Mobile Tech & Gadgets

a car capable of throwing a drone without us knowing very well why

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Since childhood, I feel a curious obsession with cinema cars and small screen. Kitt –The fantastic car– I don’t seem so science fiction anymore if we consider that we already have cars that are controlled with the voicebut the Aston Martin by James Bond They keep hallucinating. Not so much for the beauty of the different models that we have seen over the years, but for the amount of gadgets they incorporate, as well as the gates that open to launch something or show a weapon. Like the car that tells us, that of deploying a gadget from the car ceases to be fiction because Byd has just presented something, as little, curious: a line of cars that are capable of transporting and displaying a drone. One of DJI, to be more concrete. We have already seen some Chinese cars who are betting on crazy ideas that combine cars and dronesbut what Byd has just presented is something much more tangible. The big question is … What do we want to throw a drone from the car? Shuttle car Lingyuan We are going to start with what the company has presented. In a releaseByd has presented Lingyuan, a system designed to achieve a total integration of drone into the vehicle. The system is like a ceiling chest that has location and guidance sensors, as well as a gate that opens and from which drone can deploy. Don’t tell me it’s not movie. This “heliport” can be in that kind of ceiling chest, but in larger vehicles the company comments that it can be integrated directly into the upper part of the vehicle, which, we assume, would compromise somewhat less the aerodynamics of it. The system has been designed so that the height of the vehicle does not exceed 2.05 meters and, for the moment, there are two versions. On the one hand, Lingyuan Battery Swap Edition for Yangwang models, byd’s luxury brand. This pack equips the DJI Mavic 3 And it is the highest range option. For denza and byd cars, the name is Lingyuan Fast Charging Edition that incorporates a DJI Air 3s. Wang Chuanfu, president of Byd, commented that “the collaboration between Byd and DJI goes far beyond the simple placement of a drone in a car. Instead, we have developed the entire integration system from scratch, designing and developing it to achieve a perfect fusion between the vehicle and drone. This advance offers a synergy in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ” These drones They can take off with the car in progress At a speed of up to 25 km/Hy we can order that the vehicle follow at a speed of up to 54 km/h. On the other hand, they also load at the station, being able to recover from 20% to 80% in half an hour. I recreate and … anything else? The goal of ByD is that this movement is a first step to boost the industrialization and large -scale adoption of intelligent drone systems in cars, but as we said some paragraphs ago, the big question is why we would want something like that. In the statement, everything focuses on creativity. The arch in which the drone goes has a wide angle camera with 4K resolution that can record next to the drone camera to have a double perspective and the Lingyuan application has a tool to edit those videos with algorithms that automate the process if we want it and a repertoire of 30 templates. The brand wants us to record “our vehicle adventures” with a stupid ease. However, I can think of two more interesting and everyday uses. If we go on an adventure on roads that we do not know, stop and launch the drone can be great to explore the area. And, if it were a lighter drone or could fly in the city, it seems to me a tremendous function to look for parking. Of course, for now, this technology is only available in Continental China and the brand has not spoken about the launch of the platform in other countries. Images | Byd In Xataka | The first flying electric car is already here (the only problem is that it is neither a car nor fly)

Years ago the main “drug” against depression was sold massively in supermarkets: 7up

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It is a more or less known fact that The origin of the Coca-Cola is in the development of Medicinal tonic by the American pharmacist John Pemberton. However, this drink is not the only soda in having an origin linked to the world of pharmacy. Nor are we talking about the tonic, but of 7up. The history of this drink is prior to its name and its current formula and begins in 1929. The soda began to be marketed with the name of BIB-LABEL LITHIATED LEMON-LIME SODAbefore being renamed as 7 UP LITIED LEMON SODAand, finally, 7up. However, it is not the change of name of the soda what most usually attracts the attention of its history, but the change in its formula. And, as these names already pointed out, the original formula of this soda contained no less than lithium (Li), The third element of the periodic table. Before the alarms jump, it should be clarified that it was not elementary lithium (remember that this is a very reactive alkaline metal), but Lithium citratean organic compound, salt of lithium and citric acid. To understand the reason, we must know what is the use of this compound. For decades, lithium citrate has been used as Drug in psychiatric treatments. It is a compound considered a mood stabilizer and is used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, depression and mania. The soda would have been marketed in origin not as a drug against these problems but as a kind of tonic, a remedy for hangover To settle your stomach. It is unknown what is the origin of the name 7 UP but, among the various theories, one points out that It is a reference to lithium. The reason is that, although the atomic number of this element is the three, its atomic mass is approximately seven (6.94 to be more precise). As we indicated at the beginning of the article, this It is not the only soda whose history has a close link with the pharmacy. Coca-Cola also has An origin as a reconstituent tonic. In this case it is also an ingredient already disappeared from its formula (cocaine) the one that most usually calls attention to the history of the soda. The contemporary tonic still counts in its formula with the “active substance” that made it a treatment, the quinineused among other uses for Malaria treatment. Of course, the current content we can find in this soda It is very scarceso again we cannot talk about therapeutic properties in the soda we find today in supermarkets. In Xataka | Monster has conquered a generation. And along the way it has become one of the most profitable brands in the world Image | Mike Mozart, CC by 2.0

France receives more tourists than anyone. Now he has had an idea to limit it: put the very expensive flights

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Although there is already who says that Spain will end up snatching the crown, France is today the undisputed queen of world tourism. No other nation moves more travelers. Only last year it was expected to arrive in the country some 89.4 million of international tourists, a good handful more than Spain, the US or China. From now on, travelers who must take off from France to move around the country or return to their homes will have to scratch some more pocket. The reason: shortly It will go up he “Solidarity Tax” That applies to your flights. Of course, the decision It has generated a stir. What happened? That in a matter of a few weeks (March 1) France will update its Solidarity tax On the plane tickets, better known as TSBA or ‘Chirac tax’ in a wink to the former president who ruled the Republic when it was approved. His climb is not really a surprise. It was expected in The French budget of 2025, approved in February after a complex process that He took ahead to Prime Minister Michel Barnier; But its application will not be really effective until next month. What exactly is the TSBA? An international tax that taxes the price of plane tickets. Their amount is set by authorities. Then it is up to the airlines to decide whether they assume it or transfer it to a greater or lesser extent to the tickets that charge their passengers. As your own name (TSBA) details, the objective is finance International aid programs. In fact, the French government defends its equitable and ecological value. When at the beginning of the year, during An interview with Le Parisienthe Public Accounts Minister Amélie de Montchalin was asked what he thought of the increase in the tax, Your answer It could not be clearer: “I am in favor. It is a measure of fiscal and ecological justice. The richest 20% of the population is responsible for more than half of the air trip spending.” How much and where will it go up? To clear doubts, the French administration published a few weeks ago A brief ad with the main novelties that affect the tax. It speaks of three categories: “destinations in France and Europe”, “intermediate destinations” and “distant destinations”, which would be those in which the plane travels more than more than 5,500 kilometers. Then details the amount that the rate will have in each case, although the amount varies depending on another parameter: the category. The same is not charged to a customer who travels with a tourist ticket than to another class Business or that flies in a private jet. And how are they then? The result is that the rate for flights in economic and short -distance class, within France or Europe and with departure from France, will cost 2.63 to 7.4 euros. In intermediate journeys it will rise to 15 euros and in the case of distant destinations the tax will be located in 40. The routes to Corsica and overseas territories are left out. In class Business The rate will cost 30, 80 or 120 eurosdepending on the duration of the flight, and in the case of the Jets the TSBA will involve from March between 210 and 2,100 euros, the maximum that would pay a user of a private plane for a trip of more than 5,500 km. The Government recalls in any case that the impact of new rates on airline tickets will depend on whether they decide or not to “absorb them.” What do airlines say? They have not taken to show their discomfort. At least part of them. Air France considers that the climb, more than double, is “irresponsible” and is equivalent to demanding “a tax to access France.” In his specific case he estimates that he will cost him about 100 million euros at a particularly delicate time after the pandemic years. “France is the country of Europe where air transport is more taxed with taxes. In the last 20 years we have lost between 1 and 2% of the market every year in favor of foreign airlines. There is a risk of transferring benefits to other countries,” ditch. The update of the TSBA arrives in fact after the country has made clear Your desire to encourage taxes, the use of less polluting alternatives to the plane in short journeys. Can you take its toll? The reaction has not been good in Ryanar. Its executive director, Michael O’Leary, already He has accused To France to swim to “countercurrent” and warns: “Europe will not be more efficient or competitive excessively taxing air rates.” “France is already a country with high taxes and if they increase more likely we will reduce our capacity,” says the manager of the Low Cost. From the company go further and point out the risk that flights end up being only available to “the rich”, affecting the country’s finances at a time that stands out precisely by the Tourism boom international. Images | Eric Salard (Flickr) 1 and 2 and Service-Public.fr In Xataka | Private Jets flights are a great source of pollution. And France wants to limit them

This is how the capital of Spain wants to become the capital of the dry fruit

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Seven years. Remember that figure because it will be key. For now, let’s talk about the great agricultural boom in recent years: the pistachio. Because yes, it is not only a “gastronomic fashion”, it is also an agro -productive trend that Spain has become The fourth country with more hectares. Until now the stain has been the great pistache power, but Madrid wants to dispute it. What does a plant like you in a place like this? The history of the Spanish pistachio is very curious: we know that the pistachios arrived in Spain in the Roman Empire, prospered during the Middle Ages (references can be found In the works of San Isidoro and in the Andalusian manuals) And then, simply, they disappeared. As explained by Pablo García Estringanaresearcher at the Madrid Institute for Rural, Agrarian and Food Research and Development (IMIDRA), “in the 70s and 80s there were attempts to reintroduce it in Catalonia and Aragon, but they did not work.” We had to wait at the end of the 80s, when “two other essays began, one in Castilla-La Mancha and another in Antequera, in the province of Malaga, the result of which it was seen that it could be a promising crop.” It was not a simple path. José Francisco Couceiro began cultivating pistachios in the “El Chaparrillo” Agro -Environmental Center from Ciudad Real in 1987. It took 10 years only to dominate the crop and that the site was ideal. The pistachio tree asks Warm climates, low humidity and many hours of cold to fruit. There, right there, is where Madrid enters. Because, although the pistachio has grown especially in the stain (where “The hectares have multiplied almost 16 in the last decade“), Nothing prevented other communities from betting on it. It is what they have done from the capital. And they have done something late, in fact. Because the IMIDRA began working with these trees in 1999 and since 2001 has been trying to introduce it to the province. But only in recent years the situation has exploded: in 2020 there were about 400 hectares of pistachio in the region, today they have multiplied almost four to 1,700. Moreover, As Victor Rodríguez points out rightly“Only in the last year, in fact, they have doubled with respect to the around 800 at the end of 2023”. The golden egg tree … And, on paper, the pistachio is the great fashion product: with an average of 6.5 euros per kilo, it is not for less. There is still much to unseat Castilla La Mancha, but Madrid farmers are determined to try. In fact, the pistachio has just overcome the almond tree in planted hectares. Especially in the Las Vegas region. And this has done nothing but start. … but with a huge ‘but’. Since the first guns are planted and until the first harvest occurs, seven years pass. That is, the product is more profitable than normal, but it is not easy to take a production plantation. As explained in the newspaper of Spain“an initial investment of about 5,000 or 6,000 euros per hectare and annual expenses of between 1,500 and 1,800 euros per hectare” is needed. That is what is changing the rules of the game. Because the sunk cost of all this is huge. And although the demand remains superior to the supply, nobody knows what will happen exactly within ten years. It is not uncommon for the imidra trate to shorten the timesbut that is just part of the problem. We are seeing how olive groves, Limoneros either bananas They cross enormous problems due to lack of demand. How many pistachios are enough? What will happen when we reach that limit? What will happen to all those who in the midst of their “seven years in the desert”? Image | Dall · e In Xataka | The most coveted merchandise in the black market is no longer the paladium or gold. They are the pistachios

While the population of Japan sinks irremediably, Tokyo grows. There is an explanation: Ikkyoku Shūchū

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Much of the world has a short and medium term problem, a problem called demography. The fertility rate from various countries It is poor and birth has plummeted in many of them. Asian countries as South Korea, China either Taiwan They suffer this problem, but we cannot talk about demographic winter without mentioning Japan. While the country struggles to achieve the rate that guarantees the generational relief, they are being seen and wishing so that companies have labor. Giants like McDonald’s have changed its contracting policiesthey are putting to work To robots And, due to the lack of childreneven diaper companies have started Look at the adult diapers sector. And, while dealing with that problem, another has been hitting the door for years: the Excessive centralization of the archipelago in a city: Tokyo. And this excessive centralization has a name: Ikkyoku Shūchū. Japan disassembles Ikkyoku Shūchū It is a Japanese term that refers to centralization of the country. This implies that there is an excessive concentration at a very specific point that is not only given because they are born more babies at that point or receive more immigration, but because other areas of the country are emptied because they move to the city that brings together … everything. In the Japanese case, that city is Tokyo, the great city that, for decades, has accumulated industry, administrative functions, political, tourism and, obviously, population. As they point in The Japan Timeswhile the rest of the country waning, Tokyo grew. This has caused a huge demographic imbalance because, obviously, the area around it lost population, but also other locations throughout the country. And the implications of this are huge. To begin with, an economic disparity is created because Everything is concentrated in the big cityso the gap in economic activities is increasing between the capital and the rest of the country. For the citizen, this translates into money and time, since everything is more expensive, transport services and public services are more saturated and teleworking is not always possible. Ichinono, a town with more dolls than neighbors It is also a problem for the rest of the region, since those municipalities that are running out of population cannot maintain essential services and either attract young people who want to work. In fact, what we have seen is that the way to attract couples to that “emptied Japan” is through incentives for you to form a family And have children. There are others cases successful, but also related to the entire world of promoting family creation. Plans against him Ikkyoku Shūchū This phenomenon is sad, since it ends with the smallest peoples and, precisely, in Japan we saw an example of a town in which there are More dolls than people. Due to the lack of services, there are locations that have gone to work. An example is Ina, what implement A telemedicine service that uses drones to facilitate medicines to the elderly. Another is Kamiyama, a town that lost 70% of its population and is achieving Attract companies thanks to the development of high -speed Internet. From the government they have also put themselves to Identify the needs to mitigate the phenomenon of the Ikkyoku Shūchū and promote Decentralization. In January of this year, El País presented a plan of action which will seek to promote economic and social growth through the redistribution of government functions throughout the country. In addition, there is the call ‘Regional Reform 2.0’ that seeks to promote a stronger economy of the different regions and reduce the excessive population concentration of the capital. The end is, according to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, help all people reach happiness. And it is a continuation of the 2016 Regional Revitalization Act that seeks to encourage the implementation of industry and services away from Tokyo to attract population to those other nuclei. It is a beautiful objective for a future that does not look too well if things continue as until now. The estimate is that, of the 124 million Japanese of 2023, in 2100 There will be 63 million and, in addition, very aging, making the entire social security system impracticable. Image | Timo Volz In Xataka | Demographers have been wondering for centuries when the human population will stop growing. It already has an answer: 2080

that we end up talking to an AI

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Most of the time the keyboard is our way of using chatgpt. The same goes for Gemini, Claude, Llama or any other market model. And yet direct interaction with our voice He earns whole. Talking with the machines little by little is being less strange. And less than it will be. Call 4. In Financial Times They cite sources close to the development project of the new Meta Model. Call 4 – if it ends up calling himself – he will focus on improving voice interaction characteristics. There will also be options aimed at that future of AI agents, without a doubt, but the voice seems to be a special protagonist. This new model is expected to arrive “in the coming weeks.” Native voice. Chris Cox, one of the maximum managers in Meta, indicated that he calls 4 will be an “omnimodelo” in which “the voice will be native.” Until now, he explained, the process was cumbersome. You had to convert voice to text, send the text to the LLM, get the answer in text and turn it in a voice again. It is a revolution, they say in goal. That native conception of voice is an especially important option for interaction with chatbots but also with hardware. And here the target ra-ban can be the big beneficiaries. As Cox said, it is important “for the product interface, the idea that you can talk to the Internet and ask anything. I think we have not yet done to the idea of ​​how powerful it is.” All for the same. But it is that goal is far from being the only one who thinks that. Google has been offering for a long time Voice functions in Gemini In our mobile phones, and it has an advantage because we were already used to using Google Assistant. OpenAI We were amazed months ago with GPT-4o And that voice that even became professor of any discipline. Elon Musk and his startup, Xai, have raised a Grok 3 of the most Parlanchín and that can adopt personalized tones as a “deranged” and another “sexy” to talk to us. Claude seems more lagging here, but even Alexa+, the new Amazon model, has a very strong conversational component with AI, something logical coming from where it comes from. Almost human voices. And while the voice assistants of a few years ago offered adequate but somewhat flat voices, the current AI models achieve voices practically indistinguishable from human. Yesterday we talked about Sesame and of that synthesized voice that pauses and changes tone to adjust to the conversation as a human would. In that same career are others as Eleven Labs either What to type. Although the keyboard has always had the advantage of allowing us to “think before speaking”, direct interaction with AI models seems much more powerful in many scenarios in which this conversation in real time is a winning option. ID preparing you to talk to the machines. All these efforts are directed to the same place: talk to an AI. One that is probably at the moment in the cloud, but that can work immediately on our mobile, but also in connected glasses such as the finish line-very future there-some headphones or a smart watch. And as was the case with ‘Her’, we may see a lot of people who wear glasses or a headset and seem to talk alone. But that is actually talking with an AI. Image | Warner Bros Pictures In Xataka | Are we prepared to talk to the machines?

If ‘the substance’ captivated you, look at this visceral French horror piece in Netflix

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‘The substance’ finally did not take the deserved Oscar to those who was nominatedbut his single presence in the ceremony is poison for everything that is hollow in Hollywood with his radical proposal. In fact, his messages about the demands that the entertainment industry requires the female body anticipated, in fact, which ended up being the award for best actress (a mature Demi Moore defeated by a version of itself that was much better in front of the cameras). But We can celebrate his moral triumph with a good dose of marrano horror filmbloody and with a radical message thanks to this French gore classic of the nineties that dialogues perfectly with the movie of Coralie Fargeat. It’s about ‘Baby Blood‘, that He has just arrived in Netflix And that proposes a cheap, rude and direct festival of wild humor, dribs of blood at discretion and a message that touches the antisocial. Everything starts when a strange creature is introduced into a woman’s uterus. The brand new pregnant has no choice but to become a murderer to feed the being that lives in its bosom. Like life itself. The result drinks both of the fantastic cinema of the fifties but in a key completely out of mother (with forgiveness) and of the Frank Henenlotter ‘Basket Case’ and ‘Brain Damage’ classics, but in gala version, that is, even more scarf and dirty. Such an influences blender is The ideal bridge between the gore cinema more serve as eighties and what was to come both in the most extreme horror cinema and, years later, in ‘The substance’. Because if it is important for something capital ‘Baby Blood’ is to understand horror cinema from France that would arrive a few years later. Films like ‘Inside’, ‘Martyrs’ or ‘High Voltage’ find their visionary and very precedent in ‘Baby Blood’, as overflowing with violence, and with a corrosive message about motherhood. Not for all palates, but if the extreme is yours, you have an appointment with sandungueros babies who feed on blood. In Xataka | On his way to the Oscars, ‘The substance’ has added another milestone: the most watched premiere in the whole story of Filmin

Mediumkt begins its renewal campaign with discounts on Samsung mobiles, Sony headphones, Apple tablets and more

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Mediamarkt has finished its Techmania campaign and hasn’t taken a new one. During the campaign “Get a renewal!”, Which will be available until March 21, we can find a good assortment of offers on many devices. Therefore, we wanted to facilitate the task by gathering the five best offers we can find currently. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g by 479 eurosthe new Samsung mid -range mobile that includes a good addition with respect to the previous generation. Sony Wh-1000xm5b by 299 eurosa preciazo for the excellent Sony Bluetooth headphones. Samsung Galaxy Book4 by 699 eurosa good laptop that has a good discount. Logitech pack by 149 eurosa combo of bluetooth headphones and wireless mouse. iPad (2022) by 324 eurosa minimum historical price for the economic tablet of the previous generation. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g Samsung announced only a few days ago the new generation of one of its most popular ranges, thus presenting the Samsung Galaxy A56 5ga mid -range phone that has an interesting addition with respect to the previous generation. You can currently be found in Mediamarkt by 479 euros in his 256 GB configurationand stands out mainly for its good design within the mid -range and by the arrival of the Artificial intelligence to the “A” range of the brand. Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony Wh-1000xm5b The Sony Wh-1000xm5b They are currently one of the most popular brand headphones. From time to time we have been able to find them on the offer with the occasional discount, but this time in Mediamarkt we have them with a price of the most irresistible. By 299 euros We have some headphones with a very elegant design, Excellent audio qualitya very good comfort even if we use them for hours and One of the best noise cancellations (ANC) of the market. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Book4 If what we are looking for is a good price on a laptop, a lot of eye because Mediamarkt, during its renewal campaign, has the Samsung Galaxy Book4 for tight 699 euros. Mount a good 15.6-inch FullHD screen, its processor is the Intel Core i7-1355u, it has both RAM and 512 GB of SSD and comes with the operating system Windows 11 Home pre -installed. * Some price may have changed from the last review Logitech pack In Mediamarkt we can also find a good Logitech peripheral pack. In this case, for 149 euros we have a very good price a combo that includes Bluetooth headphones LOGITECH G PRO Xwhich offer an enveloping sound and that are compatible with the Blue Vo! CE software, and a mouse Logitech Pro X Superlight. Both are gaming peripherals and are compatible with Logitech G hub software. Pack Logitech: Logitech G Pro X + Logitech Pro X Superlight * Some price may have changed from the last review iPad (2022) After the announcement of the new iPad (2025)some stores have used to lower the price of the previous generation. In this sense, the iPad (2022) Now we have it at a minimum historical price in Mediamarkt. Can be found by 324 euros with the 64 GB wifi configuration and by 434 euros with the 256 GB wifi configuration. * 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 | Mediamarkt and Buyadicción (header), Samsung, Sony, Logitech, Apple In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

The people who defend that the Internet is changing the brain forever

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Our brain is a constantly change organ. It changes throughout our life not only as a result of our growth and aging, also as a consequence of daily activities, from exercise to reading, through sleep and other diverse actions. Of course, the time we spend in front of the screens is that of a computer or that of our mobile, They also affect our brain. We associate these changes to problems such as the loss of our capacity for attention or the appearance of addictive behaviors associated for example to the use of social networks. Knowing how our brain interacts with the digital world in the era of social networks is a key step to improve our well -being in this new context, understanding the magnitude of problems as those mentioned above and also trying to find the positive side of these interactions. That is why this is a field of great interest for research. We said before our brain is an organ that does not stop changing. These changes represent the very essence of learning (and much more). To the ability of the brain to transform and reconfigure, even at the physiological level, in response to external stimuli we call it neuroplasticity. This is explained by Loles Villalobos Tornero, of the Department of Experimental Psychology Cognitive processes and speech therapy of the Complutense University of Madrid, In an article in The conversation. “We call neuroplasticity to the extraordinary capacity of our thinking body to transform and functionally and physically reconfigure its structure in response to environmental stimuli, behavioral experiences or cognitive demands. In short, to the situations we live. This is mainly possible thanks to the creation and control of the number of neurons, the migration of these nerve cells and the formation of new connections, ”says Villalobos Tornero In your piece. What our brain does is, to some extent, improve neuronal connections between neurons that tend to activate in unison, which Facilitate synapses Among these, that is, the act of transmitting activity from one neuron to another. These changes, as the expert points out, affect the structure of neural networks. There are two recurring examples when we talk about neuroplasticity: musicians and taxi drivers. Training markedly specialized in these unions translates into physiological changes in the brains of these people. In a case in rhythmic and harmonic learning, as well as in the skill required to touch an instrument; In the second, in the spatial aspect. In Your article in The conversationVillalobos Tornero also speaks of the importance of neuroplasticity in another context, that of brain lesions. When a brain injury prevents the brain from continuing to develop a task, the brain reconfigures its activity to be able to develop the same task by resorting to the whole areas of the organ. Such is the adaptive capacity of our brain. It is not to surprise that yes, that the use of current digital tools, Internet, smartphones and social networks have the ability to change our brain. The question of how and to what extent It is what has been intrigued by experts in brain and cognition for years. To understand how we must still introduce another concept. The ability of our brain to adapt to new amazing situations, we pointed out. More if we take into account that this organ did not evolve to follow hyperlinks but for tasks such as looking for food and escaping predators. If we want to understand how the brain adapts to something so far from the functions for which it evolved, we must also take into account the idea of ​​the Cortical co -optation. The Cortical co -optation Something like the “recycling of brain areas” can be seen, which in origin would have evolved to develop certain functions to be able to assimilate new skills, explains Lucia Amoruso, a researcher at the BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language). “A classic example is (The reading and writing). From an evolutionary point of view, human beings are not born with a specific brain module for these skills, ”explains the researcher. “However, throughout development, The “recycling” brain previously specialized in the recognition of objects and faces (…) to allow the acquisition of literacy. ” For Amoruso, the current brain transformation is similar, with our brain having to adapt to different stimuli, “fast, dynamic and fragmented.” Decades studying The year 2010, when social networks were in full explosion, saw the publication of two books on the subject. In a review For the magazine NatureDaphne Bavelier and Shawn Green paid attention to the fact that, despite being both books based on scientific knowledge in the field, their respective authors reached diametrically opposite conclusions. Studies such as those that have already been showing us, through magnetic resonances, which Our active brain when it sails Online a neuronal network greater than the one in operation when he simply reads. Something that is not at all surprising, after all navigate Internet requires greater activity than more passive reading. Greater neuronal networks are activated is indicative that the footprint in our brain of our virtual activity could be greater than the one left by the “conventional” reading. Interestingly, neuronal activation in Internet searches was also greater among people with some knowledge of the digital environment, in contrast to people less familiar with the digital environment. Nick Biltton and Nicholas Car, the authors of the books, interpret this same fact in different ways. If for Biltton this is a learning sign; Carr recalled that the use of a greater number of neurons does not necessarily imply an improvement in our brain processes. Drawing generalizable conclusions in this context is difficult. But more than two decades have passed since 2010 and the number of studies analyzing this topic has expanded. In 2019, a team of researchers published a review of the scientific literature that addressed the issue in order to summarize the “state of science” regarding this issue. The details of his analysis were Published as an article In the … Read more

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