
- Real traffic robots are directing cars and pedestrians on the streets of Shanghai, China.
- Still in the research and development phase, the Chinese city will soon roll out robot pointsmen across the city.
- Johannesburg’s Road Agency has started a plan to reinforce the city’s many traffic lights to avoid future outages.
South Africa, famously, is the only country in the world that refers to its traffic lights as “robots,” but it seems it may not be that way anymore, as China has rolled out actual humanoid machines to direct traffic.
A Reddit post shows a quick video clip of a traffic directing robot on a street in a Chinese city. The robot pointsman allows pedestrians to…
World’s Largest African Penguin Colony: The Boulders Beach near Simon’s Town is
home to a significant colony of African penguins.

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Fun South African Fact: It’s believed that Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain is one of the oldest mountains in the world. Table mountain is approximately 260 million years old; it’s also home to thousands of species of plant life, including species unique to the Cape Floral Region. The glorious mountain is one of the world’s 7 New Natural Wonders. It is also apparently one of 12 main energy centres on the planet emitting spiritual, magnetic, and electric energies. It’s an idyllic and very popular hiking destination with hundreds of routes to explore.
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Whoever said “quiet as a mouse”, has obviously never stepped on one