Netflix and co. Have a new strong rival in germany since tuesday: disney has launched its video streaming service.

Disney+ may initially have a much narrower programming lineup than its rugged competitors, but the entertainment giant is banking on the appeal of "star wars," the marvel comic book adaptations and its rich children’s lineup. Like other streaming services, disney+ will be running in europe in the coming weeks with somewhat reduced picture quality to relieve the networks in the coronavirus crisis.

With disney+, the group is risking a strategic turnaround: previously, it earned well from fees from other streaming platforms, where its content ran, as well as cable providers. But in view of the streaming boom, the recently departed company boss robert iger decided that disney would have to bring the content to users on its own initiative. This required massive investments in, among other things, streaming technology. With the service boasting few exclusive audience magnets at launch, such as the "star wars" series "the mandalorian," disney set the monthly price at 6.99 euros, below the level of its rough competitors.

Especially in the coronavirus crisis with closed schools and kindergartens and parents in the home office, content for children can be an attractive argument for a streaming service. The netausruster nokia found in an evaluation of data traffic last week that already on the first day of the restrictions, the netflix data volume increased by 9.00 a.M. Doubled. Amazon made a lot of content for kids available for free on its prime video service shortly before the launch of disney+.

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Twelve meters above the nave of the church, the wooden boards creak as the specialist group of the state building authority invites the press to a meeting. Since the beginning of the year, the dombauhutte has been busy renovating the imperial cathedral and checking its safety on behalf of the state of bavaria.

"It’s a challenging project because we have to work while the plant is in operation", explains ulrich forst. A compromise to not completely deny people access. The head of the cathedral building department is in charge of various sections in the venerable house of god. That means cleaning the ceilings, gouging cracks and cleaning window ledges.

The bamberger rider is still well secured behind wooden boarding. The area around the organ and the imperial degree is almost finished, so that the steel scaffolding can move on: by easter the altar island will be surrounded. In order to begin the next phase of construction, visitors must remain outside for a week. From next monday, 16. Marz, on until saturday afternoon only the craftsmen are at work in the dome.

The renovation work has been going well so far. "Only the room temperature has slowed down the pace somewhat", explains jurgen konig, head of the state building office in bamberg. By moving the m takings to times when visitors are scarce, he said, they want to minimize the impact on visitors.

In two shifts, the skilled workers are renewing the lime plaster on the ceiling, where the color gradients also present a certain challenge: "there’s always a bit of life in it. Depending on the weather, the paint can dry accordingly, resulting in a slightly different image", explains konig. Every 40 to 50 years, a dome like this has to go through the tuv, so to speak. Two million euros have been invested in the acceptance tests, which are being managed and financed by the building authority. With the dombauhutte as a "storehouse of knowledge with 100 years of experience" you have a good partner on your side, finds the head of the building department. Since the last renovation in the 70’s, the electrical system has also accumulated a few years. Distribution box, fuses and lines to be upgraded.

New lighting technology

Something is also happening in terms of environmental protection: old 1,000-watt lamps are giving way to modern technology. The church building is illuminated by around 200 new LED spotlights that can work with different color tones. But don’t worry: despite everything, the dome will not become a disco. "The work in the west choir will be a little more laborious because there will be more decorations", forst describes the situation.

Most of the benches will be available much earlier. By christmas, however, there will only be a small fixture there. The work is expected to be completed in the course of 2021, konig estimates.

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Just tell the car to pick up the child from school – without mom having to get behind the wheel. Such scenarios are a dream so far. No autonomous cars are ready for the market yet.

But many companies are researching it, including google’s sister company waymo, but also the ride service provider uber and german car companies.

Now seven german universities also want to work together with companies over the next four years to develop an autonomously driving electric car. The vehicle is supposed to get by without a steering wheel at all. Herzstuck is the computer that is networked with sensors in the vehicle, sensors in the road and with other vehicles, as the institute for motor vehicles (ika) at RWTH aachen university announced on thursday at the launch of the unicaragil project.

"The vehicle must always be able to transition from safety-critical situations to a safe state without human assistance," said overall coordinator at ika, lutz eckstein, via unicaragil. In situations where the system cannot find a way out – for example, when another car is parked in the second row on the street and a solid line has to be crossed without permission – a traffic controller in a control station has to decide what to do.

The planned safety technology consists of individual modules that can be updated again and again, like an update on a computer. These components had to be tested and not the whole vehicle, so the uberzeugung.

"The design of a safe driving is absolutely in the foreground. That is the basic prerequisite for acceptance by society," says eckstein. According to the latest study by tuv rheinland, car drivers in germany, china and the u.S. Are convinced that traffic safety will decline as automation increases.

The streetscooter electric delivery vehicle has already been developed in aachen, and the post office is now building it for its own delivery staff. The city car e also developed in aachen.Go to go into series production in may.

At the end of unicaragil, four prototypes are to be built: in addition to the family helper, a cab, a delivery vehicle and a shuttle. "We want to create a basis that can be used neutrally by everyone in order to prepare a new standard on how to design such automated vehicles," said eckstein. Whether a car manufacturer will use this template remains to be seen.

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For the dr.-2017 is a very special year for the schneider group of companies – the international automotive supplier celebrated its 90th anniversary this weekend with a big family day and gala evening. More than 5,000 visitors came to see the plant in kronach-neuses.
The family day offered a varied program – starting with tours of the production facilities, a roadshow of exclusive cars in which dr. From the schneider products to the goal wall slide, foosball, bouncy castles, and a raffle with lucrative prizes.
The foreign sites (china, poland, spain, u.S.A.) also had a lot of fun – they offered various culinary delicacies and gave visitors a cultural insight into their respective countries. The day was rounded off with a gala evening for all employees of the group of companies.

Contemporary working conditions

In addition to the anniversary event, dr. Schneider celebrated further highlights in the past few days. The new management& project center at the kronach-neuses parent plant was inaugurated and the final planning phase for the new technology& process center has begun. The recently completed management& project center officially inaugurated. The extension building on the northeastern edge of the company’s premises will offer modern working conditions for a good 280 employees on an area of around 4300 square meters. The building will house the shareholders, management, sales and marketing, legal, communications, organization/processes/corporate strategy, sales controlling and business units.

Thanks to the city and county

With state-of-the-art offices and meeting rooms, a process-oriented structure and the best technical infrastructure, the M& P-center the future viability of dr.-schneider group of companies. The new building is also a statement by the supplier to the kronach-neuses site in terms of sustainability and energy supply. "Through internationalization, we have evolved into a global family of companies – but our ties to our home country have always remained intact", emphasizes parag shah, chairman of the management board. "We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the city and county of kronach for their continued support of our construction work."
In order to remain in the best possible technological position in the future, dr. Schneider has already given the go-ahead for the next construction project: the technology & service center is also to be built at the kronach-neuses site process center, a state-of-the-art industrialization center, to be built. Preparations are already underway.
These investments will, among other things, increase capacities in tool and fixture construction. Under the challenge of industry 4.0, IT technologies are to be merged with production processes to enable new, innovative products and services and to develop forward-looking technologies for the market.
A special highlight will be the top-quality apprentice workshop, which is to be built for the more than 100 industrial apprentices and will set new standards in terms of digitalization and networking. "This is how we can best prepare our trainees for the working world of tomorrow", according to shah.
Construction machinery is rolling out not only at the headquarters in kronach-neuses, but also at the tschirn site. The group of companies is building another warehouse for the spare parts service there.

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More electromobility at the district office in forchheim – this is what the district council decided last year for the district office’s fleet of vehicles. The partial conversion of the vehicle fleet has now made it necessary for the charging infrastructure to be intelligently designed. Together with the municipal utility forchheim, district administrator hermann ulm (CSU) has now put the new charging columns into operation.

"For us, the conversion of the vehicle fleet by using our own electricity is not only economical, but also the right step towards locally emission-free mobility and a sign of climate protection", ulm said.

The six new type-2 charging points are intended exclusively for the district office’s company vehicles and are intended to make charging as easy as possible for employees. Two more e-vehicles will be added to the fleet in a few days, after the press release says that the experience so far at the district administration office has been positive.

To ensure that the switch to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure goes smoothly, the employees of the district office are receiving training.

The used charging boxes partly have fixed cables, so there is no need to reach into the trunk for the charging cable. The three black boxes from a regional manufacturer are hardly coarser than a cake box and seem inconspicuous, but they have a lot to offer.

"This is where particularly innovative technology comes into play", explains dirk samel, e-mobility expert at stadtwerke forchheim "so that the power connection of 44 KW can be used optimally, the charging capacity per vehicle is adjusted. If one vehicle is charged, the others get more electricity. In addition, the consumption values for each vehicle are recorded digitally."

Thanks to the load management of the charging boxes, the power grid is protected and it was not necessary to reinforce the supply lines. "The new charging station is a blueprint for municipalities and companies that want to electrify their vehicle fleet", declares mathias reznik, commercial director of the municipal utility company.

"The current electric vehicles have an optimal range of 250 to 300 kilometers for our requirements, explains climate protection manager dominik bigge "we can therefore optimize the timing of charging and in the future also link it to the availability of photovoltaic and combined heat and power plant electricity. With an average consumption of 15 to 20 kilowatt hours per 100 kilometers, the energy costs of an electric vehicle are significantly lower than those of a combustion engine."

The district office has two photovoltaic systems at the streckerplatz and is currently implementing a CHP (combined heat and power) system in the heating center that can also produce electricity. The plants help to reduce the CO2 emissions of the administration building and to generate electricity locally.

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