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Honda appeared in a Japanese circuit with a Pokémon motorcycle. Actually hid an advance that goes far beyond the game

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A video game creature turned into a real motorcycle would not have to get too much attention. But when that creature moves alone on an official track, something changes. That was what happened on August 3 during the ceremony prior to 8 hours from Suzukaone of the most important events of Japanese motorcycling. Honda took a motorcycle designed as the circuit as the Pokémon Koraidon And he made it travel the exit line without driver, at low speed and for about ten minutes, in a showrun scheduled between 11:00 and 11:10. The motorcycle that Honda presented in Suzuka is not just a model based on the character that appears in the ‘scarlet’ delivery of the video game. To make it work, the company combined technologies that it had developed Years ago with your Asimo Robot and with the system Honda Riding Assistaimed at maintaining balance without human intervention and simulate organic movements. According to Nikkei Asiathe unit integrates sensors, cameras and communications to recognize the environment and adjust its movement. An experiment with more ambition than it appears. Honda did not design this motorcycle just to get attention during an event. The company presents it as An opportunity to improve equilibrium technologies and autonomous navigation, with an eye on the future of transport on two wheels. A Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association survey He points out that 26% of motorcycle buyers in Japan are under 40 years old. For Honda, advancing in autonomy and security can help reconnect with a generation that has moved away from motorcycles. The idea of converting a Pokémon into a real vehicle is not new, but until now it had stayed in static models or promotional elements. Toyota, for example, showed an almost real -size recreation of MiraidonKoraidon’s futuristic equivalent in video games. Honda was a step further. What Honda is played with a motorcycle that moves alone. The future of the motorcycle is to convince a new generation that does not end up. A safer and more assisted driving is one of the keys that manufacturers handle. Although this version of Koraidon is a punctual experiment, the technologies involved could move to commercial models, as happened with equilibrium assistance systems developed in the past. For now there is no clear road map to a product, but a declared intention: continue accumulating experience to apply autonomy to the two wheels. Although the show lasted only ten minutes, its message goes much further. Images | Suzuka Circuit (1, 2, 3) | Sling In Xataka | Lamborghini will only manufacture 29 units of its last supercar but you are not in a hurry: they were already sold before presenting

A ‘short circuit’ in the brain

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We all take for granted that music is a universal source of pleasure. We use it to encourage, concentrate, celebrate or cope with a break. But, on the other hand, there is a small percentage of the population for which to listen to their ‘favorite’ song is as exciting as hearing the white noise of a signal without a sign. And it is not that they have bad taste or are weird, but that they suffer specific musical anhedonia. A recent review article Posted by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the University of McGill deepens why some people are immune to the charms of music. And the answer is not in his ears, but in a peculiar disconnection in the ‘circuits’ of his brain. The idea that someone does not like music may sound strange. However, researchers through tools such as Barcelona musical reward questionnaire (BMRQ) He has identified a group of people who, despite having a perfect audition and enjoying other pleasure sources such as food, money or sex, are completely indifferent to any song. This condition has been baptized as Specific Musical Anhedonia. These people can recognize whether a song is sad or cheerful, but they feel absolutely anything. They do not experience chills, their skin is not bristling or feeling the impulse to move to the rhythm of music. For them music is simply one more sound. With nothing more background. Studies have shown that these people have no problem feeling pleasure in general. By offering these patients rewards such as money, their brains and physiological responses such as sweating or heart rate, they responded as expected. And totally equal to the reaction presented by music lovers. But when listening to a song that this abysmal difference of emotion was presented. It is not an ear problem, it is a “wiring” problem The problem is in the reward system. We have all humans in our brain, and it is the responsible for feeling pleasure When eating chocolate, having sex or seeking security. This is where the classic animal experiment appears, where a mouse can have an electrode right in the area of this reward system and a button in front that by pressing it throws a download. Such is pleasure, that the mouse will not hesitate to be pressing it repeatedly to have that same feeling again and again, as if it were an orgasm. And this is where this investigation has been focused. Using one functional magnetic resonance (FMRI), the researchers observed what happened in these people’s brain while listening to music. With this test you can easily see the parts of the brain that are stimulated when receiving a stimulus. The results were revealing. When music sounded, its auditory bark (the part of the brain that processes the sound) They were activated normally. However, the Accumbens nucleus, a key region of the brain reward circuit, remained completely inactive. It is the center of pleasure, which lights up when we eat chocolate, we won a bet or fall in love. But in these patients, no stimulus appeared with music and remained dark. The problem, therefore, is not in the pieces, but in the wiring, which is what is known as brain tracks. The investigation specifically indicates a functional and structural disconnection between the auditory cortex (specifically in the upper right temporary turn) and the Accumbens nucleus. It is like having a plug and bulb that work perfectly, but the cable that UNE is damaged or directly does not exist. You can have a genetic component. A recent study with twins has thrown more firewood on the fire, demonstrating that sensitivity to musical reward has a genetic component of up to 54%. And most importantly: these genes are, for the most part, independent of those who regulate musical perception or the general ability to feel pleasure. This reinforces the idea that enjoying music is a different and specific biological capacity. Interestingly, there is also the opposite phenomenon: the Musicophilia. An exacerbated passion already obsessive for music. Different cases of people who, after a stroke or an operation have been documented, developed a compulsive desire to listen to music, something that was previously indifferent to them. This shows that specific brain circuits can both cancel and enhance our emotional connection with music. Images | Marcela Laskoski Weermeijer Robina Clem Onojaghuo In Xataka | The artificial skin that feels heat and cuts is already real. It is the first big step for robots to look more like us

It is one of the ugliest ferraris and cannot be driven either on street or circuit. And yet it is worth more than one million dollars

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From the Ferrari factory in Maranello some of the most beautiful cars in history have come out. Jewelry like him Ferrari 250 Gto, Rome, Laferrari or the Ferrari Daytona SP3 are some examples of the good taste and exquisiteness that cars bend with the shield of “Il Cavallino Rampante“ However, there are others that, let’s say, that you have to get used to looking at them. This is the case of Ferrari F150 Muletto M4, a prototype that, directly, we can consider as the ugliest car of the brand. One so ugly, which does not even allow you to circulate on public roads or roll in circuits. Ferrari engineers went their hand Such and as they tell in Luxury launches The F150 did not come out of the pencils of no official designer of the brand (at least not one that had the design title), but is a mule: a prototype of tests in which engineers prove and develop the Future brands of the brand. The F150 Muletto M4 was born with a purely functional purpose that was based on the chassis of a Ferrari 458 Italia, adapted to test the New hybrid V12 engines that Ferrari developed at the beginning of the 2010 to boost the future Laferrari. Internal level, Laferrari’s project was known as F150, and hence, being the mule of its engine, this Begindro Prototype received the name of F150 Muletto, in its fourth development. Computer simulations help for much of the development, but when it comes to refining mechanics, it is necessary to touch asphalt. That forced Ferrari’s engineers to put that engine on wheels and take it out in these mules to shoot through the private circuit of Fioran, away from the curious looks. This is how this car, although in appearance, was the protagonist of hundreds of kilometers of trials in secret. The Ferrari engineers approach to this prototype was absolutely practical and, as it is obvious, Aesthetics It was in the background. Rivets throughout the body, a nose that fights against the laws of physics (and good taste) exhaust pipes that stand out from the body and removable panels covering the engine so that engineers could more comfortably access the new propeller to apply changes are the explanation of its disastrous design. Ferrari finished the first phase of Laferrari motor tests between May 2011 and December 2012, so, with the main completed developments, the prototype ceased to be useful. Ferrari thought that instead of discarding it Without further ado it would be a good idea to offer it as rarity to the most faithful fans of the brand. He did it with a single condition: they could never be homologated, so this car could never step on the street Not a public circuit. It is, therefore, a whim for engineering and history enthusiasts. A AUCTION FOR INSOLITO PRICE The F150 Muletto M4 still maintains the original version of that V12 hybrid engine capable of delivering 789 hp, compared to the 963 hp of the final version that ended up promoting the Laferrari de Production. This peculiarity is precisely what gives its historical and experimental value to the prototype, being a key piece in the development of the Ferrari hybrid range. Now, the RM Sotheby’s auction portal will present it On a bid on August 15, testing the fervor of Ferrari collectors for the unique pieces, regardless of their real functionality or appearance … controversial. At least on this occasion, we can say that real beauty is inside. In Xataka | Ferrari had been demanding a toy company for 10 years. Everything for Testarossa to be a car and not a bicycle Image | RM Sotherby’s

The 1,548 hp of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra are so wild that the brand wanted to send you to a circuit to examine you. That or takes away 600 hp

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A rival for Porsche and for the Tesla Model S with 1,548 hp of power but much cheaper than them. That was what Xiaomi sold us during the presentation of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultrathe most powerful and crazy version of its first electric car. During their long placed, from Xiaomi they did not stop repeating each and every sections in which the Chinese brand surpassed US and German rivals. Among the Figures More prominent, those of Lei Jun presumed to beat the Porsche Taycan GT Turbo, the most powerful version of the German electric. Specifically, they spoke in the following terms: Benefits Xiaomi Su7 Ultra (Nürburgring Package) Porsche Taycan GT Turbo Power 1,548 hp 1.34 hp Motor torque 1,770 nm 1,240 nm 0-100 km/h 1.98 seconds 2.0 seconds 0-200 km/h 5.86 seconds 6.4 seconds Point speed 350 km/h 305 km/h Price (in China) 107,285.66 euros 259,000 euros The dementeial power figures and their good circuit benefits, highlighting their record achieved in nürburgring nordschleifethey managed to put the “Everything Sold” poster with the most radical version of this Chinese car in record time. In the first ten minutes after opening the reservations, 7,000 orders were recorded. The company hoped to put 10,000 units on the market throughout the year but the reception has overflowed all kinds of forecasts to the point that in the second -hand market its price has shot. What did not know who bought the car is that they could not enjoy 1,548 hp. At least if they did not pass a series of tests. The brand has had to go back. I take 600 hp They explain in Car News China that the surprise has reached users when the company activated the 1.70 update of its electric car. Overnight, who had agreed to pay the more than 70,000 euros that the starting car costs to disappear more than 600 hp. The Xiaomi Su7 Ultra has arrived in two versions. Both have the celebrities 1,548 hp But the Nürburgring version is the one that is configured as a two -seater because inside there are antivuelco bars that improve the rigidity and another series of specific components for circuit. Hence the price increase. In this latest version, special attention was given to sell it as the specific circuit after Several clients had problems With less radical versions. After exhausting their brakes, more than one knew what happened if you were stopped at very high speeds. Xiaomi’s solution was to lift a firewall. With the aforementioned update, the car went on “only” 900 hp of power. And, in addition, it activated a 60 -second wait since the output system was activated from standing (to check its acceleration in 0 to 100 km/h) with the aim that customers did not activate it at traffic lights. In both cases, the company alleged security reasons. Who wanted to unlock these functions had to Demonstrate in circuit They were prepared for it. The company disabled these restrictions if the driver exceeded a return to a circuit below a specific time. This is what Xiaomi called “classification mode”, according to Carscoop. However, they explained in Car News China that the company has had to reverse the criticisms of the drivers and has returned the 648 hp of power that it had capped by software. “We appreciate the passionate comments of our community and we will guarantee better transparency in the future,” they have assured from the company in words collected by the medium. According to Car News ChinaXiaomi understood that those 1,548 hp should only be available in circuit, with the right tires and in the right hands. However, the great attraction when selling the car has been, from the beginning, that magical thousand and a half cv of power CV. Although Xiaomi has been the last company to carry out a Downgrade In the power of your electric car, it is not the last. Mercedes has played with the idea of ​​subscribing to enjoy all the power of its electric cars. The German company proposed a payment of $ 100 per month to enjoy an improvement in the delivery of the motor torque of its most radical versions between 20 and 24%. And Mercedes is not the first to do something similar. Bugatti for years that forces to introduce a second key to unlock the entire potential of his Bugatti Veyron and Chiron. A more elegant and exclusive formula than the one applied by Xiaomi and Mercedes but that, in the background, hides the same as the two previous cases: a car that has been capable of all the power. Photo | In Xataka | I have climbed to the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. It is the definitive proof that China already plays in another league

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