Sunday, 29 December 2013

National News Stories - Technology

This article from BBC News is about a robot winning a competition. 


Below is the link to the full article:

The 5Ws:

Who - A robot developed by a Japanese start-up recently acquired by Google
What - It won a 2 day competition
Where - Japan
When - The article does not state this W
Why - Darpa said it had been inspired to organise the challenge after it became clear robots were only capable of playing a very limited role in efforts to contain 2011's Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown in Japan.

News values:

Amplitude - More than 100 teams originally applied to take part
Surprise - This type of competition is quite rare

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