There are semiconductors in everything from washing machines to cars to smartphones. There’s also not nearly enough of them. CNBC explores how the global chip shortage started, and what it will take to end it. Video contents: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Overview 02:42 Major executives’ responses 03:41 The reason behind chip shortages 04:54 How long will it last? 06:34 Where is the shortage coming from? 08:41 Structural challenges faced 11:17 Reshoring manufacturing 13:57 Resolution 15:52 Automakers’ impact 17:43 Other industries affected 18:30 Price of semiconductors #chip #chipshortage #semiconductors —– Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://cnb.cx/2wuoARM Subscribe to CNBC International TV on YouTube: https://cnb.cx/2NGytpz Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cnbcinternational Follow us on […]
It is a familiar scene in science fiction: avoiding traffic by taking to the skies in your car. Now a Dutch company thinks it is close to making that a reality. Its flying car is allowed to drive on roads, and now they are trying to be cleared for takeoff. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Raamsdonksveer on how dozens of customers have already paid half of $1m in the hopes of soon getting off the ground. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Netherlands
@AlexGatopoulos looks at how hypersonic missiles are emerging as a key tool in the race to dominate the next frontier – outer space. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Aljazeeraenglish #Project_force #Al_Jazeera_Digital_Content
0 Months after a man in the United States received the world’s first full face and double hand transplant, doctors are only now calling it a success. Joe DiMeo was 20 years old when his life changed, for the first time. After surviving a car accident, he was left with burns to 80 percent of his body and the skin on his hands and face had melted. After finally finding a donor last August, doctors attempted what had never been successfully done before – giving someone a new face and two new hands. Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding has the story. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on […]
In mid-2020, a mobile phone belonging to an Al Jazeera Arabic investigative team was hacked. Over the next few months, reporter Tamer Almisshal and the Canadian research group Citizen Lab investigated Pegasus, the sophisticated spyware used. Pegasus is manufactured by an Israeli technology company called the NSO Group and is among the most advanced spyware in the world. It can access and infiltrate a smartphone without the owner clicking a link, opening an email or even answering their phone – meaning it can go undetected. This investigation exposes how Pegasus works, how governments like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have bought the hugely expensive spyware and how it has been […]
China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon’s surface late on Tuesday in the first mission to retrieve lunar surface samples in 40 years, said the country’s National Space Administration. The space agency said the probe had successfully landed on the near side of the moon and sent back images. China launched its Chang’e-5 probe which is not manned from the southern province of Hainan on November 24. The mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, aims to collect lunar material to help scientists learn more about the moon’s origins and the solar system more generally. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Chappelle reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe […]
A Swedish company is developing technology that could allow truck drivers to work from home. Al Jazeera’s Paul Rhys reports from Sandhult in southern Sweden. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Sweden #Coronavirus
Comac C919:First medium-sized Chinese built airliner takes flight The first medium-sized airliner built in China has taken off on its maiden flight. It’s designed to meet soaring demand for air travel there and challenge the worldwide dominance of Airbus and Boeing. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Beijing. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ A tour of China’s first big passenger jet – the C919
Mach 5 aircraft technology would enable flight times of 4.5 hours from Europe to Australia. CNBC goes behind the scenes with the latest innovators to find out more Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq Teams in Oxford, U.K., and Boston, U.S., are working on new designs for plane engines, with the potential to create a “very high-speed aircraft” and take fuel out of the equation altogether. CNBC takes a look at both options. Scimitar is a prototype jet engine from UK-based Reaction Engines. Developers tell CNBC that the experimental apparatus can extend the speed, the power, and the range of existing systems by up to 5 times the speed of sound. […]
