August 12, 2022

By: Chris McLeod

12/8/2022

5 Things You Need To Know

August 12th is the 224th day of the year. There are 141 days remaining until the end of the year.

WAMBO‘s back!

Hit Wallaceburg this weekend for the Wallaceburg Antique Motor and Boat Outing. The event was cancelled in 2020 and scaled back for 2021.

Opening ceremonies begin at 5 tonight. Boats begin to arrive on the Sydenham River. The Terry Glover Memorial Cruise starts at Canadian Tire at 7 to Dresden and back.

Tomorrow the main day of the event, will feature the cars and motorcycles lining James Street, the boats on the Sydenham River, the fire truck show and parade, art in the park, the Downtown Wallaceburg BIA Farmers Market, soap box races and more.

On the Sunday, an interdenominational church service will be held downtown 10-11:30am. The mini garden tractor pull will be held noon to 6pm.

This is the 33rd annual WAMBO.

CKRecreation hosts Movie In the Park every Friday evening this Summer at a different C-K park.

Stop by Crother’s Park Wallaceburg tonight at dusk to see Raya and the Last Dragon

Bring your lawn chair and the family out and enjoy the movie.

France and most of Europe is in the midst of its worst drought since records began.

A handful of Europe’s major rivers are shrinking under the most severe climate-driven drought in decades.

With an early heatwave in June and an unusually hot and dry month of May, the bed of France’s Loire River have reached a lower level than usual. Water levels are so low that the river can be crossed on foot in certain places producing some wild photos.

Recent heatwaves have triggered weeks of wildfires and reduced the mighty Loire to a stream in some stretches.

Across two-thirds of France, a state of crisis has been declared by the government, with rainfall down by some 85%.

Canada’s Wonderland has announced two new rides that will be running next year.

The Tundra Twister and Snoopy’s Racing Railway – will be completed by 2023.

The Tundra Twister, a 360-degree spinning swing ride, is the only one of its kind in the world. It’s a giant looping ride with rotating gondola arms that will have guests spinning, twisting and twirling 360-degrees, upside-down, at heights of 47 metres and speeds of 75 km/h.

Snoopy’s Racing Railway is a thrill ride for the whole family. The coaster accelerates from zero to 50 km/h in a matter of seconds before zipping through dips and turns as your train narrowly avoids the traps set by Woodstock and his Bad Seed Gang.

These two will bring the total to 18 rollercoasters in the park for next season.

After three years, scientists have developed two robotic arms that can assemble IKEA flat-pack furniture in just 20 minutes.

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore developed algorithms to help the robot build the chair. The robot has arms that are equipped with grips and a 3-D camera.

Just like humans, the robot stared at the detached chair pieces prior to starting its task. It then devised a plan using its algorithm to find the quickest route without the robotic arms colliding. Finally, the arms worked together to find out where the holes in each wooden pin were and pressed the parts together.

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