NEC, NTT develop robot helping parents monitor kids at remote sites

NEC, NTT develop robot helping parents monitor kids at remote sites

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said on Oct. 25 they have jointly developed a robot to enable parents to watch over children at remote locations via Net-linked video cameras and instruct it on how to care for them via Net-linked cellphones. The two firms said that they will test the robot at two nursing schools in Tokyo and Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, from November to the year-end, with an eye to applying it to commercial use in view of the growing need to protect children from crimes and accidents while parents are away.

Classrooms arranged for students at Shanghai's makeshift hospital

STORY: Classrooms arranged for students at Shanghai's makeshift hospital DATELINE: May 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the makeshift hospitalvarious of the classroomsSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU YI, Shanghai Huaping Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG LEI, Director of Nursing Department, Shanghai Minhang District Cancer HospitalSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG DONGBING, Vice President of Shanghai Minhang District Cancer Hospital STORYLINE: In China's economic hub Shanghai, which has recently been hit hard by COVID-19, special venues in a makeshift hospital in the city's Minhang District have been arranged for students to take online classes with the help of many local schools. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU YI, Shanghai Huaping Primary School "We've brought some digital oil paintings, all of which were drawn by our students. They can be hung in the classrooms. After receiving the notice, we made preparations in just two hours. Many of them we

NEC, NTT develop robot helping parents monitor kids at remote si

NEC, NTT develop robot helping parents monitor kids at remote si

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said on Oct. 25 they have jointly developed a robot to enable parents to watch over children at remote locations via Net-linked video cameras and instruct it on how to care for them via Net-linked cellphones. The two firms said that they will test the robot at two nursing schools in Tokyo and Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, from November to the year-end, with an eye to applying it to commercial use in view of the growing need to protect children from crimes and accidents while parents are away. (Kyodo)