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復興航空墬機
Taiwan
TransAsia Airways plane crash kills at least 40 BBC
A passenger plane has crashed after a
failed emergency landing in Taiwan, killing more than 40 people, local
officials say.
The domestic flight crashed near Magong
airport on the outlying Penghu island, reports said.
There were a total of 54 passengers and
four crew on board, Taiwan's CNA news agency reported.
Aviation officials said flight GE222
aborted its initial landing and then crashed, local media reported.
Transport minister Yeh Kuang-Shih said that
47 people were killed and 11 were injured, CNA reported.
The agency previously said that 51 were
feared killed, citing fire department officials.
"It's chaotic [at] the scene,"
Jean Shen, director of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, told Reuters news
agency.
Questions:
What do you think about Taiwan Trans Asia
airways plane crash?
What do you think the safety of airplanes?
Do you fear to take airplanes? Why or why
not?
How to survive a plane crash?
(a survey shows that the safest seats are
at the back of the plane)
In your opinion, which is the safest seat
on an aircraft? Why?
Is it safe to fly an airplane?
How can you prevent air plane crashes?
What are the ways to increase your odds of
surviving a plane crash?
In your opinion, what are the safest
airlines in Taiwan? Why?
機器人將成必需品
A
Robot to Care for You in Old Age By Dave Bernard
How would you feel about interacting with a
machine rather than a human being when it comes to addressing your daily
activities? I admit my first reaction when thinking of a robot caring for me in
my later years was not necessarily a positive one. Robots can be a bit scary.
My perspective is the result of many years as a science fiction buff, and the
robot was not always such a nice guy. More often than not, the mechanical man
somehow caused a variety of problems for the humans it interacted with.
But not all robots are bad. Some are being
deployed to offer assistance living at home. Smart Homes, a company based in
the Netherlands, has designed a program to help seniors live independently. A
helpful robot named Hector that resembles a big walking and talking smartphone
provides reminders for everyday tasks such as taking medications, returning
phone calls and compiling grocery lists. In addition, Hector can detect falls
and respond to verbal commands.
Perhaps a robot could also assist with
day-to-day tasks such as retrieving objects for those whose mobility is
limited. Voice activated commands are becoming commonplace in our smartphone
use. It seems like a reasonable and useful extension to apply voice commands to
the realm of the robot.
A big part of the future success of robots
will be their acceptance by the humans under their care. In Japan robots have
been around for a long time with a history that includes everything from
tamagotchis to transformers. You would expect Japanese seniors to be reasonably
comfortable when it comes to the idea of robots in their daily lives.
Questions:
What do you think the idea that robot
caregivers help the elderly?
How robots can help caregivers?
Do you think that robotics can and will -
change our lives in the near future?
What should robots look like in the future?
What do you think a robotic girlfriend or a
boyfriend?
Do you want a humanoid servant robot at
home? Why or why not?
Are robots going to take our jobs?
【聯合報╱記者許玉娟、凌珮君、綦守鈺／連線報導】
復興航空編號GE─222的ATR─72型客機，昨晚搭載五十四名旅客四位機組人員降落馬公機場時，墜毀在湖西鄉西溪村民宅上，機上乘員四十八人罹難，只有十人生還送醫，另有五名民宅居民受傷。復興航空這班飛機由正駕駛李義良（六十歲）駕駛，副駕駛為江冠興（卅九歲），原訂昨天下午四時從高雄小港機場飛往澎湖馬公機場，因天候不佳，延後一小時四十三分起飛。
晚上七時六分，飛機準備降落馬公機場，塔台接獲機長要求重飛，七點八分飛機隨即失去聯絡並從雷達上消失，隨即傳出墜毀湖西鄉西溪村六十二號旁空地。
澎湖縣消防局二分鐘後接到報案，原以為是民宅火警，趕到現場發現是墜機，趕緊加派人車，軍方出動兩百名兵力搶救，附近居民也紛紛出來幫忙。
消防局昨晚八時五分控制火勢，現場殘骸、屍塊一片狼藉，消防人員說，現場飛機殘骸散落在七百公尺範圍內，不少因墜機飛出來的屍塊掉在民宅上，消防局人員必須挨戶尋找屍塊拼湊，並將死者先移往菊島福園殯儀館。
當地居民說，飛機失事前先撞上附近一間民宅，民宅被削去大半，破碎的屍塊四散，「只能用慘不忍睹形容」。飛機還撞壞附近的供電設施，造成附近民宅大停電，台電緊急調來一台供電機才暫時復電。總計撞壞五十六及六十二號兩戶民宅，掉落的土石還壓住屋旁轎車。
中央氣象局表示，麥德姆颱風一條雨帶從昨天下午四時起一直卡在澎湖與台灣本島之間，天氣狀況相當不穩定，傍晚到入夜後澎湖最大陣風七到九級，雨勢也明顯轉強，能見度大約僅二公里。
幸運生還的海軍女軍官顏婉茹說，飛機在空中盤旋差不多一個小時，降落時感覺像是起落架故障，接著就是一陣猛烈撞擊，回神時眼前機艙嚴重變形，她跟著同僚蔡佩儒陸續爬出。
一位曾在陸軍航空特戰指揮部服役被調往澎湖馬公機場支援的飛官說，昨晚七時十分左右，官兵突然接獲通知，全員被召返馬公機場協助救災，「現場一片狼藉，機場跑道散滿碎片、殘骸，飛機全部停飛」。
「整晚馬公街道上都聽得到消防車呼嘯而過的聲音」，他表示，昨天澎湖下一整天的雨，能見度很差，馬公機場白天一度關閉後，下午才又再開放。
日教授：機器人將像手機一樣成必需品
【聯合報╱編譯張佑生／綜合報導】
大阪大學機器人專家石黑浩（右）上月在東京發表全球首見能朗誦新聞稿的主播機器人Kodomoroid，這個字是日文kodomo（孩童）和機器人（android）的合併字。
法新社
難以分辨真人與機器人之間差異的遠景，在日本最近的技術突破後，可能很快變成現實。
不過，當機器人與人類的差異變小時，社會將面臨料想不到的倫理和法律爭議。
大阪大學的機器人專家石黑浩接受法新社專訪時說：「電腦能力已經超越人類，機器人很快就會變得很聰明。」
石黑浩擁有一個智能機器人，外型與他本人幾乎一模一樣，他還會讓機器人代替他前往海外出差。石黑浩笑說：「機器人幫我節省時間，上半身和下半身分別放進兩個行李箱，頭部非常脆弱，必須當作隨身行李攜帶。」
從煮麵、協助復健到清理核災現場，機器人在日本的功能已經很多元。南韓有清除水母的機器人，還有具備人工智慧的機器人能夠分析市場走向，獲邀加入香港創投公司的董事會。
石黑浩表示：「如果我們對人類有足夠的知識，通常來自神經科學和認知科學，就能打造出更像人類的機器人。更重要的是，機器人和仿真人是反映人類的鏡子。一旦我們成為朋友，人類和機器人之間的界線便會消失。」
石黑浩舉例，某人在車禍中喪女，後來有仿真人外型的機器人住進家裡，當事人可能會逐漸接受，當做真人對待。「假設住所遭入侵，主人擊斃歹徒以保護機器人，法庭上將如何答辯？」
人類和機器人之間的界線消失，一直讓人擔憂，通常透過流行文化呈現。一九八二年的好萊塢電影「銀翼殺手」即為一例，將故事背景設定在二○一九年，經過基因工程改造的機器人被稱為「複製人」，外表與人類無異，但體能優於人類，也能忍受痛苦。哈里遜福特飾演的主角負責追蹤殲滅「複製人」，問題是他得先辨識人群中誰是真人誰是機器人。
石黑浩預測，如同年輕一代生活不能沒有手機，仿真人的機器人未來也會成為人類生活的必需品：「每個人都需要一台機器人，選擇會更多樣。」
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