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Heatwave technology
GOOGLE has set up an experiment in Calvia to test possible uses for artificial intelligence in fighting heatwaves.
The search engine is developing a tool entitled ‘Tree Canopy’ to analyse the density of tree cover in cities and enable local councils to better plan urban reforestation projects to combat the appearance of so called ‘heat islands’ areas where the predominance of asphalt multiplies the thermal sensation.
The application has detect
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ed the presence of trees in 17 per cent of Calvia, one of the five municipalities in Spain where the new technology is being tested along with Barcelona, Murcia, Vitoria in the Basque Country and Zaragoza.
On an international level, ‘Tree Canopy’ data has been collected in more than 350 towns and cities worldwide.
Google decided to launch the app after searches relating to heatwaves broke all records in July last year, suggesting increasing concern about the issue.
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The North American technology giant is also due to present a new alert system for extreme heat, offering detailed predictions about the beginning and end of heatwaves as well as advice and health information developed in collaboration with the Global Heat Health Information Network.
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WOLFGANG PORSCHE, the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche who founded the legendary motor company in 1931, is currently looking for a home in Mallorca.
The current chairman of the Porsche AG board spent Easter at the fivestar St Regis Mardavall hotel with his new partner Gabriela Prinzessin zu Leiningen, and on Monday April 10 was shown around several properties in Son Vida and Costa de la Calma by a luxury estate agent.
The Porsche family has been closely linked to Mallorca for years.
Wolfgang’s brother HansPeter built Alcanada Golf Club in Alcudia at the end of the 1980s.
Widely known as the ‘Porsche course’, it contains many references to the family company including 10 buggies designed to look like the Porsche Cayenne.
