Paul Stenhouse: Robot cleaners go high-tech

May 9, 2020 · 4m 22s
Paul Stenhouse: Robot cleaners go high-tech
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Are Robot UV cleaners around the corner?  At Pittsburgh Airport they've borrowed something from the hospital industry becoming the first US airport to use Robots to sterilize floors using UV...

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Are Robot UV cleaners around the corner? 
At Pittsburgh Airport they've borrowed something from the hospital industry becoming the first US airport to use Robots to sterilize floors using UV light. They had already been trialing self driving floor scrubbing robots but when the pandemic hit they attached UV lights to the back to kill viruses in a deep clean.  
A word of warning though.. while UVC rays are known to be effective at killing viral particles, including other coronaviruses it's not known how effective they are against COVID-19 specifically.  
The airport spokesperson says they want to make customers know it's safe to be at the airport, not just look safe. 
Google's new app is helping kids learn to read  
This is an amazing use its voice technology. It started in India and is now expanding into multiple languages and regions.  
The screen shows the words of the story, with a picture above, then the kid reads the book aloud. The Read Along helper, Diya, listens to see if they've got it, or are struggling and provides helpful assistance like a parent or teacher would. And if the kid gets stuck, they can tap Diya and she'll help them out with words or phrases. 
Google says there are no ads, no in-app purchases and the voice stays on the device. It's not sent away to servers. Which is cool all on its own, because it means more complex things like Google Assistant or Siri are one step closer to being able to run offline. 
Elon Musk's baby has a bizarre name 
It started trending on Twitter. Musk said on the Joe Rogan podcast, the same podcast where he previously got intou trouble for smoking weed, his son’s name is pronounced “X Ash A 12.” The X is just “X” and the A-12 is just “A 12.” It may not even be allowed though under California law which mandates that only the 26 letters of the english alphabet can be used in legal names. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE 
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