Japan system supply articles
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How a 'death trap' for fish in California's water system is limiting the pumping of supplies
Giant pumps hum inside a warehouse-like building, pushing water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta into the California Aqueduct, where it travels more than 400 miles south to the taps of over half the state's population. But lately the powerful motors at the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant have been running at reduced capacity, despite a second year of drought-busting snow and rain. The reason: So many threatened fish have died at the plant's intake reservoir and pumps that it has...
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Japan to trial AI bear warning system after record number of attacks
Six people have been killed and more than 200 injured in attacks by bears over the past yearJapan is to trial an AI bear-warning system after a record number of attacks on humans over the past year as the animals struggle to find their staple foods.A pilot system in Toyama prefecture, central Japan, will monitor live feeds from government, municipal and private security cameras to identify bears on the move in areas close to people, and send instant warnings to relevant local authorities, police...
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Philippines ‘add eyes,’ takes delivery of mobile radar system from Japan
Manila now has two of the four radars it bought from Tokyo for US $99 million in 2020.