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Half of all the oil we need passes through two runners, and one is right now the hottest point of the planet

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We can think that overall supply chain It is solid due to the number of transport options. However, commercial networks in huge airplanes, the rail transport that China wants to boost With his new ‘Silk routeor the road transport They remain in the background if we compare it with The reliable old man: the ship. And, when we talk about oil transport worldwide, this is something that is much more evidenced. This graph prepared by Visual Capitalist It reflects it perfectly. The data. Talking about oil is talking about certain countries that brings together the bulk of reserves. However, not always the most oil is the one who produces the most (to tell Venzuela), and world trade in crude passes through a few points between Asia and the Middle East. If these funnels have any problem, the entire world will also have it because the estimated amount that moves every day is an absolute barbarity: Millions of barrels a day in 2023 Strait of Malaca 23.7 Ormuz narrow 20.9 Suez Canal 8.8 Bab el-Mandeb 8.6 Cape of Good Hope 6 Strait of Denmark 4.9 Strait of Türkiye 3.4 Panama Canal 2.1 Malaca is the big funnel. With 23.7 million barrels per day moved in 2023, you have to talk about the first name of the list: the Strait of Malaca. It is a narrow complex due to its depth and wide, but it has become the main oil transport channel in the Middle East to Japan, South Korea and, above all, China. The Asian giant is the main oil importer (Although the batteries are being put to become one of the main producers) and it is estimated that 25% of the maritime transport of crude passes through this corridor. Its location between the Peninsula of Malaysia and Sumatra makes it the shortest and, therefore economic road between the Indian and the Pacific. And is responsible for Singapore is the largest gas station in the ocean. Ormuz, the hot spot. If Malaca’s is vital for the crude that goes to Asia, that of Ormuz It is essential for the one from the great producers such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Arab Emirates, Kuwait or will go to the rest of the West (although a lot of production also goes to Asia). The Strait has about 167 km long and about 40 wide, but navigation routes are much narrower. Now, its peculiarity is that it has sufficient depth to allow the transit of the great oil tankers and entrepreneurships. The problem is its location. This is the only significant maritime exit (for trade) that the Persian Gulf has and, like Malaca’s, it is a strategic point that Recently it has been in the foreground due to the War between Iran, Israel and the United States actions. Fragile balance. Being the 20% output point of the oil worldwide, and also moving much of the Liquefied natural gas which is consumed in the world, a block would have deep effects on the economy and global energy dependence. The estimate is that about 20 million barrels are moved daily and, if that flow is compromised, prices HE They would shoot at levels similar to the right views after Start of the Ukraine War or in the 70’s oil crisis. In addition, other points such as Suez or Malaca They would receive more ship influxwhich would carry overloads, shipping delays and would not serve to relax the barrel price increase. And the most important thing that lets us see this map is that, although there are several critical points for oil, two of them bring together almost half of the crude oil movement of the entire planet, which implies a balance that the Geopolitical tensions They can destabilize easily. Saudi Arabia and Arab Emirates are promoting the creation of pipelines to diversify the supply routes, and in the aforementioned ‘New Silk route’ are also raised alternatives to reduce the dependence of the narrows in the oil that moves to China. But, for the moment, Malaca and Ormuz are the hottest points of oil worldwide. In Xataka | The world capital of rare earth is being made of gold thanks to them. And it is also poisoning

A Japanese politician has tried to ‘hack’ the elections disguising himself as a villain of ‘Gundam’. Bandai has not taken it well

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Politicians want our votes at all costs. When there are elections, Applicants enter campaignand these last years have taken advantage of new technologies to get the attention of those young voters or who do not consume the traditional media. It is something that happens throughout the world, but when we turn our heads and look at Japan, the thing goes down and we see dozens of “politicians” disguised as … whatever. The problem is that one of them has done Cosplay next to a Gundam. And it is something that has not made Bandai funny. Short. A few days ago, the Japanese politician Taro Yamamotoex-actor and founder of the party ‘Reiwa Shinngumi’ He disguised himself as a Aznable Chara character of ‘Mobile Suit Gundam‘. Interestingly, he was the antagonist of the series and dressed as such to give rise to Maya Okamoto. Voice actress, Okamoto put the voice to the character of Emma Sheen in ‘Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam’, so the entire campaign seemed to make enough sense. You can see the video of both, posing and launching their proclamations, in front of a Unicorn Gundam to real size in Odaiba: The politicians’ mask. The video became very viral in xso the objective achieved, but it is not really so rare to see Japanese politicians trying to capture the attention of voters in this way. In fact, it is not the rarest, nor the most shameful, which can be seen in the Japanese political scene. On this occasion, a hole is sought in the Japan Counselorsbut in the last elections in Tokyo you could see several minor parties candidates disguised as characters like the Joker (maybe not the most appropriate) or Like the girl of ‘The Ring’. Others decided to partially undress and, as we say, it is a usual practice due to the Japanese broadcast system. NHK public television should allow each candidate to have time to appear before the voters, but as there are so many candidates between serious parties and others much more ‘casual’, for qualifying them in some way, the applicants seek the best way to get attention. In addition, some have no intention of presenting themselves, they simply look for a hole in the advertising fences to jump to fame. The case of Reiwa Shinngumi is serious because they do not look for the show for the show or for a matter of fame. Protecting pop culture. The message in X from Yamamoto not only we have the video, but also the explanation of what he was looking for disguising himself in that way. He states that “Parliament is full of people who only want to be parliamentary, but the important thing is not to become a parliamentarian: it is to take a step to protect pop culture.” He assures that such a profile is rare, “a species in extinction”, and what he tries to achieve is to attract the attention of that 50% of the electorate that does not go to the polls because he thinks that “the world cannot be changed.” This speech focuses on anime, ensuring that they are going through a crisis, “a crisis of Japanese culture and a crisis of small and medium -sized companies in Japan” and that, to protect that Japanese pop culture, you have to vote for Maya Okamoto. It is a curious statement, since part of the Possible anima crisisE is an endemic problem of endless days and bad working conditionsespecially in the larger studies. The actress, on the other hand, influenced the idea that such an action “can reach sectors that are normally disconnected from politics”, and not only commented that the show industry is in trouble: also autonomous, family businesses, small and medium enterprises that represent “99% of Japanese businesses” due to a measure called “mandatory electronic turnover” that entered into force in 2023 very unpopular among certain professionals because it has caused a increase 10% in taxes they must pay. Reactions found. The measure has sat down unequal form in Japan. There are those who have described Yamamoto as “clown“, as Minoru oginopolitician who is Vtuber and knowledgeable of manga and anime cultures. And some Gundam fans do not seem too comfortable with the figure of a politician disguised as Char, with comment like “In the end, she tries to cause a nuclear winter. Do you really know who is imitating?” Or “it is clear that the costume was put without knowing what Chaznable Char did in the original story,” Assuming that should have been disguised as another character. In the YouTube video we find reactions of all kinds, with numerous samples of support and comments such as “I will definitely vote.” Others have taken action as a positive campaign by presenting ideas in a fun way, something away from the traditional seriousness of conventional and biggest parties. Bandai doesn’t want to know anything. Voters will speak at the polls, but those who have already manifested, and totally seriously, are responsible for … Gundam. Bandai, in a releasesaid they had not approved these actions: “In the elections of the Chamber of Counselors of 2025, there were candidates who did activities using cosplay costumes that remind the characters of the ‘Gundam’ series. It is not approved by Bandai Namco and we do not support specific candidates.” In the end, it is the most normal for a company to detach from this type of political actions for more than obvious reasons: there will be part of its audience that votes to a party or another and what Bandai does in this case is to protect their own interests so that its brand is not related to the ideology of those who use it. South Korea is more of the same. But well, this of using elements of popular culture or something that is extremely fashionable is not something new or exclusive to Japan. South Korea is another example of how to use mass entertainment pieces to reach the youngest. Something that passionate South Koreans … Read more

Abu Dabi’s Disney Park will not look like any other. For a hot reason

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The next Disney park, which will be built in Abu Dhabi is going to be a bargain for the company, and that is that He will not cost him a cent. La Razón: The Arab Grupo Miral will give life to the park with Disney’s licenses, and these will only be dedicated to collecting money. Goodbye to the usual Disney. The park’s approach will not arrive free of problems: after months of speculation, Mohamed al Zaabi, CEO of the Miral, has gone out to stop the rumors: Outdoor park would never work. If almost completely interior, it is a change of paradigm: all of the six parks that Disney has active have closed spaces, but most of its attractions are outdoors. Because. A theme park in Abu Dabi sounds very good until The average temperature of the place It comes into play: it exceeds 30 degrees from May to September and 35 in July and August. And what is worse, has maxims of 40 degrees or more than June to September, which makes the enjoyment to the outdoor. According to Al Zaabi, what Miral now raises is a hybrid Disney park. This means that it will have external areas and interior areas. The leader states that it is still early to decide, but believes that “a good percentage will be on a roof.” In Orlando, headquarters of one of the Disney Worldthe National Meteorological Service Extreme heat alert when 45 degrees are exceeded. In Abu Dhabi, the temperature exceeds 43 degrees. The problem is the thermal sensation at that temperature: more than 54 degrees. This is the mastodontic Ferrari World who will be a neighbor of Abu Dhabi’s Disney, almost completely covered. The model to follow. In Miral they know the land well and how to ensure that the experience in the parks is pleasant. On the island of Yas, a place that houses the Formula 1 circuit, and it is planned to build the new park, they already have SeaWorld, Ferrari World and Warner Bros. World. The latter are striking and known for their mastodontic size, but above all for hosting almost all their attractions inside, with a great ally, the air conditioning. According to The Question and Answers website From Ferrari Park: “Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is a theme park covered with air conditioning. (…) which makes it an ideal world destination regardless of season or weather” Other historical changes for petrodollars. In a publication a month ago to Zaabi already mentioned that “everything we do here, we do it differently.” And the reality is that yes, bringing large events to the countries in the area has forced draft changes. As a great example is Catar 2022the first soccer World Cup that had to be held in November for high temperatures. It is so hot in the country that the government had to Install air conditioning on the street. Speaking of differences, we can not forget those of workers’ conditions. The high temperatures were also the key reason that Formula 1 began to be held at night in circuits such as Abu Dhabi. In Baréin in April, whose grand prize was held during diurnal hours of 2004 to 2014the ambient temperature during the race often exceeds 35 degrees. And what is worse, the asphalt temperature of the circuit, built in the middle of the desert, oscillated between 48 and 56 degrees. The minimum value was 13 degrees higher than that of the asphalt of the Montmeló circuit, for choosing an event that is held near dates. Images Bastien NVS and Kevin JD In Unspash, Visit Abu Dhabi In Xataka | We have known how to eliminate the tails of the attraction parks. Disney keeps them for something

The most revolutionary and rare writing machine was lost in 1940. Until someone received a message

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Many may not know, but WRITE MACHINES Not only were they important in the past, the present would not be auctionally similar without these tools. In fact, in 1980 Apple made a decision that few understood: declare him War to the machine to write Several centuries before, in China, someone devised the most revolutionary of all these machines. The problem is that there was only one and lost. Until now. Lost keys. THE HISTORY LA had the New York Times. It all started in 2007, when Tom MullaneyProfessor of Chinese History at Stanford, prepared a presentation about the disappearance of Chinese characters and wondered how something printed could be forgotten. That doubt led him to A revelation: How had a writing system as vast as the Chinese mechanized? He did not remember ever seeing a Chinese typewriter, and when he knocked down in his office to look at old patents, a trip that would last for years began. Discovered that, although scarce, they had existed dozen different models Chinese writing machines, each with ingenious solutions to try to represent thousands of ideograms in a portable frame. One is missing. From there, Mullaney launched a kind of hunting global: He called collectors, heirs traced on ancestry.com, visited churches, museums, even stores. Over time He gathered a collection Of unique devices, some rescued by very little of oblivion, aware that each one was an unrepeatable piece of the history of mechanized writing. However, there was a machine that could not find, not even dreaming of recovering: the legendary mingkwai. Lin Yutang’s mingkwai writing machine, as illustrated in its patent application The impossible machine. The Mingkwai It was created in the 40s by Lin Yutanga Chinese intellectual based in New York who feared that China, if it did not modernize their way of writing, It would be behind in front of foreign powers. To solve the dilemma of how to represent thousands of characters with a few keys, Lin devised a Revolutionary mechanical system: Any combination of two keys activated gears that showed up to eight possible characters in a central window that baptized as the “magical eye”, allowing the user to choose the right one. With only 72 keys, Lin had built an interface that allowed to generate tens of thousands of charactersa kind of chimeric keyboard capable of typing an entire universe. He baptized his creation as Mingkwai, which can be translated (freely) as “clear and fast.” Lost. The problem is that your demonstration before Remington executives It was a disaster: The machine failed and Lin ended up ruined. Along the way, the only prototype was sold to Mergenthaler Linotype, a Brooklyn printing press. From there, the trail It was lost. In his book The Chinese Typewriter (2017), Mullaney wrote that it was most likely to have ended in a landfill. Until, by chance, something extraordinary happened. Lin Yutang The reunion. We arrive at January 2025when Jennifer and Nelson Felix, from Massopequa (New York), reviewed boxes stored after her death. Suddenly, they found A wooden box containing something strange: a typewriter with Chinese keys. Nelson, fond of sale on Facebook, He published some photos In a specialized group without imagining that I was going to detonate a storm of messages. In less than an hour, hundreds of comments, many in Chinese, shouted at one thing: “Contact Tom!” While giving a talk in Chicago, Mullaney He began to receive a waterfall of notifications. As soon as he saw the photos, the man knew that he had to do with the mingkwai. Fear of losing it. The Times told that the historian did not feel jubilation with the news, but rather fear. If someone bought it on eBay and turned it into a lamp or a coffee table, it would disappear forever. What did he do? He wrote to the couple urgently, he told them the history of the machine and asked them to consider sell it to a museum. Jennifer, incredulous, understood in a short time that the object of more than 50 kilos was not just junk. “It was lost half a century,” he explained to Times. “We didn’t want it to be lost again.” From the basement to the campus. The story charged an unexpected turn when Mullaney discovered that Jennifer’s grandfather, Douglas Arthur Jung, had worked on Mergenthaler Linotype And he probably saved the scratch machine when he took it with him. For decades, the family had preserved it without knowing what it was. In April, the couple accepted Sell to Stanfordwhich acquired it thanks to a private donor. When he finally arrived in California, Mullaney witnessed his unpacking with expectation. There, in the University warehouse, he discovered that his mechanism was even more delicate and sophisticated of what I imagined. The machine not only survived: He spokeor something similar. He began to wonder what engineers could discover if they were carefully dismantled. Could, perhaps, replicate it? Does Lin’s thoughts unravel in 1947, when he believed that a typography could save his nation? A recovered story. The History of the mingkwai It is more than that of the rescue of an exotic and rare machine. If you want, it is even a metaphor of ideas that, without interlocutors, run the risk of disappear forever. Mullaney understood that it was possibly the last one who could understand what these machines represented: the linguistic dilemmas of a civilization, the technological aspirations of a nation then marginalized, or even the desperate elegance of a visionary inventor. The mingkwai was a device that No one wanted In his time, too advanced already too clumsy, the result of an idea too big for an era that still did not know how to translate it. But when finding it, complete and still capable of astonishing, the professor not only recovered a museum piece: he rescued from oblivion an entire chapter in the history of human writing. Image | StanfordCampbell, Brobough & Free, American Memory Digital Item Display In Xataka | In 1980, Apple made … Read more

Spain has a rail giant in the shadows. And just achieved the “contract of the century”

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If you have traveled to Belgium, the SNCB application is likely to have downloaded to move from one city to another. It is about ‘the Renfe‘Belgian and, a few years ago, They announced that they were going to renew 50% of their fleet from here to 2032. The interesting thing is that it is an operation of 3,400 million euros that has not fallen to anyone: it has done so in a Spanish company called CAF. And if you are wondering what diantres is caf, you are in your entire right, but you will surely have mounted on one of its trains. “The contract of the century”. In a release of CNCB, the operator detailed the pre -agreement reached with the Spanish, something that replicated own CAF detailing that the initial commitment of the same will be 1,695 million euros. This includes the development, manufacture and supply of 600 am30 trains (interurban trains with integrated motor and autonomy by battery when operating in un -electrified lines) with a total of 170,000 seats, although the initial commitment is 1,695 million euros for 54,000 places. The proposal of CAF has had to compete with other manufacturers, such as the French Alstom that argued cheapest prices, factories in Belgium and that local industrial promotion. Everything is not closed, since although CNCB has opted for the Spanish, political interests come into play in something like that. There is a debate around the firm and, for example, as we read in Basque chroniclea deputy of the Belgian Party Staf Aerts has discredited to the company, indicated that CAF is collaborating to create a subway line from Jerusalem to the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel ” As we say, it remains to be seen that the agreement is finally closed, but by its magnitude, there is already talk of the “contract of the century” of the railway sector, with obvious consequences In the CAF portfolio. Centenaria. This news, because of its magnitude, has jumped to the first flat of numerous national and European economic newspapers, but the great question we could have is … what is CAF and why it is so important. CAF responds to ‘Constructions and Railroad Assistant‘And it is a company that was born in 1917 in Beasain, Basque Country. It was founded on workshops that already existed since the nineteenth century and from the beginning it was dedicated to the manufacture and rental of wagons, as well as other elements for rail transport. And in this more than a century, it has become one of the larger companies in the country. The Oaris World jump. They were developing their business within our borders, providing Renfe trainsbut in the 90s, they consolidated the international leap by operating more firmly in other countries thanks to the opening of about thirty subsidiaries. In Spain they have, above all, high -speed trains of variable width manufactured next to the ALSTOM itself, as well as electric and diesel trains for regional services and Renfe vicinity. However, much of your order portfolio It is for export. They have manufactured units for cities such as London, Brussels, or Sydney, as well as the Santiago de Chile and Mexico Metro, light trains for US cities such as Boston or the Oaris: High speed trains (up to 350 km/h) that form the backbone of the Norway rail network. And, to meet the needs, they have gone Opening factories all over the world. Why the mystery? In spite of everything, we do not know too much CAF beyond their area of direct influence (where they have the factories and hire employees) it has all the meaning of the world. Before we talked about Talgo, also a historic rail that not only stood out for their trains, but to baptize vehicles with their own name. Go up to Talgo It was synonymous with getting on the train just as asking for a Kleenex is asking for a handkerchief or, in some countries, playing “the play” is playing any game console in general. In the case of CAF, the same did not happen and, although it is an industrial pride in Euskadi and very recognized among experts around the world, its business has remained “in the shadows”. They operate mainly in the B2B sector, which implies work for large operators both public and private and not for the final consumer, and do not baptize their creations such as “CAF”, which keeps them in an unknown position for the general public. However, the last decades have grown, especially abroad, and with contracts such as the one achieved in Belgium and the jump to large media, it is more likely that the name ‘CAF’ sounds more and more. Images | Jordi Verdugo In Xataka | Renfe riding a circus this summer and dwarves grow: tunnels with leaks and more delays of the bird in Malaga

is that AI is “reviving” dead musicians

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That artificial intelligence is reaching the musical field It is something that does not catch us by surprise. But what songs generated through this type of tools He passes to a platform like Spotify It is already something to think. Especially if we take into account the detail that they are songs that take reference to deceased artists. As Inform The 404 Media medium, Spotify has published songs generated by artificial intelligence in the official pages of deceased artists decades ago, apparently without having the permission of families or recordings. Although the platform has already removed some of these contents after complaints, it is clear that it is a sign that it will be more and more complicated to determine whether a song is generated or not by an AI. At least the examples we show below are seen. The case discovering the cake. Blaze Foley, Country singer -songwriter killed in 1989, appeared last week with a new song entitled “Together” on its official Spotify page. Craig McDonald, owner of Lost Art Records and responsible for managing Foley’s digital catalog, discovered The theme by chance and confirmed that it was a song generated by AI that had nothing to do with the style of the Texan musician. The song also included an image generated by a man who was not similar to Foley singing in front of a microphone. It is not an isolated case. The investigation revealed That Guy Clark, winner of a Grammy and deceased in 2016, had also “released” a song for the same week. “Happened to you” appeared in his official profile with the same characteristics: artificial generated music and false image of the artist. Both songs were marked with the “Syntax Error” copyright, a company from which there is no public information but has distributed at least three similar themes in recent days. A case that adds to the ghost bands. The situation becomes from Castaño to dark, and adds to the growing wave of completely fictitious groups, such as The case of Velvet Slownwhich achieved more than one million monthly views posing as a real folk band, or The girlsthe Spanish project that jumped to the media at the end of 2024. It seems that this time it goes beyond creating non -existent artists, but the identity of dead musicians is being supplanted to monetize artificial content under its name and reputation. Distribution without verification. According to the company, the songs arrived in Spotify through Soundon, the Tiktok musical distribution platform that allows you to upload music directly with hardly any verification filters. After the publication of article On the part of 404Media, Spotify contacted them by e-mail and claimed to have withdrawn the content alleging violation of their policy against deceptive content, but the damage to the reputation of the artists was already done. McDonald states that any artist follower would have immediately detected fraud. Although it also admits that the problem arises with the new listeners, since they can confuse these songs generated by the artist launched. The solution that does not arrive. McDonald proposes A seemingly simple measure: that Spotify requires authorization from the owner of the official website before allowing new content to appear. Meanwhile, companies such as reality defend, a company in charge of detecting deepfakes generated by AI, confirm That these songs present “indicators that show a probability superior to the normal generation by AI”, but the detection continues to depend on external tools. A problem that can go worse. Most likely, we see more similar cases while platforms do not implement stricter verification systems. It is clear that artificial intelligence You can catch off many peoplebut platforms as settled and prolific as Spotify must take action. The debate here is no longer the artistic quality, but the identity of a real, deceased person is being supplanted. Cover image | 404Media and Xataka In Xataka | 14 apps and services to discover new music in Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services

This motorcycle looks like a vespa, the motor roars like a tractor and the change is of a snow motorcycle. It’s Russian, of course

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One of the most fascinating subcultures is that of ‘Dieselpunk‘. It is a Retrofuturist vision of the period between the First and Second World War which has the combustion engine at the center of all its technology. Films like ‘Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow‘They recreate aesthetics perfectly. In video games, we could talk about ‘Wolfenstein The New Order‘. And, in real life, there are those who have determined to create a Dieselpunk scooter that sounds like a tractor and shoots the Vespa design, but With Soviet influences. And its creator is Russian, of course. Dieselpunk Scooter. The creation of homemade vehicles is an art. On the one hand, we have the so -called ‘restomods’. These are projects that allow a classic car on the outside, but with current mechanics and electronics. One of the most used cars in these ‘mixtures’ is the Tesla Model 3which allows to give life to models such as This beautiful Mercedes-Benz 300sl. On the other hand, we have those who pull inventive to create something new. Russia is prolific in this work, this being Lada Vaz-2110 with a V16 engine based on chainsaws An example. But also the ‘scooter dieselpunk’ that crowns this article and that is Work of the Saint Peter’s Builds Workshop. They are enthusiasts who modify vehicles in artisanal projects and upload their work to networks. One of them was this Honda Super Cubbut with the Dieselpunk they promise to overcome. Soviet engine. The motor of the motorcycle is a 1,200 cc V4 diesel engine taken from a Zaz 968. This was a compact car that intended to become The “town car”, like Volkswagenbut in the Soviet Union. The engine was located in the back, getting a peculiar distribution of weights and, with a power of 50 hp, is chosen for dieselpunk. The original box was four marches, but to facilitate things on the motorcycle, from Saint Peter’s Builds they have decided to go further with Frankenstein’s monster: a CVT system (or continuous variable transmission change) that uses a pulley system instead of gear and that have taken out of a snow motorcycle. To connect the change to the engine, they have used combinations of axles and chains. The most incredible thing is that, after some failed tests, the engine is already snoring. Well, “snore” for saying something, since it sounds like a tractor: Vespa retrofuturista. The engine is the most complicated piece of this vehicle, but although it is an achievement that works as they want, there is a long way forward. In the video we can see the design, which is half Vespa of the rear to the handlebar, half tractor throughout the front. The engine appears on the sides, with the cylinders appearing as a couple on the sides and an artisanal escape. It is that elongated nose, the engine cylinders acting as fins and, above all, the decorative lines throughout the side what gives the motorcycle that Retrofuturist airas just taken from ‘Fallout‘. Anxious for the future. At the moment, as its creators claim, the first steps have already taken themselves and we will have to be attentive to see how they model the outside, on which chassis they mount everything and, above all, if one day they will end up finishing the project to delight us with another video in which we see them take a walk. What seems obvious is that this front of the engine and, above all, the nose, will imply a complex mass distribution that will affect both stability and the passage through curve. But well, the last thing to wait is to see this on the road on a day -to -day basis. Although who knows, it is Russia … In Xataka | The Chinese brands promised them very happy plagiarizing the design of the Vespa. They ran into a problem: it’s “art”

Mark Zuckerberg is building mansions in Hawaii as if there were no tomorrow. No one knows what

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Mark Zuckerberg is putting target legs with his Galactic signings For his Superintelligence team, and also Hawaii, where he has been buying land and building buildings more than a decade. So much later, what is pursued there is still an unknown, especially in terms of details as a mysterious and giant underground bunker. Zuck continues to buy and build to expand his complex megalomaniac. In 2023, We knew the existence From Kolau Ranch, a new mansion that Mark Zuckerberg was building surrounded by luxuries. The figures left no doubt about the magnitude of the project: a minimum of 270 million dollars (counting only the value of the land and the main work) and 500 hectares. According to a new investigation of WiredAt the beginning of the year there has been a new purchase of land totaling almost 400 hectares. In total, today the property of the CEO amounts to approximately 930 hectares. The expense? More than 300 million dollars. Because. It is the great mystery, nobody knows what plans exactly in mind. An old project employee summed up well the secretism that surrounds the constructions of the Meta CEO project: “It is the fight club. We do not talk about the fight club.” Behind this difficulty in obtaining information, even in the field, are strict confidentiality agreements signed by the workers. They have sworn silence and expose themselves to lose their jobs if they talk to the press. What is building exactly. The first part of the plan, in which there was an investment of at least 270 million, included two huge mansions with dizzy figures: 500 hectares, an underground shelter of 460 m2 and a dozen buildings with at least 30 rooms and 30 bathrooms. Now Zuckerberg is building three large more austere buildings (so to speak), more functional and far from opulence. According to the information that Wired has been able to access, each one has 16 rooms and, in common, share a space of 120 square meters. The global size of the buildings range from 700 to 1,000 square meters. The confirmed. Brandi Hoffine Barr, representative of Zuckerberg in Hawaii, has confirmed to Wired that the new buildings will be used as guest housing: family, friends and staff. Not only are they 10 times larger than the middle house of the archipelago: two of them will cost between 3.5 and 4 million dollars. One of the most enigmatic parts of the megalomaniac project of the Meta CEO is its underground bunker. Regarding this, what he said is that it is not a bunker For the end of the worldbut “A small shelter, A basement“ It has encountered a funeral problem. While Zuckerberg has been put in founding mode To recruit the major Galactic team of artificial intelligence (AI) and assemble Data centers in tentsKauai’s properties, in Hawaii, have not brought him very good news, according to Wired. Zuckerberg’s property is on a cemetery where Julian Ako’s ancestors, a local resident. And a local fight. After negotiations, Ako has made access to the land to register the tombs of his great -grandparents, because he knew that his great grandmother and her brother are buried there. The local community fears that if more remains appear, it is not notified due to the confidentiality agreements signed by the workers. According to Ako, if they discover more bones and communicate it, construction workers put their jobs into play. The problem is not new, because in its first purchases, in 2014, Zuckerberg had to deal with the rights that the premises had on their property. Despite this, for now, nothing slows Zuck. Representative Brandi Hoffine Barr acknowledged knowing the idiosyncrasy of the land in 2015, and states that they fenced and maintained the fossal part. Millionaire’s trend buying in Hawaii. Mark Zuckerberg or is the only billionaire who with his investments aggravates the problem: Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey either Marc BenioffCEO of Salesforce, have also disbursed huge amounts of money for giving parts of the islands. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, who recently has unseat Zuck as a richer man, Buy Lanai Island almost completely. The consequence? The locals had to leave. With a huge consequence in the state. Although Zuckerberg is resorting to philanthropia and financing non -profit organizations, his investment is contributing to a problem of the islands and global: extremely expensive housing and away from the financial possibilities of local citizens. Prices is triggered from the pandemic, when many rich and Teleworking They moved to the paradisiacal environment. Influence in other billionaires. The publication of the Zuckerberg plan and his giant bunker has influenced In the rich bunkers market. Al Corbi, founder of Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments (SAFE), told that the request for information on the construction of these elements increased considerably when Zuckerberg’s plans were made public. According to Corbi, recently bunkers “have grown a lot in size and stature”, pointing to details such as equipment to keep a family for a week. The question is whether they will have a Pendrive with Ia. Outstanding image | Braden Jarvis in Unspash, Goal In Xataka | Larry Page wants to get lost on an island, but it is not decided which. So you bought five

He cheated the whole world, posing as Astronaut for years. I had no driving license

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“With you, Captain Robert J. Hunt, the youngest astronaut in the United States.” Applause. A man with NASA’s blue monkey took the stage and, for more than two hours, captivated the audience with his stories of secret missions aboard ATLANTIS SPACE FREE NASA. At one point he took two blackened collapse and said they had stayed like this during the atmospheric reentry of one of his trips to space. Years of lies. It was January 1989. His two -hour talk at the Boston experimental aircraft association would be the last after years of being entertained by politicians and all kinds of institutions. It had been passed by NASA’s Combat Pilot and Astronaut without anyone being discovered its complex network of lies. Until, days after that last talk, he broke hearts and ended up imprisoned. The origin of a fake. Robert Hunt’s obsession for space began at age seven, seeing Apollo’s moon landing 11. His father shared a similar fascination, but for military life. He was a plumber who called himself “Colonel Hunt”, although he would never have been in the army. With 14, Robert began in another of his specialties: the art of deception. At that age he sold yellow -painted sparrows to a neighbor telling him that they were canaries. After the institute, he enlisted the Navy, but was expelled after a psychological evaluation after only two months. Disappointed, decided to “continue the dream” on his own, according to The journalist Jeff Maysh recounts. He began to sneak into military bases and live his fantasies. On one occasion, he was caught by groking near the Air Force Two, the plane of the then vice president George Hw Bush, which triggered an FBI investigation. Creating Captain Hunt. In the 80s, Hunt married several times, presenting himself as a university graduate, professional baseball player and inventor of a spray diaper cream called “Love My Baby”, supposedly about to be bought by Johnson & Johnson for 2.5 million dollars. The secret ingredient, according to him, was “shark oil.” The jump to fame came when he decided to become a national hero. He falsified documents and a career as a Navy helicopter pilot was invented. Then, he bought Astronaut wings for $ 20 and proclaimed himself “the youngest astronaut in the United States.” His plan was to go to space. Robert Hunt had no pilot license or driving license, but the “Captain Hunt” had flown a F/A-18 Hornet in Libya and had formed as an astronaut at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. His goal, he confessed later, was to become the first imposter in space: make the lie so great that it ended up being reality. In December 1988, the farce reached its peak during a trip to Ireland. After impressing Aer Lingus crew with his credentials, he was invited to the cabin. When landing in Dublin, it was received by officials of the Irish government. “I didn’t even have to go through customs,” he says. “They had a small band there, playing the national anthem.” He later took the tea with the mayor and received the Irish Honorary citizenship. The fall of the imposter. People realized that Captain Hunt was not in his bockals, but the castle of cards did not collapse until a policeman named Andrew Palombo related two strange complaints. On the one hand, American Express had blocked a 4,000 -dollar charge for a private jet on the Ann Sweeney credit card, an engineer who worked in Polaroid. On the other hand, a family had denounced that a man disguised as an astronaut had convinced his 18 -year -old son to enlist the Navy and then demanded $ 4,000 to cancel the enlistment using his “connections in the Pentagon.” Palombo, a decorated agent, investigated those complaints and uncovered a surprising history of deceptions. “It was like seeing him die.” On January 28, 1989, agent Andrew Palombo knocked on Robert Hunt’s door and found military paraphernalia, flight monkeys, a NASA helmet and Korean war medals, a conflict that occurred before Hunt was born. The celebrities Space Transfording Tastestesses They turned out to be burned soil tiles. Hunt declared himself guilty of theft for using his wife’s card and scams the family of the child recruit. His wife, the optical engineer Ann Sweeney, had believed all his lies. He said that discovering it was “how to see someone die.” “This guy has passed NASA Astronaut, Marina’s Combat Pilot, Cambridge Police and God knows what else,” the Palombo agent told the press. A repeat scammer. Far from reforming, Hunt did not waste time. As soon as he left prison, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Revere, Massachusetts. “I know power and how to move in it,” he told the press. After not paying the restitution to his victims, he became a fugitive of the law. His next appearance was in San Francisco. He appeared at a military base as head of the Seal Team Six, the Navy’s anti -terrorism elite. He slept in the officers of the officers and worked for three weeks at the emergency operations center. His fall was almost comic: the FBI stopped him after he parked in the reserved square of a general. Today, Robert Hunt is 63 years old and lives in New Hampshire, working on construction. Images | NASA, Susan Lapides In Xataka | Dr Love, the teenager who pretended to be a gynecologist (and other recent and great impostors)

It grows and is able to ‘hack’ the brain

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The works Cyberpunk They are continuously human improved thanks to bioimplants. A decade ago It seemed somewhat distantbut recent years we have Taken leaps In that machine-corebro connection with Implants such as Neuralink. Make our brain feel as part of the body that are not an achievement, and precisely that is what Massachusetts researchers are experiencing with a very clear objective: ‘Hack’ our brain with dental implants that feel really teeth. Bioengineering. We carry more than a decade investigating how to make the teeth grow again. Different centers have been all this time experimenting with stem cells with the aim of filling that cavity resulting from the fall of a tooth with living fabric that restores the fallen piece. The reason is that it is always preferable to have a piece with real dental material because it offers something that an implant, at least for the moment, is unable to give: tooth-cerebro connection. Intelligent implant. Feeling a natural part of the body is the Great objective of bioengineering for both the teeth and limbs that are missing and in which We have placed a prosthesis. The Last advances They arrive from researchers at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tufts. Have developed what describe As an “intelligent implant”, an artificial tooth such as any common implant, but with an outer layer that is in what is that “bio” part of “engineering.” It is a coating that contains stem cells and a specific protein that allows those cells to mature to develop nervous tissue. Hacking The brain. Jake Jinkun Chen is a professor of periodontics at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Center and comments that “the natural teeth connect to the jaw through a soft tissue rich in nerves. It is what helps perceive both pressure and texture and works as a guide in chewing and speech.” A point that “implants do not have that sensory feedback” because they are ceramic crowns on titanium post -shaped postanium posts that anchor the jaw and, although they are useful, they feel like a strange object in our mouth. Advances. To place one of these implants is also very invasive and, although it is a “chewed” process by surgeons due to the amount of operations that are carried out, there is always the risk of causing local or worse trauma: damage some nerve. Although everything comes out perfectly, as we say, we will not feel the piece as we do with a real tooth. The implant that they are developing in TUFTS, however, does not require that surgical procedure. The new piece is, initially, smaller than the tooth that replaces, and that layer of rubber nanofibers that expands is the one that fill the hole by joining the soft tissue of the jaw, not in the bone. And, little by little, he continues to reconnect with the nerves while the healing progresses, restoring communication between the mouth and the brain. The goal is to restore nerve connections between the lost piece and the brain to feel the tooth again Tests (keep taking care of your teeth). Everything seems promising and feeling the temperature and texture of a food again in a tooth that is not the biological sounds great, but as those responsible confirm, it is something that is in an early stage of development. That implies that it goes long and, for the moment, they have been successfully tested in rodents. They comment that the results point to a correct biocompatibility, functioning as a normal tooth only six weeks after surgery, and are currently analyzing the brain activity of animals to evaluate the sensory information they receive from that new tooth. Next steps? Test in other animals and, subsequently, climb the clinical trials with humans. Beyond mouth. “This new implant, and the minimally invasive technique should help reconnect the nerves, allowing the implant to ‘speak’ with the brain as a real tooth would do,” says Chen, and the big question is: if it works with teeth, Could it work with other parts of the body? TUFTS researchers have not entered into detail, but they have commented that, if everything goes well, this technology could “Transform other types of implants bone, such as those used in hip replacements or in fracture repair ”. Images | Ozkan Guner, Tufts University, Enis Can Ceyhan In Xataka | The world is obsessed with the “perfect teeth” and is curious because almost everyone who looks in cinema and television is false

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