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Smartphones Kill the Quality of Sleep. Medicine /Technology

 

Beginners:

turn out- okazywać się

Staying in bed with your smartphone close to you turns out to be harmful to the quality of sleep- Przebywanie w łóżku ze smartfonem okazuje się szkodliwe dla jakości snu.

Intermediate:

implement the decision- wprowadzić decyzję w życie

If you want to improve the quality of sleep, you need to implement the decision and stay consequent- Jeśli chcesz poprawić jakość snu, musisz wprowadzić decyzję i być konsekwentnym.

Advanced:

sleep noticeably better- spać zauważalnie/ znacząco lepiej

If you are consequent, you will sleep noticeably better– Jeśli będziesz konsekwentny, zauważysz znaczącą poprawę jakości snu.

Full text:

  • turn out – okazać się
  • implement the decision – wprowadzić decyzję w życie/ zrealizować
  • sleep noticeably better- spać zauważalnie lepiej
  • anxiety – niepokój

It turns out that keeping your bedroom a phone-free zone is a really, really good thing. Within days of implementing the decision, you will be reading more in the evening, and getting out of bed faster in the morning. Within weeks,  you will be sleeping noticeably better, and feeling fewer symptoms of  anxiety at night.

  • intrude into … – wtargnąć / wedrzeć się do …
  • precious minutes – cenne chwile
  • disturb – zakłócać / zaburzać 

There’s a growing body of evidence that pulling out your phone in bed is one of the worst things you can do. Stay away from screens, especially those LED screens which fool your brain into thinking that it’s still daytime, even though it’s nighttime and you want to get to sleep. Furthermore, if you have a phone near your bed, it all but guarantees that some social network will intrude into your consciousness in those precious minutes  before sleep. A study published in 2017 in the journal Sleep found that “social media use in the 30 minutes before bed is independently associated with disturbed sleep among young adults”.

Watch HERE the Film on Negative Influence of Smart Devices on Sleep Quality

Moduł językowy zainspirowany artykułem: ‘My Bedroom is a Phone Free Zone….’ , opublikowanym na theguardian.com 

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The Future of Surgery Treatment. Medicine / Technology

Beginners:

  • chronic condition- choroba przewlekła

Hypertension and diabetes are chronic conditions – Nadciśnienie i cukrzyca to choroby przewlekłe.

Intermediate:

  • reliable- godny zaufania/ niezawodny

If technology proves to be reliable, it will be widely implemented – Jeśli technologia okaże się niezawodna , zostania wprowadzona na szeroką skalę

Advanced:

  • keyhole surgery- mikrochirurgia

Keyhole surgery involves both medical, technological and IT effort- Mikrochirurgia wymaga zaangażowania wiedzy medycznej, technologicznej oraz informatycznej.

Full text:

  • chronic condition – choroba przewlekła
  • diabetes – cukrzyca
  • hypertension – nadciśnienie
  • keyhole surgery – mikrochirurgia
  • spinal cord – rdzeń kręgowy

The patients who  have a chronic condition such as diabetes or hypertension may soon go to see your doctor who recommends that you have an implant. A small electronic device, introduced through standard keyhole surgery, will change the messages your nerves send around your body so you feel better. Within 10 years it could be a reality, thanks to a new field known as bioelectronic medicine. It works by using the body’s nervous system – all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. These nerves carry electrical signals between the brain and all the organs around the body that are central in chronic diseases. Using a small, battery-powered implant that sends electrical pulses, nerve signal patterns can block or boost the signals as required.

  • restore the nervous system to a healthy state- odbudować system nerwowy do zdrowego stanu
  • reliably – niezawodnie

In some cases, the implant may be able to completely restore the nervous system to a healthy state, in others, the implant may quietly and reliably continue doing its work over long periods of time.

  • can be accompanied by uncomfortable side effects – mogą im towarzyszyć efekty uboczne
  • remove daily stress – usunąć codzienny stress / ból
  • eliminate side-effects – wyeliminować efekty uboczne

For the 15 million people in England living with chronic conditions such as diabetes or hypertension, the introduction of bioelectronics could transform their lives. The patients who have to take daily medication for the rest of their lives – medication that manages the condition rather than cures it, and that can be accompanied by uncomfortable side effects . The need to remember to take medication daily  can be stressful, especially for older patients and those caring for them. A bioelectronic implant, inserted in a one-off operation, could remove that daily stress as well as eliminate the side-effects .

CLICK HERE to watch the short film about bioelectronics

 

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Food technology. Medicine / Business / Technology

Beginners:

  • gaze at … – wpatrywać się w …/ przyglądać się/ obserwować

The scientists gaze at the samples under the microscope – Naukowcy przyglądają się próbkom pod mikroskopem.

Intermediate:

  • affect food- mieć wpływ na żywność

The mass production affects the quality of food – Masowa produkcja ma wpływ na jakość zywności.

Advanced:

  • hold conference- organizować konferencję

The French hold the conference on the prevention of the food waste – Francuzi organizują konferencję na temat zapobiegania marnowaniu żywności.

Full text:

  • invention – wynalazek
  • sealing jars – wekowanie słoików 🙂
  • wax – wosk
  • conquest – podbój
  • feed (nakarmić: feed-fed-fed, czasownik nieregularny)
  • conference held – konferencja zorganizowana)

In January 1810 Nicholas Appert won a price of 12,000 francs from the French government for an invention  that would change the world. His process of sealing jars  with cork and wax , then boiling them allowed Napoleon to feed  armies in his campaigns of conquest  across Europe. What containerization did for trade, and the Internet did for communication, canning did for food. We have always modified our food. The conference held (konferencja zorganizowana) in June in California suggested that food is likely to change more in the next 50 years than it has at any time since the days when ambitious military commanders like Napoleon created  great empires.

  • affect food – mieć wpływ na żywność
  • currently – obecnie

First of all food crazes will go global faster than ever before. Also speaking at the conference, foodtruck innovator Roy Choi noted that until 2008, foodtrucks were known in Los Angeles as “roach coaches” that catered to working class. Just two years later, thanks to twitter, such eateries earned Zagat ratings. Secondly, new technologies will shape food’s future. For example, 3D printing, which is changing logistics in a number of industries, is already affecting food . Currently,  the technology is used to produce colorful and tasty candies but there is a lot of potential for other things.

  • gaze at … – wpatrywać się w … / przyglądać się …
  • furious – wściekły
  • species – gatunek

But, some changes will be more than just aesthetic. Josh Tetrick, CEO of food-tech start-up Hampton Creek, is now making mayonnaise and cookie dough without eggs using vegetable substitutes instead. These eggless varieties, the company claims, have already saved land for other uses and 1.38 billion gallons of water. To do this, his team of scientists continues to gaze at  plants under microscopes looking for new genetically modified traits. All this may make the anti-GMO crowd furious with the anti-GMOs emphasis at present, but humans have been manipulating their food for a long time. Today there are some 5,000 varieties of potatoes all from a single speciesgrown along the Peruvian-Bolivian border some 7,000 years ago. How food is cooked and foodwaste managed will also change. Both problems are as old as humanity itself.

Watch HERE the short film on food waste

Moduł językowy zainspirowany artykułem ‘The Future of Food’, opublikowanym na theeuropean-magzaine.com

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Bitcoin Controversy. Business / Law / Technology

Beginners:

  • effect payment – wykonać płatność

The buyer effected the payment on time and received the purchased product – Klient wykonał płatność o czasie i otrzymał zakupiony produkt.

Intermediate:

  • reservations – zastrzeżenia

The lawyer had a lot of reservations to the draft of the contract – Prawnik miał wiele zastrzeżeń do projektu umowy.

Advanced:

  • subject to the scrutiny of the control/ examination – poddać wymagającej i dokładnej kontroli/ badaniu.

The list of payments was subjected to the scrutiny of the control by the tax office – Lista płatności została poddana wymagającej i dokładnej kontroli urzędu skarbowego.

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  • tough regulations – ostre/ precyzyjne regulacje/ przepisy
  • according to the market demand – zgodnie z rynkowym zapotrzebowaniem/ popytem

Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies are subjected to the scrutiny of tough control  in The United States as they are considered to be speculative investments and it has been suggested that tough regulations  are needed. The recommendation is to treat the risk equally to selling/buying the shares at the Stock Exchange. They rise and fall purely according to the market demand.

  • limited resemblance to … – niewielkie podobieństwo do …
  • to a very limited extent – w bardzo niewielkim stopniu
  • reservations – zastrzeżenia
  • the means to pay – sposób płatności

The Bank of England states that bitcoin has only limited resemblance to  the traditional currencies as it acts as money to a very limited extent  and is used by the relatively very few people. According to some reservations, digital currencies behave more like an investment that the means to pay.

  • effect huge and prompt overseas transactions  – wykonują ogromne i szybkie transakcje zagraniczne
  • alternative to … – alternatywa dla …

The cryptocurrency has recently attracted a lot of interest from the technological companies which need to effect huge and prompt overseas transactions   and treat the cryptocurrency as the cheap alternative to the major banks’ services.

  • for the same reasons – z tych samych powodów
  • drug-trafficking and money-laundering – handel narkotykami i pranie pieniędzy

Unfortunately, for the same reasons and also due to the fact that the transactions are difficult to track, the cryptocurrencies are also the favorite choice in the criminal market: drug-trafficking and money-laundering.

Watch HERE the Film on the School that Prefers Bitcoin to Other Forms of Payment

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Recycling Crisis. Business / Technology

Beginners:

  • local community – lokalna społeczność

Local communities in the United States cooperate to make life comfortable- Lokalne społeczności w Stanach Zjednoczonych współpracują aby życie było bardziej komfortowe.

Intermediate:

  • social pressure – nacisk/ presja społeczna

Social pressure is the decisive factor to make recycling more popular- Presja społeczna jest decydującym czynnikiem aby recycling był bardziej powszechny.

Advanced:

  • tangible- namacalny/ łatwy do zauważenia

The long-term benefits of recycling are tangible in the local communities – Długoterminowe korzyści recyclingu są łatwe do zauważenia w lokalnych społęcznościach.

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  • except – poza/ za wyjątkiem
  • easily available – łatwo dostępny
  • confused – niepewni / zagubieni

Recycling is no longer sexy…? In many European countries, except  France and Scandinavia recycling  rates are very poor and… decreasing. There are many reasons. It seems that recycling education is easily available  but British consumers claim the are still confused about what household waste they can recycle, especially when it comes to packaging such as coffee cups and plastic film.

  • social pressure – nacisk społeczny
  • encourage – zachęcać / namawiać
  • within local community – w ramach lokalnej społeczności

Another reason is absence of social pressure. At least in comparison to what it used to be in the past. In the United States less than one in three Americans felt recycling was strongly encouraged within their local community.

  • repurpose – zmienić przeznaczenie / zastosowanie
  • indicate – wskazywać 
  • get involved in / engage with … – zaangażować się w …
  • tangible – namacalny/ łatwy do zauważenia

Meanwhile, Tom Szaky, the founder of TerraCycle  maintains that almost anything can be recycled – it’s just about finding a solution. TerraCycle targets materials for which no collection systems exist, or which are typically hard to recycle, and repurposes  them – through reuse or upcycling, if possible – into new products such as shoes, backpacks and toys. TerraCycle  experience indicates  that people are more likely to engage with recycling campaigns if there is social benefit, particularly if that benefit is local and tangible.

  • 0:16′ transform into … – zamienić  w …
  • 0:28′ superior performance – doskonała jakość (m.in. pracy, wykonania)
  • 0:57 accuse of neglect – oskarżać o lekceważenie/ niestaranność  
  • 1:07′ processing – przetwarzanie
  • 1:57′ facility – tutaj: fabryka / zakład przemysłowy
  • 2:15′ cutting edge – nowoczesny/ nowatorski
  • 3:19′ reluctant – niechętny
  • 3:23′ take action – podjąć działania
  • 3:28′ meet demand – sprostać oczekiwaniom / spełnić wymagania 

watch HERE the film on recycling facilities in Australia

 

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Air Handling Unit. Konferencyjne omówienie projektu hotelu/ Technologia.

assume- zakładać/ assumption- założenie

You have assumed too high/ too low temperature in the rooms- Przyjęliście/ założyliście zbyt wysoką/ zbyt niską temperaturę w pokojach.

On what basis did you assume the levels?- Na jakiej podstawie przyjęliście te poziomy?norm- norma

The Polish norm for winter is 21 degrees and the Polish norm for summer is 24.

We assume /upgrading / raising/ increasing (podwyższyć) / lowering/ to downgrading/ decreasing (zmniejszyć) to 24 degrees.fulfill standards- wypełnić/ spełnić standardy

meet / fulfill / live up to …

We understand that AHU (air handling unit) must meet/ fulfill/ live up to the higher standards of Courtyard.

separate systems- oddzielne systemy

We suggest the division into separate systems in case one of the hotel operators changes- Sugerujemy podział na dwa oddzielne systemy na wypadek gdyby zmienił się operator hotelu.

In reference to this, it is important to have two separate systems- W odniesieniu do tego, ważne jest posiadanie dwóch oddzielnych systemów.

anticipate – predict

anticipate/ predict the possibility (przewidujemy możliwość …) of division of the AHU into two separate systems.

volume- ilość/ objętość

The volumes that we have assumed are according to the Polish regulations- Ilości/ objętości, które przyjęliśmy są zgodne z polskimi regulacjami prawnymi.

 humidify- nawilżać powietrze/ humidifier- nawilżacz

Why did you decide to install the steam humidifier rather than the water one/ the water humidifier- …. zamiast wodnego.

faultless- bezawaryjny

The steam humidifiers are faultless/ more reliable / work independently- bezawaryjne/ bardziej godne zaufania/ i pracują niezależnie/ samodzielnie.

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Wind Energy Number 1 in Europe. Business / Technology

Beginners:

  • overtake – wyprzedzić (czasownik nieregularny: overtake- overtook- overtaken)

Germany overtook all European countries in the number of new turbines installations.

Intermediate:

  • set new records – ustanowić nowe rekordy

Germany set new records in the number of wind turbines installations last year.

Advanced:

  •  effectively stall – skutecznie zatrzymać/ zamrozić/ zablokować

The decision of the government effectively stalled the construction of the new wind farms.

Full text:

  • rapid shift away from the fossil fuels – gwałtowne / szybkie odejście od paliw kopalnych
  • overtake – wyprzedzić
  • set new records – ustanowić nowe rekordy
  • surge in offshore windfarms – błyskawiczny wzrost ilośći morskich farm wiatrowych

Renewable energy sources made up nearly 90%  new power added to Europe’s electricity volume last year, in a sign of the continent’s rapid shift away from fossil fuels . Wind power overtook coal to become the EU’s second largest form of power after gas. Germany installed the most new wind constructions in 2019 while France, the Netherlands, Finland, Ireland and Lithuania all set new records for windfarm installations. There has been a surge in offshore windfarms – which are twice as expensive as those built on land.

  • world’s second largest – druga pod względem wielkości na świecie

The biggest project was the Gemini windfarm off the Netherlands’ coast, which was connected last February and will be the world’s second largest offshore windfarm when finished this year.

  • drive growth – napędzać wzrost
  • amount to a tiny fraction – stanowić niewielki ułamek
  • pass a law – przyjąć ustawę
  • effectively stall – skutecznie zatrzymać

WindEurope’s new report, 2019 European Statistics, paints a picture of a Europe increasingly divided on wind power. Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, which together drove growth in new windfarms in the 1990s, now amount to a tiny fraction  of new installations. Some time ago Poland passed a law  limiting how close wind turbines can be to buildings, effectively stalling  the industry there.  Germany, which already has three times as much wind power as any other EU country, installed 44% of Europe’s new wind capacity last year.

  • submit – przedstawić / przedłożyć

Dickson said the wind power industry will be lobbying Europe’s capitals for more support in their national energy and climate plans, which member states, including the UK, have to submit (przedstawić/ przedłożyć) to the European commission by the year’s end.

Watch HERE the great film on the renewable energy opportunities

Moduł językowy opracowany na podstawie artykułu: ‘Almost 90% of New Energy in Europe Comes from Renewable Sources’, opublikowanego na theuardian.com 

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Digital Tower at the Airport. Technology / Aviation

London’s  City Airport, one of the busiest single-runway airports in Europe, will have the full digital display  ATC facility open in January 2020.

  • This was announced already some time ago but this week’s news amazed the world:  ATC personnel won’t actually be located on the airport any longer.
  • They’ll be 80 miles away in the building in Shanwick that already houses other ATC functions. A system of 14 high definition cameras at the airport will feed the remote ATC operation, as well as remote radios and radar feeds.
  • London City controllers will direct traffic by looking at any of the 14 HD screens in the control room in Shanwick.

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  • safe separation between arriving and departing aircraft – bezpieczna odległość/ separacja pomiędzy lądującymi a startującymi samolotami
  • delay – opóźnienie

Additional data safety measures will ensure there’s no loss of safe separation between arriving and departing aircraft. For instance, because controllers depend on the video feeds from the airport’s cameras, the data are being sent through dedicated secure connections that create less than a one-second delay to the HD displays in the control room.

Watch HERE the presentation

  • on the remaining 13 screens – na pozostałych 13 ekranach/ monitorach 
  • replacing a dead screen – wymiana niedziałającego/ zepsutego ekranu/ monitora
  • fill the gap – uzupełnić brak/ lukę
  • impenetrable fog – uniemożliwiająca widoczność/ nieprzenikniona mgła

If any of the HD displays in the control room should fail, the system will work around the bad screen and offer controllers the best view possible on the remaining 13. Replacing a dead screen takes just 10 minutes. Should a camera fail, backups will jump into action tofill the gap. And of course, if the entire digital display system should fail, controllers still have radios and radar to fall back on, much like they do now when London’s nearly impenetrable fog covers the airport.

  • 0:16′ ensure that all aircraft can take off, land and move around the airfield safely – zapewnić, że wszystkie samoloty mogą bezpiecznie startować, lądować i poruszać się po lotnisku
  • 0:30′ digital air traffic control system – cyfrowy system kontroli lotów
  • 0:37′ enhance operational safety and efficiency – zwiększyć bezpieczeństwo i wydajność operacyjną
  • 0:56′ cutting-edge proven technology – nowatorska i sprawdzona technologia

Watch HERE the fantastic film presenting LCA digital tower project: LINK

Moduł opracowany na podstawie: flyingmag.com/ ‚London City Airport Control Tower Has Backups’

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Social Media Change the Way we Travel. Business / Technology

Beginners:

arrange – organizować/ urządzać

New travel agencies arrange original events for their clients – Nowe biura podróży organizują oryginalne imprezy dla swoich klientów.

Intermediate:

launch – uruchomić/ wprowadzić (bardzo dynamiczne słowo)

Thanks to the social media many new travel projects were launched in the last couple of years – Dzięki mediom społecznościowym wiele nowych projektów podróżniczych zostało uruchomionych w ostatnich latach.

Advanced:

within easy reach – na wyciągnięcie ręki/ łatwo dostępne

Many remote destinations are within easy reach thanks to the Internet and development of cheap flight sector in the aviation branch – Wiele odległych miejsc jest teraz na wyciągnięcie ręki dzięki Internetowi oraz rozwojowi  oferty tanich lotów w branży lotniczej.

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  • secret routes – tajemnicze trasy / przejścia
  • remote destinations – odległe / dalekie cele podróży

Sleeping in the strangers’ houses. Going to the party where neither the hosts nor the guests actually know each other.  Experiencing the city tours and secret routes as recommended by the locals rather than multi-national travel corporations. The social media are really changing the way we are spending our holidays and weekends even in the most remote destinations. 

  • launch – uruchomić – wprowadzić
  • skyrocketing success – niewiarygodny / ogromny sukces
  • pace of rise – tempo rozwoju / wzrostu
  • fulfill – spełnić (np. marzenia / ambicje)
  • within easy reach – na wyciągnięcie ręki / łatwo dostępne

The portals like Spanish Trip4Real which is launching its London 150 hosts currently (Lisbon, Paris and Rome are the next to follow) or Vayable which offers over 2500 city activities across Spain enjoy the skyrocketing success and the pace of rise that the holiday corporations may only dream of. The desire for the real travel and experience that the big companies never fulfilled  has always been there but now it is really within easy reach.

  • found – otworzyć / założyć
  • ensure the highest level – zapewniać najwyższy poziom
  • genuine hospitality  – szczera / autentyczna gościnność
  • direct competitor – bezpośredni konkurent

The services offered are really one-person-to-the-other type. With PlateCulture that arranges individual meals for the visitors at the local homes across Asia. EatWith founded in Tel-Aviv has very high expectations to the applicant-hosts and accepts only 4%  of them in order to ensure the highest level of genuine hospitality.In the USA FlightCar has recently become a direct competitor to the car rental giants like Hertz or Alamo.  The same traveller-to-traveller method has been adopted by the BoatBound: boat rental site which already has 13 million users in America.

  • fading trend – przemijający trend / moda
  • temporary – tymczasowy
  • stay for good – zostać na stałe

According to the market specialists it is not a fading trend  not a temporary fashion but it will stay for good. And  it has already become mainstream.

Watch HERE the film on how social media change the way we travel

 

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Japan: Half Employees replaced by Robots till 2035. Business / Technology

Beginners:

enable to …- umożliwić …

Internet enables to work long distance.

Intermediate:

increase- wzrastać/ rosnąć/ zwiększać się

The number of people who work freelance increases every year.

Advanced:

on a trial basis- na próbę

The product has been implemented on a trial basis.

Full text:

  • insurance firm – firma ubezpieczeniowa
  • lay off – zwolnić z pracy
  • replace with … – zastąpić … 
  • payout – wypłata
  • policyholders – ubezpieczeni, właściciele polis
  • increase productivity by … – zwiększyć skuteczność / wydajność o …
  • return on investment – zwrot inwestycji

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A future in which human workers are replaced by machines is about to become a reality at an insurance firm  in Japan, where more than 30 employees are  laid off and replaced with artificial intelligence system that can calculate payouts  to policyholders . Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance believes it will increase productivity by 30% and see a return on its investment in less than two years.

  • couple with … – połączyć z …
  • progress in … – postęp w …
  • prime – pierwszorządny / podstawowy

Japan’s  decreasing and aging population coupled with  its progress in robot technology , makes it a prime testing ground for AI. According to a 2015 report by the Nomura Research Institute, nearly half of all jobs in Japan could be performed by robots by 2035.

  • on a trial basis – na próbę
  • adopted by … – przyjęty przez

AI could soon be playing a role in the country’s politics. Next month, the economy, trade and industry ministry will introduce AI on a trial basis to help civil servants draft answers for ministers during cabinet meetings and parliamentary sessions. The ministry hopes AI will help reduce the long hours bureaucrats spend preparing written answers for ministers. If the experiment is a success, it could be adopted by other government agencies.

  • glitch-free – bezproblemowy
  • abandon an attempt to develop – porzucić / zrezygnować z próby opracowania
  • pass the entrance exam for … – zdać egzamin wstępny do …
  • understand meanings across a broad spectrum – odczytać/ zrozumieć znaczenia / zagadnienia o szerokiej problematyce / zakresie tematycznym

The march of Japan’s AI robots hasn’t been glitch-free , however. At the end of last year a team of researchers abandoned an attempt to develop a robot intelligent enough to pass the entrance exam for Tokyo University. AI is not good at answering the type of questions that require an ability to understand  meanings across a broad spectrum … Not yet…they say… not just yet…

watch HERE an excellent introduction to the robot-staffed hotel in Japan

Moduł językowy opracowany na podstawie artykułu: ‘Japanese Company Replaces Office Workers with AI’, opublikowanego na theguardian.com 

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