Month: April 2025

Those who clean what nobody wants to see

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In September Japan offered a revealing and more terrible fact than the number of elderly who died alone in the nation: what They took to find them. In the first six months of the year they had 28,330 solitary deaths, but according to the police, the authorities took two weeks or more to discover the deaths in even 5,000 elders, 17.3%. The figure clearly reveals the crisis that the country suffers, a problem of such dimensions that has even emerged by its side an unpublished industry: the services that clean the Footprints of loneliness. The phenomenon and its “cleaning.” In Japan, the phenomenon of Kodokushimostly old people who They die alone And they go unnoticed for weeks or months, it has become A tragic expression of the accelerated aging and the weakening of community ties. Only in this way is the appearance of a Unpublished industry of cleaning equipment such as Japan Association of Memento Organization (Jamo), who are dedicated to cleaning the scenes of these deaths, facing not only to unhealthy conditionsbut also to the emotional desolation of erasing the last traces of forgotten lives. Workers, protected with costumes, gloves and masks, enter housing where the smell of decomposition and accumulation of objects reflect stories of isolation and abandonment. Booming industry. The increase in these cases has given rise to A CLEANING SECTOR specialized that, beyond their technical work, faces daily the Raw lonely death. Many of these cleaners agree that their work forces them to question the relationship of Japanese society with lOld age, death and loneliness. Had a wide Report the Japan Times that with a population that ages rapid A structural problem. Homes trapped in garbage. Months ago, JT reported a problem that is now reflected in this type of incipient industry: the growing crisis of Compulsive accumulators In Japan, a reality that mainly affects older people trapped between loneliness, social pressure and institutional abandonment. In cities with small spaces and strenuous working hours, many citizens accumulate objects and garbage to very dangerous levels, turning their homes into unhealthy and chaotic scenarios. The report spoke of cases such as Hana Fujiwarawho lost its pension notebook between mountains of waste, and that illustrate how this phenomenon goes beyond a simple disorganization and reflects a deep emotional and social destructuring. The case of Hirokai. Washington Post told An example of this new industry. The scene was heartbreaking: a stained futon, flies and worms scattered throughout the room, papers glued to the ground by body fluids and a housing full of garbage. Thus they found Hiroaki, a 54 -year -old man who, after months of having died without being discovered, went to swell the kodakushi list in Japan. The Next team, another of these companies specialized in cleaning scenarios of solitary deaths, was responsible for cleaning up the small house, without disgusting gestures or drama, aware that this is already A usual routine In the country. The case of Kenji Kono. The medium Time also analyzed The incipient industry through the history of Kono, a 65 -year -old man found dead by heat blow months after death only in his Osaka apartment. His body was discovered by the smell that alerted the neighbors, and after the intervention of the police, it was the company Kansai Clean Service in charge of cleaning the scene. Its professionals, led by Noriyuki Kamesawa, have the mission of completely restoring the spaces where these deaths occur, eliminating odors, spots and, in essence, any physical trace of the deceased. Its prices range between 200,000 and 800,000 yuan, and the service includes from deep cleaning to sometimes remove soils and coatings. In many cases, families prefer to never enter these rooms, totally delegating emotional and material work to these companies. Normalize abandonment. He Post related also that kodokushi cases have even generated the creation of Insurance for owners that cover the cleaning costs and losses due to unpaid income when a tenant dies alone. Hiroaki, despite having worked for decades in large companies, ended without personal networks, leaving behind an apartment saturated with memories and garbage, but without clear footprints of affection or significant links. Structural factors He population agingthe lack of solid family networks and The associated stigma To ask for help are factors that feed this problem. Many people accumulate objects not only by habit, but as a mechanism of defense against loneliness or emotional insecurity. Although Japan is known for its order and cleanliness, behind these closed doors a reality is hidden where elders live isolated between mountainsunable to break the cycle by shame or fear of being judged. The difficulty of intervening. The affected homes are usually Outside the radar of social services Until an emergency occurs Or, in the worst case, another kodokushi. These types of households complicate medical care, increase fire risk and They hinder coexistence in aged neighborhoods. Specialized cleaning companies and social services face enormous challenges when trying to intervene, since they must deal with not only with physical disorder but also with the psychological deterioration of those affected. Artifacts of a life. Here we return to the unpublished function of companies such as Jamo. In each intervention, the teams find personal objects (photographs, daily, memories) that show that these people were once an active part of society, but ended up isolated. His work exposes, not only the physical dimension of these deaths, but also the emotional: The memories that no one will claim and the lives that end without witnesses or farewells. Between taboo and dehumanization. It is the last of the stigma legs. The loneliness that leads to Kodokushi is aggravated by cultural reticence to talk about death. Many relatives and neighbors even choose to ignore signs or not intervene, partly out of respect, but also for discomfort or ignorance. Meanwhile, this lonely death cleaning industry becomes increasingly necessary, filling the void that society has left in the care of its elders. A latent crisis. The growing visibility of this phenomenon has begun to generate … Read more

Costco turns ten in Spain. Has not yet won a single euro

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Costco has completed a decade of operations in Spain without having declared benefits, and therefore, without having paid a single euro in companies, according to its annual accounts and what was published by Digital economy. The figure. 143 million euros. This is the accumulated amount of losses that the Spanish subsidiary of Costco has declared between 2014 and 2023. However, its sales have multiplied by five since 2017, reaching 544 million euros in 2023. It has also increased its physical presence with five new hypermarkets, plus two others under construction. It has expanded its partner base to 650,000 (24% more than the previous year). Employ 1,256 people in Spain. It is building A logistics center in Guadalajara where he has invested more than 50 million. Why is it important. This case is an example of a common strategy among multinationals: artificially maintain red numbers in specific markets to avoid local taxation, while their operations and market presence increase. The company itself acknowledges in its accounts that “it has not had to satisfy any amount for societies tax in Spain”, adding that its greatest contribution has been “the generation of local wealth.” The money trail. Costco does not publicly detail which mechanisms to maintain constant losses despite its growth, but the usual strategies include: Loans between subsidiaries with high interest. Canons for the use of brand, technology or know-how. Transfer prices in purchases to other subsidiaries. Strategic Business Costs. The trend. The US matrix continues with its expansion in Spain, despite losses. The group has reduced its red numbers up to 7.7 million in 2023 (its best historical result), and the company projects that will continue with losses “until it reaches a market penetration and sales level”. Said in Román Paladino: until it has grown enough. The general panoramic. This strategy is not exclusive to Costco. Large multinationals such as Amazon, Starbucks or Ikea have resorted to different fiscal engineering mechanisms To reduce their taxation in the countries where they operate, within legality but they are not some controversy. Meanwhile, the Spanish client seems oblivious to these fiscal ins and outs: the 650,000 members who pay their annual fee to access the costco prices continue to increase, a sign that their model works independently of the declared red figures. Outstanding image | Costco In Xataka | Themu seemed unstoppable. His latest results begin to question his model

China is already unstoppable. It is finishing an ultraviolet light mega -source to make avant -garde chips

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China has been engaged in its own “Manhattan project”. Unlike the plan that executed USA during World War II, it is not dedicated to the creation of nuclear weapons (China has them since the mid -60s of the last century); It seeks to put in the hands of Chinese companies the ability to MANUFACTE INTEGRATED VANGUARD CIRCUITS comparable to the most advanced currently produced in Taiwan, USA, South Korea or Japan. The sanctions that have deployed US governments and the Netherlands They prevent the Dutch company Asml extreme ultraviolet (UVE). Without them Chips Chinese, such as SMIC (Semiconductor manufacturing international corp), Hua Hong Semiconductor, China Resources Microelectronics or Guangzhou Zensemi cannot produce integrated circuits comparable to those who are already manufacturing TSMC, Intel or Samsung. China needs to have Your own UVE photolithography teams as soon as possible. Its economy, and, above all, its technical and scientific development are at stake. The problem is that developing this machine is very complex. In fact, Asml took more than two decades put it up. And he had the economic support of his best clients (TSMC, Intel and Samsung), as well as the collaboration of several owners of avant -garde technologies, such as the German Zeiss, which manufactures the optical elements of the lithography machines, or the US company of American origin, which produces the ultraviolet light source. China is finishing a gigantic syncrotron that will produce UVE light In the middle of last March several Asian media collected a photograph taken at the Huawei Research Center in Dongguan, in the province of Canton, in which it appeared The prototype of a UVE lithography team Designed and manufactured entirely in China. Presumably this machine is similar to those produced by ASML, which invites us to anticipate that for 2026 the country led by Xi Jinping will have the ability to produce advanced chips on a large scale. However, China’s plans do not end here. And it is that the Chinese Academy of Sciences is finishing the one that is undoubtedly the most ambitious project of those who are developing the Chinese semiconductor industry. According to Dr. Kiman expert in the manufacture of integrated circuits who has worked in Samsung and that He currently investigates for TSMC in the USChina is about to reach a “Deepseek” in the field of integrated circuit industry. This simply means that it is preparing to reach a disruption that has the potential to place this Asian country at the same height as the US, Taiwan or South Korea. UVE light has the ability to make the manufacture of integrated circuits with a higher resolution than UVP light However, China’s strategy to produce avant -garde chips is very different from what their rivals have used until now. As we have seen, each of the ASML UVE machines incorporates its own ultraviolet light source, but the Chinese Academy of Sciences seeks to generate this important radiation to produce advanced chips using a syncrotron, which is nothing other than a circular particle accelerator that is used to analyze atomic level the properties of matter, such as various types of materials, or, even, even, of proteins. It’s called heps (High Energy Photon Source or high -energy photons source), it is in Beijing and we can see it in the cover photography of this article. An important note before moving forward: the ultraviolet light (UV) is responsible for transferring the geometric pattern that contains the design of the chips to the Silicon wafer. This means, in broad strokes, that UVE light has the ability to make possible the manufacture of Integrated circuits with a higher resolution that the light of deep ultraviolet (UVP) that use the previous generation lithography machines that China has in their hands. And a greater resolution in practice implies that it is possible to produce semiconductors with more transistors, and, therefore, more sophisticated and powerful. A priori we can think that a particle accelerator has nothing to do with the manufacture of integrated circuits, but we would be overlooking something very important: the Heps syncrotron has the ability to produce high power UVE light. In fact, it is a source designed to generate a large amount of radiation. China’s plan is to place several semiconductor manufacturing plants around particles to which The syncrotron will deliver the UVE light in the same way that a power plant delivers electricity to its customers. That simple. The date on which China plans to start this megaphabrum of avant -garde semiconductors has not yet leaked, but as we can see in photography, it is already very advanced, so we can take it for granted that it will enter into production soon. Image | Dr. Kim More information | Dr. Kim In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

Your future is no longer in communications

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Telefónica is about to complete a historical transformation that completely changes the nature of your business, as published by Expansion After the first public intervention of his new CEO, Emilio Gayo, in the great Catalunya Expansion meeting. The current situation. 43% of Telefónica’s business income in its four main markets (Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and Brazil) already comes from services that are not communications. Why is it important. This silent transformation shows how the one that was a simple telephone operator is leaving its traditional business behind to become a diversified technological company. Telefónica is close to that turning point where more than half of its business billing will come from technological services, not voice or data. Right where I wanted to be. In detail. The IT technology segment is growing “in double digit” according to Gayo, while the traditional telecommunications business has already exceeded its peak of investment in infrastructure such as fiber and 5g. The investment ratio on income (capex) will go from 12.9% in 2024 to no more than 12.5% ​​in 2025. This reduction does not mean less investment, but greater efficiency and adjustment to real needs. The general panoramic. Telefónica seeks to redefine itself as a “tractor company” at European level, betting on two parallel strategies: Consolidation in key markets (Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom) where “will study any option that is raised.” Accelerated growth in non -traditional technological businesses grouped in Telefónica Tech. The contrast. While in Europe the operator is committed to growing and consolidating, in Latin America (Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela) will continue releasing ballast ballast that does not stop causing losses and erode their margins. Only Brazil is a big business for Telefónica in the American continent. The transformation began in 2019 and the results are already visible. In Spain he has closed 2024 “with figures that we did not see since 2018” (precisely a merit of Gayo before his new promotion), growing in all parameters. In the United Kingdom, he has generated “the expected synergies 18 months before the committed.” And now what. The question is whether Telefónica will complete this metamorphosis without losing positioning in your traditional business. Gayo has pointed out that Movistar Plus remains “a key lever” for the residential segment, letting read between lines that will not completely abandon its roots while reinvesting. The success of this strategy could mark the way to other European operators trapped between American technological giants and Asian manufacturers. In Xataka | Telefónica’s new guard: Marc Murtra and Emilio Gayo, the pair that seeks to create a European champion Outstanding image | Telefónica

How to use the genumjis to create personalized emojis on the iPhone

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Let’s explain How to use the genumjis function that has begun to arrive at the iPhone in Spain from iOS 18.4. It is one of the various options based on Apple Intelligence who have finally begun to arrive in Europe, such as Magic draft of the APP photos. This is a function that is integrated directly into the native Apple keyboard, so you will need to use this and not have another third parties activated. What he does is allow you Create personalized emojis that are sent as stickers through artificial intelligence. You describe what you want and the AI ​​creates it for you. Create Personalized Emojis with Genmoji The first thing you have to do is, in a conversation, click on the emojis icon From your Apple keyboard. It is the one that appears with a smiling face down to the left. When the emojis screen is displayed with your search engine, click on the button Genmoji that will appear above right. The first time you use this you will have to wait several minutes to download the necessary files to use it. Once on the Genmojis screen, the operation is simple. You just have to Describe what you want it to appear in the emoji. It is the same as generating images for artificial intelligence you describe what you want and Apple Intelligence will make it emoji. When you do, several creations based on your description will appear above. You can change the description whenever you want to generate genmojis, and thus refine until you get the result that best suits you. Now, Choose the genum that you like the mostand this will become a stick to send it to WhatsApp, Telegram or the messaging app that you prefer. You can do this every time you want. In Xataka Basics | iOS 18: Guide with 68 functions and tricks to squeeze Apple’s mobile operating system

What is and how to use it to delete unwanted elements of your photos

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Let’s explain What is and how to use the magic draft of iOSa new function that has arrived at the iPhone next to iOS 18.4 and the deployment of Apple Intelligence In Spain. It is one of the most anticipated functions, a magnificent interaction between Apple AI and the application of photos. We are going to start explaining what exactly is the magical draft and how it works. Then, we will briefly explain its operation, because it is quite simple. What is the magic draft The magical draft of the application of iOS photos serves to Delete elements or people from a photo You don’t want them to appear in it. Do you know that typical photo that is perfect unless an intruder appears? Well, you can erase it and it will be as if I had never been there. The way to work is simple. When you are seeing a photo you go to the editing options to choose this tool. With her, you just have to surround the element you want to deleteand the app will analyze the environment and eliminate it. Is A function based on artificial intelligenceand the results are surprising and very natural. The AI ​​analyzes the environment, and is not limited to eliminating the element you want, but will generate in place a content that agrees with the rest of the photo. Come on, that if you are on a beach and delete a person, he will cover that person with an environment that is natural with respect to the rest of the photo. It will be as if the eliminated element had never been there first of all. The magic draft has reached the iPhone from the iOS 18.4 version, since April 2025. It is an exclusive function of application Photos where all you do with your mobile is saved by default. How to use the magic draft To use the magical draft, what you have to do is enter the photo where you want to eliminate an element. Click on it to show your data and controls at the bottom, and in them click on the edit button That will appear. Once you press on the editing button, several options will appear at the bottom. In them, click on the option of Clean that will appear with the icon of a eraser. Once the option is chosen, the photo will now be analyzed, and then it will tell you that You draw a circle with your finger In the element you want to erase. You don’t have to do anything else, complete the circle and lift your finger. When you complete the circle, the photo app will take a few seconds to work, and then simply will completely erase any trace of that element causing it as if I had never been there. In Xataka Basics | iOS 18: Guide with 68 functions and tricks to squeeze Apple’s mobile operating system

Openai lifts the greatest financing round in history. It is a demonstration of the blind faith that the world has in AI

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Yesterday Openai gave colossal news. With the title “New financing to develop the AGI” announced that it has completed a new round of financing. Not only new: it is the largest in history for any private company. The figures here are more dizzy than ever, and they talk to us again of extraordinary expectations. We keep waiting for everything from AI, and OpenAi is taking advantage of it very well. Historical Financing Round. Never in history a private company had raised a similar financing round. Openai has raised 40,000 million dollars, an absolutely colossal figure. In October 2024 they already built 6,600 million dollarswho joined the “multimillionaire investment“Microsoft made in January 2023, and which is estimated was 10,000 million dollars. The Redmond company already He had invested 1,000 million dollars in 2019 and other 2,000 million In 2021. But they have to become ‘for-profit’. OpenAI will receive 10,000 million dollars immediately. Of these, 7,500 million dollars will come from SoftBank, while the other 2.5 billion will arrive from an “investor union.” The remaining 30,000 million will arrive at the end of the year, they indicate In CNBCbut only if the company manages to do the Transition to a company ‘For-Profit’that is, a company with profit. If they fail they will lose a quarter of the investment round. Of the total round, about 18,000 million dollars will be dedicated To the Stargate project. They are worth as much as Coca-Cola. The financing round causes the “post-money” assessment (after the round) of OpenAI to rise to 300,000 million dollars. It is already as much as Coca-ColaNovo Nordisk, Chevron or LVMH and more than Asml Samsung or Nestlé. Only Spacex (350,000 million dollars) is worth more in the private companies sector, and with this OpenAi round it is put to the Tiktok level According to CB Insights. 500 million in love with chatgpt. In the Openai announcement he indicated how they currently have 500 million weekly chatgpt users, a really remarkable figure that makes it clear that the growth of users continues to be produced at a remarkable pace: a month ago the figure was 400 million users. The Ghibli phenomenon shows. The chatgpt phenomenon made Openai take only two months to reach 100 million users (Instagram took 26). Yesterday Sam Altman indicated how in the last five days they had grown up in one million users, but after The phenomenon of the Studio Ghibli style images They grew up in a million users … in just an hour. But AI still does not be profitable. The financing round responds to that almost blind bet in the potential of the AI, but the current reality is clear: this technology is not profitable. The companies are burning money as if there were no tomorrow To develop it, but its training and operational cost is huge. Openai herself estimates that It will not be profitable until 2029and until then it will continue to lose more and more money without stopping. In Openai, yes, they expect income They triple In 2025 to 12.7 billion dollars, but they will continue to lose money. Gasoline for the AGI? Openai’s ultimate goal is to develop a General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) that overcomes human intelligence in all areas. The problem is that it is not clear that neither they nor anyone succeeded, but precisely that is about this bet: that it will be OpenAi to achieve it. To do so, the impact at the social and economic level is potentially the greatest in the history of humanity, but once again, we insist: here everything is unknowns, and the AGI could take years or decades to arrive … if it arrives one day. SoftBank, Openai’s new girlfriend. The other remarkable element of this investment round is the final turning point that occurs in the OpenAI alliances structure. Since 2019 his great ally was Microsoft, but That non-dilio was seen the seams months ago. The relationship between both companies is now much weaker, and each one It takes time preparing a “cordial farewell”. Microsoft has participated in this round, they claim in CNBC, but has done it with a totally secondary role. SoftBank, meanwhile, becomes the great OpenAi patron and trusts a good part of its future to the success of Altman’s company. Image | Nibor With Midjourney In Xataka | Openai will abandon altruism. Your new profit will completely change your financial reality and that of your investors

There is only one high -end mobile that would buy now launch. It is from Xiaomi and they give you a smartwatch

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I do not usually buy launch mobiles because, despite the fact that much of them are already launched, in a few months they go down so much price that is worth waiting for a little time. But right now there is only one mobile that really interests me to buy it for launch: the Little F7 Ultra from Xiaomi. Not only do we talk about a high -end mobile with an excellent value for money, it is also offer and the brand gives a Xiaomi Watch S4. All this for 699.99 euros. Little F7 Ultra (256 GB) – Gifts only available at the Xiaomi store * Some price may have changed from the last review A high-end mobile with a very good value for money He Little F7 ultra Xiaomi has an excellent hardware configuration. On the front we have a very good 6.67 -inch AMOLED screen which offers a 2K resolution, a 120 Hz soda rate and a maximum shine of 3,200 nits. Internal level we find the processor Snapdragon 8 Qualcomm Elitethe most powerful we find in Android mobiles, and comes next to 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage. On the other hand, its 5,300 mAh battery supports Fast charge of 120W and 50W wireless load. And as for its cameras, on the front we have a 32 MP camera, while we have a 50 MP main sensora 32 MP wide angle and a 50 MP telephoto. Personally, I currently have a Xiaomi 14tand The little f7 ultra is not far behind. Xiaomi has done a good job with this new high range. Perhaps the only thing I could throw back is that the cameras, unlike Xiaomi, are not signed by Leica. For everything else, the new mobile of little interests me, and not just precisely. You may also be interested in these accessories for the little F7 ultra Hidwee Temperate Crystal compatible with Xiaomi Little F7 Pro/Little F7 Ultra 5G, 2 Pieces screen protector + 2 pieces Chamber lens, 9h hardness without bubbles tempered glass * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Pro – Wireless headphones, noise cancellation, light, up to 36 hours of autonomy, Bluetooth 5.3, white (ES version) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Javier CriminalvaXiaomi In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here

tricks to reduce symptoms and medications to avoid

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After a month, constant rains in most of the country have risen. It will be enjoyed while lasting … And who can. Because after a month of rain, the sunrise too entails something very concrete: pollen. With the rain, the pollen stayed under but the sun makes it rise and the allergic suffer. Irritated eyes, congestion, sneezing, cough … one thousand and one symptoms that can be a real heaviness when we go out to take a walk but that becomes a real problem if we are behind the wheel when we start sneezing without brake. How to relieve the symptoms of allergy at the wheel It may seem banal but everything seems to indicate that there is a certain correlation between fatal accidents and plants pollination. Specifically, in the United States they calculated that Accidents with deceased increase around 6% When drivers suffer more allergy symptoms. Having this clear, what can we do to avoid the consequences of allergy and reduce risks? The tips before putting us behind the wheel The first and most recommended is, as for many other things, carrying good maintenance and cleaning of the car. First, the basics and what we can do more frequently: Clean the car. And do it conscientiously, taking special care in the places where dust and ventilation grilles usually accumulate. It is good to pass the crystals frequently and, in general, take the car as clean as possible. It is especially interesting to keep upholstery as clean as possible. Aspires the seats and so you will prevent possible remains of dust. It is especially important if, for example, you have an animal allergy. But in addition to this, you have to keep the car in the best possible state and, in this case, we talk about air filters. This component is recommended to change it once a year but if you do many kilometers or if where you live there is a lot of pollen and you leave the car parked on the street, it is a good idea to change them every six months. In this way, the air that is sneaked into the cabin will be of better quality and will be cleaner. The advice to drive When we have no choice but to put ourselves behind the wheel suffering the symptoms of allergy, it is best to Let’s prioritize the central hours of the day. The first hours and those of the sunset are the worst and in which there is the greatest concentration of pollen in the environment so the symptoms will also be more pronounced. In addition to because it facilitates driving, sunglasses They can be good allies because reduce eye irritation and their tear. It is convenient that we do not touch the same with dirty hands since we can increase the symptoms. For the rest, you can do little more if you have done the first step well. If the car is ready, go up the windows, activate the air conditioning and take advantage of the operation of the vehicle’s filters itself. Beware of antihistamines If the allergy forces you to medicate, always go to a specialist to tell you what you can take to reduce the symptoms and when. Some antihistamines can cause drowsiness so it is better not to take them if you have to drive. These medications They have a notice in the box With a car inside a red triangle. You must be clear, yes, that driving is not prohibited if you take one of them but advised. Keep in mind that some medications They can generate false positives In a drug control. DGT itself points out that the ideal is to opt for New Generation H1 antihistamines. In its composition it is indicated that they are formulated with Astemizol, Loratadine, Ebastina, Terfenadine, Cetirizins or Drays. Similarly, H2 antihistamines contain cimetidine, ranitidine and nizatidine and have low somnolence or fatigue risk. These medications have a sedative effect lower than first -generation H1 antihistamines, which are the most dangerous. These are formulated with dimenhydrine (biodramine) or doxilamine (sleepy). The latter is important since According to trafficthe effect of first -generation H1 antihistamines can resemble alcohol rates between 0.5 and 0.8 g/l in blood. Photo | OBI – @pixel9propics and Darwin Vegher In Xataka | Neither the DGT forbids leading celiacs nor has “prohibited medications”: the regulations are the same since 1997

We do not need robots that look like us. We need robots to do things for us

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Every time I see a humanoid robot dancing in an exhibition (now it is very fashionable to put them in any event, they wear a lot) or stumbled clickingly while trying to run a marathon, I cannot avoid thinking that we are chasing a mirage. A technological chimera that responds more to our cultural fantasies than to real industrial needs. As explained by Wall Street JournalChina and the United States are engaged in A race to dominate the field of humanoid robotswith the Chinese government designating it as strategic priority backed by an investment fund of 138,000 million dollars. The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has not been cut: “The time of humanoid robots has arrived. This could be the largest industry of all. “A formidable statement supported by formidable investments. The obsession with replicating our body shape in machines seems an echo of our collective vanity, a technological narcissism very antiquate that dates back to the work ‘Rur‘by Karel čopek, who coined the term “robot” in 1920. Why do we insist on robots with two legs when the wheels are more efficient In most environments? Boston Dynamics He has invested decades and hundreds of millions to get Atlas to walk like a human, when a robot with mechanical traction would have exceeded the same obstacles with a fraction of the energy cost. Why arms and hands that mimic ours when specialized appendices could make certain tasks better? The history of industrial robotics shows us that Specialization exceeds generalization. A six -axis industrial robotic arm specifically designed for welding is infinitely more precise than any attempt to replicate human skill. The answer says more about our psychology than about pragmatic engineering. There is something atavistic in our desire to create in image and likeness. According to the article WSJ, Ubtech humanoid robots It takes four times more than a human to load a simple container (twelve seconds vs. three). A fact that should be an alarm signal for anyone with a critical sense. Perhaps we are confusing the map with the territory, aesthetics with functionality. Let’s look where something interesting is really happening: in those same Chinese factories, success does not come from the isolated humanoid, but from ecosystems where robots live in all possible formseach specialized in what he knows best. Automated guided vehicles, robotic arms, intelligent conveyor belts, interior drones … an entire artificial biodiversity that operates together. Nature did not choose a single way for all animals, why should we fall into that morphological trap? Image: Asianroboticsreview. Humanoid robots promoters argue that they will better adapt to environments designed for humans without modifying them. A reasoning that seems impeccable until we deepen: not We constantly modify our environments to adapt them to new technologies? Yes Instagram is changing cities. The history of industrialization is precisely to adapt spaces to machines, not the other way around. It is the same mirage that we still see with autonomous cars, determine to maintain that layout of seats looking at the front when there is no longer steering wheel or driver. What a waste of possibilities. Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company bought by Amazon, understood it well when he designed Its robotic taxi: Without a steering wheel, with confronted seats and an experience designed from scratch, not as a compensation of what already existed. Innovation will require that we stop contemplating the robotic navel and start thinking about specific needs and specific solutions, not anthropomorphic nostalgia. Tesla, with Your optimusneed Human operators to control their humanoids While they pretended autonomy in their October event. A perfect metaphor of how our obstinacy for human form leads us to theatricalize what we still cannot achieve. In the end the race that matters is not that of the robot that best imitates our stumbling blocks when lowering stairs, but of the one that solves problems of ways that we cannot even imagine. The real revolutionary robot may not look like us, and that will be its greatness. Perhaps we should remember that the wheel – the invention that our civilization has transformed the most – does not exist in nature. Real innovation begins when we stop imitating ourselves. In Xataka | The US robots manufacturers have asked their government for help. If you do not get China, you will win this race Outstanding image | Xataka

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