Japanese man starts walk across Africa with 2-wheeled cart

Japanese man starts walk across Africa with 2-wheeled cart

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Masahito Yoshida, a 33-year-old Japanese man, begins walking across Africa with a two-wheeled cart, leaving Alexandria, northern Egypt, on Sept. 7, 2014. Yoshida, who completed a cart-pulling walk through three continents in 2013, embarked on an 11,000-kilometer walk to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, pulling up to 100 kilograms of luggage including water, food, cooking utensils and a tent in his cart.

Hitachi robot navigates its way to take images

Hitachi robot navigates its way to take images

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said on March 7 it has developed a robot (in handout photo) that moves indoors negotiating its way around obstacles and uses a surveillance camera to take images. The robot, which measures 57 centimeters high and 50 cm wide and weighs 33 kilograms, is powered by a battery to travel at a speed of one kilometer per hour on two tire wheels. The company said the robot can detect more things as compared with one with a surveillance camera fixed onto one spot.

Hitachi robot navigates its way to take images

Hitachi robot navigates its way to take images

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said on March 7 it has developed a robot (in handout photo) that moves indoors negotiating its way around obstacles and uses a surveillance camera to take images. The robot, which measures 57 centimeters high and 50 cm wide and weighs 33 kilograms, is powered by a battery to travel at a speed of one kilometer per hour on two tire wheels. The company said the robot can detect more things as compared with one with a surveillance camera fixed onto one spot. (Kyodo)

Japanese man starts walk across Africa with 2-wheeled cart

Japanese man starts walk across Africa with 2-wheeled cart

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Masahito Yoshida, a 33-year-old Japanese man, begins walking across Africa with a two-wheeled cart, leaving Alexandria, northern Egypt, on Sept. 7, 2014. Yoshida, who completed a cart-pulling walk through three continents in 2013, embarked on an 11,000-kilometer walk to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, pulling up to 100 kilograms of luggage including water, food, cooking utensils and a tent in his cart. (Kyodo)