The world-famous Japanese automotive giant Honda has developed in-shoe navigation system. The system called Ashirase works with a smartphone application and consists of a frame system placed in the shoe and 2 sensors. Ashirase gives directions with vibrations of different intensity and directions felt by feet.
The company announced the plan to launch a system next year which can be used by sightless or deaf people that cannot use mobile devices.
Russia has handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in exchange for 19 Russian soldiers as part of an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul.
Russian Vice President Vladimir Medinsky stated, “As a continuation of the Istanbul agreements, we returned 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers today and received the bodies of 19 of our own. May they all rest in peace in their homeland.”
The Kremlin confirmed that the exchange follows the second round of peace talks held in June in Istanbul. According to Russian state agency TASS, the transfer marks the beginning of a broader process to return 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies.
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