全球航空业预计2024年才能恢复

今日主播孙昌岳说：

日前，西门子医疗宣布同意以现金方式收购瓦里安医疗系统公司，该交易对瓦里安的估值约为164亿美元，比其当前市值高出20％以上。

西门子医疗是全球医疗影像行业中三巨头之一。而瓦里安是全球肿瘤放疗领域龙头企业，该公司在全球安装有8000多套放射治疗系统，占据全球超过50%的放疗市场份额。分析人士指出，此次收购意味着西门子医疗将进军肿瘤放疗市场，双方将在影像诊断、体外诊断和介入治疗等领域实现强强联合，成为医疗健康领域新航母。

此外，2020年是西门子医疗步入“西门子医疗2025战略”的“升级”阶段，公司将向具有更高附加值的领域拓展。西门子医疗全球首席执行官贝恩德·蒙塔格表示，此次收购不仅推动公司抗癌业务的飞跃，也提升了公司在医疗健康行业的整体影响力。

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全球航空业预计2024年才能恢复

Global Air Travel Won't Recover Till 2024

据外媒报道，国际航空运输协会近日宣布，全球航空业要到2024年才能从新冠肺炎危机中恢复。

Global air travel won't recover from the Covid-19 crisis until 2024, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced recently.

该机构将航空业复苏乏力归咎于一系列因素，包括消费者信心不足、商务旅行减少以及美国和其他地区新冠病例激增。该机构代表290家航空公司。

The body, which represents 290 airlines, blamed the sluggish recovery on a number of factors, including a lack of consumer confidence, the decline in business travel, and fresh coronavirus spikes in the United States and elsewhere.

根据该机构的预测，明年航空客运量将增长62%，但仍比疫情之前下降约30%，要恢复到疫情前的水平，预计需要四年时间。

Passenger numbers are expected to rise 62% next year, but will still be down almost 30% compared to pre-Covid times, with a full recovery to pre-pandemic levels not on the cards until four years from now.

“客运量在4月份触底，但回暖力度疲弱。”该机构理事长兼首席执行官亚历山大·德朱尼亚克在一份声明中表示，“我们看到的改善来自国内航空。”

'Passenger traffic hit bottom in April, but the strength of the upturn has been very weak,' said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's director general and CEO in a statement. 'What improvement we have seen has been domestic flying.'

在各国国内客运量方面，中国航空公司引领复苏，6月份客运量同比下降35.5%，低于5月份46.3%的降幅。

In terms of countries' domestic traffic, China's airlines are leading the recovery, with traffic down 35.5% in June compared to the 2019 period, up from a 46.3% decline in May.

企业将在未来缩减办公面积

Companies Will Shrink Office Space In The Future

据外媒报道，英国皇家特许测量师学会最新商业地产调查发现，几乎所有成员（93%）都认为企业将在未来两年内缩减办公面积。

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' latest commercial property survey found almost all members - 93% - saw businesses scaling back their office space in the next two years.

报告称，企业从城市中心搬离可能会引发向社区的转移。

It said a move away from urban hubs could prompt a shift to neighbourhoods.

该机构的调查发现，多数成员预计零售和写字楼租金今年将进一步下跌。

RICS found most members expect retail and office rents to fall further this year.

该机构政府关系负责人休·埃德加警告称，可能会出现“空心薄荷”效应——城市中心被掏空。

Hew Edgar, head of UK government relations for RICS, warned of a 'polo mint' effect - a hollowing out of city centres.

但他表示，如果管理得当，这可能带来好处：“在经济低迷时期，也可能存在机会，政府还必须寻求用稳定来取代不确定性，解决商业部门的‘空心薄荷’效应。”

But he said this could bring benefits, if properly managed: 'With downturn there can be opportunity, government must also look to replace uncertainty with stability; and fill the middle of the commercial sector polo mint.

城市自动驾驶中车辆与设施如何协作

How Cars And Infrastructure Co-Work In Urban Automated Driving

 

博世集团作为牵头方，联合梅赛德斯-奔驰、诺基亚、欧司朗、TomTom、IT Designers、杜伊斯堡-埃森大学和乌尔姆大学，共同发起MEC-View项目。

Bosch is the consortium leader of the MEC-View project, working with partners Mercedes-Benz, Nokia, Osram, TomTom, IT Designers, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and Ulm University.

在城市基础设施中，路灯或将成为加强城市交通安全、为自动驾驶车辆提供全面交通状况的首选。这就是MEC-View 研究项目的主题。

Of all things, it could be streetlights that make urban traffic safer and provide automated vehicles with an overview of the traffic situation. This was the subject of the MEC-View research project.

MEC-View项目为路灯安装摄像头和激光雷达传感器，并使用先进的移动通信技术实时向车辆提供关键信息，从而快速可靠地识别障碍物，无论是周围车辆、骑行者还是行人。

The project required streetlights to be fitted with video and lidar sensors, which then used advanced cellular technology to provide vehicles with critical information in real time, allowing them to detect obstacles – whether other cars, bicycles, or pedestrians – quickly and reliably.

该项目的研究成果将被用于进一步开发汽车技术、自动驾驶和移动通信技术。此外，项目期间建造的基础设施可供今后更加深入的研究项目使用。

The insights gained in the project will now be used to further develop automotive technology, automated driving, and cellular technology. In addition, the infrastructure the project has built up will now be available for further research projects to use.

英特尔：让网络游戏更具包容性

Intel: Making Gaming More Inclusive

在当前新冠肺炎疫情大流行之际，技术和游戏为无法齐聚一堂的人们提供了一种交流方式。

In the current pandemic environment, technology and gaming provide a sense of connection for people who cannot physically be together.

研究表明，对于正常出行困难的人们也同样如此。网络游戏对于残障人士具有重要价值。

Studies have shown that this is also true for communities who have difficulty leaving their homes in normal times.It is very valuable to the disability community.

为了帮助研究人员了解他们的日常生活，残障游戏玩家们制作了视频日记，记录他们超过7天的生活状态。

Players created video diaries, which took place over seven days, to give researchers a look into gamers’ daily lives.

这些视频展示了他们的游戏设置和过程中的痛点，包括游戏体验中令人沮丧或恼火的时刻。

The videos included their gaming setup and descriptions of their pain points, including what they find most frustrating or annoying about their gaming experiences.

英特尔团队将召集工程师和架构师一起，探索并发现更多的可能性、更简单的调整方案以及英特尔如何提升游戏的易玩性和包容性。

Intel’s team will bring together engineers and architects to explore insights and discover what’s possible, what’s an easier adjustment and what Intel has the opportunity to really go after to make gaming more accessible and inclusive.

研究人员得出最重要的一个结论是，残障游戏玩家与健全玩家并没有太大不同。

One of the biggest conclusions the researchers reached was that gamers with disabilities are not much different than able-bodied players.

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