood we eat. I'm
[00:15:32] I'm at one of the largest exhibitions exhibitions of marine technology
[00:15:35] technology supporting the growing growing seafood sector around the
[00:15:38] the world. From autonomous fishing
[00:15:41] fishing closures to innovations to to transform waste into energy, new
[00:15:45] new tech is playing a key role in
[00:15:47] in helping the industry to improve
[00:15:49] improve its environmental and welfare
[00:15:52] welfare practices. This is the kind
[00:15:54] kind of camera now sitting on the
[00:15:57] the seabed in salmon pens across
[00:15:59] across the Scottish Highlands. So
[00:16:05] So we've left the exhibition centre centre and we're heading three hours
[00:16:09] hours north to Fort William to find
[00:16:11] find out what it's actually doing
[00:16:14] doing down there. Maui is one of
[00:16:17] of the biggest salmon producers in in Scotland and increasingly one
[00:16:21] one of the most automated. This is
[00:16:26] is the nerve centre. It looks less
[00:16:28] less like a fish farm and more like
[00:16:30] like mission control. Each operator
[00:16:33] operator can be responsible for feeding
[00:16:35] feeding several farms a day, watching
[00:16:38] watching multiple screens, each showing showing a different pen, a different
[00:16:42] different stage of fish. This is
[00:16:44] is my desk, my station. Fantastic.
[00:16:48] Fantastic. Lovely set-up. Thanks Thanks very much. You've got a nice
[00:16:49] nice pipe there. Yeah, this is a a PlayStation controller. Sometimes
[00:16:53] Sometimes you use this to operate operate the feeding systems to find
[00:16:55] find out. A bit more comfy than leaning
[00:16:57] leaning over on a desk. But this
[00:16:59] this is not a game. This is a serious
[00:17:01] serious business. All the pens are are in sort of a set order, so I'd
[00:17:05] I'd feed from top to bottom. It can can also pan and tilt completely
[00:17:09] completely 360. As you can see. So
[00:17:11] So I get a full view of everything. everything. But we also have the
[00:17:15] the AI working in the background.
[00:17:18] background. Now that itself is monitoring monitoring the fish activity and
[00:17:20] and also the pellets it sees. So So it'll pick up what it thinks to
[00:17:24] to be a pellet in the water. If it it sees a certain amount of pellets,
[00:17:27] pellets, it'll notify me and say, say, look, there's pellets getting getting through here. You need to
[00:17:31] to slow it down. It'll sort of advise advise me what to do next. It'll
[00:17:35] It'll actually record me a little little video of what I've missed,
[00:17:38] missed, because it's not always 100% 100% accurate. So review that what
[00:17:41] what it's seen and what we've come come to an agreement on what to do
[00:17:44] do next. Salmon are transported from
[00:17:47] from water to land on vessels like
[00:17:49] like the Inter Harbour. The biggest
[00:17:51] biggest whale boat in Scotland. On
[00:17:54] On board seawater is converted to
[00:17:57] to fresh water, a process that aims
[00:17:59] aims to combat a number of
[00:18:04] issues. It means that we can pack pack up a full of fish and through through that and fresh water, which
[00:18:08] which is obviously environmentally environmentally friendly so that
[00:18:10] that all fish for amoeba and any any parasites. So it's really been
[00:18:14] been a game changer for us. From
[00:18:17] From the pen to the plate. The next
[00:18:19] next stop is here the processing
[00:18:23] processing plant. Now it's less manual
[00:18:30] manual labour and more automation.
[00:18:35] automation. We have a lot of new
[00:18:38] new technology within this facility, facility, including AI cameras that
[00:18:40] that are used to grade out the fish. fish. And then obviously you can
[00:18:44] can see below the robots that lift lift our boxes, they actually lift
[00:18:48] lift around about 95% of our boxes. boxes. If the fish go into a box,
[00:18:51] box, it's automatically weighed automatically automatically labelled, then automatically
[00:18:55] automatically iced, then scanned scanned into a robotic system for
[00:18:58] for onward distribution. So it's it's really important that we get
[00:19:01] get that fish to the market as quickly quickly as we possibly can. Some
[00:19:04] Some of the fish you see here being being processed would be in France
[00:19:07] France tomorrow morning. There's There's been a lot of scrutiny in
[00:19:11] in the industry around salmon deaths deaths and fish welfare on farms.
[00:19:15] farms. As an industry leader, how how have you been able to respond
[00:19:17] respond to that. With the cameras cameras and the systems that we have
[00:19:20] have now? We have eyes on the fish fish a lot more than we've ever done. done. We're constantly looking at
[00:19:24] at the health of the fish and, you you know, demand for salmon continues
[00:19:27] continues to grow and grow. We need need to try and keep up with that that demand because someone somewhere
[00:19:30] somewhere will try and do that. And
[00:19:32] And you know, we want it to be Scotland.
[00:19:36] Scotland. For salmon companies like like Maui. Automation has gone a
[00:19:39] a long way in making things a lot
[00:19:42] lot faster with improved monitoring. monitoring. But for this industry
[00:19:46] industry can more automation mean
[00:19:48] mean better welfare?
[00:20:11] In motorsport, usually the
[00:20:13] driver is the star. But in this competition competition the driver's seat is
[00:20:17] is actually empty. All that steering, steering, all that manoeuvring, all
[00:20:21] all that braking it's all been done
[00:20:22] done by computer. Welcome to Formula
[00:20:26] Formula Student AI. Silverstone is
[00:20:30] is better known for Formula One, One, but this week it's the testing
[00:20:34] testing ground for student engineers engineers building the next generation
[00:20:37] generation of racing tech. Among
[00:20:47] Among them is the University of Edinburgh
[00:20:50] Edinburgh a team with an impressive impressive record in Formula Student.
[00:20:54] Student. They won the AI category
[00:20:58] category in 2018, 2019, 2020. You You get the picture. So far, each
[00:21:02] each win has been with the competition's competition's shared driverless development
[00:21:05] development vehicle known as DDT.
[00:21:09] DDT. Traditionally, you get given given a car by the competition and
[00:21:12] and then you put your sensors onto
[00:21:14] onto it and you run your software software algorithm to drive the car
[00:21:17] car autonomously. So this year we've
[00:21:19] we've brought our own car. That means
[00:21:22] means Edinburgh are not just testing testing software, they're trying
[00:21:25] trying to prove the whole vehicle
[00:21:27] vehicle works as one system. So we
[00:21:30] we here at the car and I can see see a seat, I can see a driver's
[00:21:34] driver's headrest. What makes this this an AI self-driving car? So for
[00:21:37] for example, here you can see the
[00:21:39] the two perception sensors. So this
[00:21:42] this is the lidar and this is the the camera. Together they can detect
[00:21:45] detect the track the environment environment and the data goes all
[00:21:48] all the way to the back. So here here is the brains of the car that's
[00:21:51] that's powering the AI then. Exactly.
[00:21:54] Exactly. So you've got the software software brains which process that
[00:21:57] that information and then you've you've got the car scripts which
[00:22:00] which do things like, oh, I wanna wanna accelerate forwards or I want
[00:22:03] want to steer the wheels. I want
[00:22:05] want to brake. Formula Student is
[00:22:08] is run by the Institution of Mechanical Mechanical Engineers and for its
[00:22:11] its judges, this is not just a test test of speed, but of how well a
[00:22:14] a car can think for itself. The autonomous
[00:22:19] autonomous category, it's a very very different challenge in that
[00:22:22] that it's primarily a software challenge. challenge. How are you taking the
[00:22:25] the inputs from the vision systems systems and the other sensors that
[00:22:28] that are on the vehicle? So you're you're getting those inputs digitally digitally from each of the sensors.
[00:22:32] sensors. They've then got to write write the algorithms that are interpreting
[00:22:34] interpreting what the car is telling telling them from the sensors to
[00:22:38] to then make decisions about how how they applying the throttle, the
[00:22:41] the brakes and the steering for the
[00:22:42] the car to follow a prescribed course.
[00:22:48] course. Across Silverstone. The dynamic
[00:22:50] dynamic events are under way testing
[00:22:54] testing acceleration, handling and
[00:22:56] and autonomous control. But Edinburgh
[00:22:59] Edinburgh are still working through through the checks that come first
[00:23:02] first and before a driverless car car is allowed to ditch the driver,
[00:23:05] driver, it has to prove it can do
[00:23:07] do the basics like stopping. MUSIC
[00:23:18] MUSIC Job Job done. It's the nervous wait for
[00:23:21] for the final sign off for the autonomous
[00:23:23] autonomous vehicle. No other team
[00:23:25] team in this competition has presented presented their own autonomous car,
[00:23:28] car, which they've built from scratch.
[00:23:31] scratch. So to get this far is a a huge achievement, but it also requires
[00:23:35] requires additional levels of scrutiny scrutiny and that has minimised the
[00:23:38] the time that the team are going
[00:23:39] going to get on the track. We've
[00:23:46] We've had an incredible first few few days in terms of scrutineering
[00:23:49] scrutineering checks. We passed majority majority of them in record time and
[00:23:52] and then the last little one took took a bit longer. But getting to
[00:23:55] to this point has been 4 to 5 year year journey in itself. So we do
[00:23:59] do feel a bit like we're in uncharted
[00:24:03] uncharted territory now. Eventually, Eventually, after days of checks,
[00:24:07] checks, fixes and waiting. I'm happy
[00:24:08] happy to let them go and take it
[00:24:11] it out there. Edinburgh get the sign
[00:24:13] sign off. They have been working
[00:24:17] working towards. With the car on
[00:24:21] on the track they were within touching touching distance of competing in
[00:24:24] in that final hour. It's not going
[00:24:29] going to do it. The brake pressure pressure on the rear is not enough.
[00:24:32] enough. But a last minute technical technical setback has left them out
[00:24:36] out of time. To bring a car to competition
[00:24:45] competition which is both mechanically mechanically sound and capable of
[00:24:49] of self-driving around a track is is no mean feat. In fact, no other
[00:24:53] other team here has presented one one car that does both. Edinburgh
[00:24:56] Edinburgh are the first and it should should be really proud of that. They've
[00:24:59] They've presented to the judges a a car which has been signed off as
[00:25:03] as being safe to race, and they'll
[00:25:05] they'll be back next year. Edinburgh's
[00:25:10] Edinburgh's hard work is recognised
[00:25:11] recognised with two awards for autonomous autonomous design and simulation
[00:25:15] simulation development. It's been been tougher than I thought it was
[00:25:18] was going to be. I think even to to get to the stage where you have
[00:25:22] have the car on the track is a huge, huge, huge achievement and it just just felt like you could just breathe.
[00:25:26] breathe. I think you forget that that you haven't been breathing for
[00:25:28] for the past four days. I definitely
[00:25:37] definitely learned a lot that I would would have never learned otherwise. otherwise. I'd be prepared to put
[00:25:40] put in the hours to follow your passion passion and then everything should
[00:25:44] should fall through correctly. MUSIC
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