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Marcos Llorente has an eccentric and disturbing relationship with light. And science has things to say about it.

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Marcos Llorente is news. Again. And not because of football or anything remotely related to sports. It is because a video of almost four minutes recorded (and published) by the RFEF during the Red concentration in which the man from Madrid reveals some of his “healthy” habits, practices that include the use of red lights inside the house or glasses with yellow lenses to filter blue light. Opinions that highlight its eccentric appearance and raise the eyebrows of the experts. What has happened? That Marcos Llorente has become news beyond the sports pages. And he has done it on account of a video published by the RFEF in which he does not talk about techniques, his play on the field or how he sees the National Team facing the next World Cup. No. What he’s talking about is his personal health routines. More specifically those related to light and sight. What exactly did he say? First of all, at home you only use certain lights. “During the day I don’t turn on the light because either I’m always in the garden or, if I go into the kitchen or living room for anything, light comes in through the windows,” explains in the video under intense reddish lighting. “When the sun goes down, this is the light I have throughout the house. What this lamp does is bring that red and infrared into the room and makes it more similar to the light outside.” Click on the image to go to the tweet. Is there more? Yes. The man from Madrid elaborates on an accessory that has been seen on him on other occasions and it has also caused people to talk: the yellow lens glasses. “They are for when you are, during the day, indoors. Outside you should never wear glasses of any kind. They should always give you the sun’s rays in your eyes and skin, without anything interfering. And red glasses, with the red lens, what they do is filter all that blue light that lamps and televisions or telephones have.” And why all that? For health. Or at least that is what the footballer maintains, who defends that what he does transcends his role as a footballer. “I feel very good. All these things I do are for health, not for football. What happens is that in the end one thing is linked to the other. I think that when I leave football I will continue with this and surely I can do it more perfect,” concludes the man from Madridwho during the video shares other of his habits, such as going outside before dawn or starting the day with coffee and “two or three tablespoons” of butter. What do the experts say? Whatever Marcos Llorente says, the effectiveness of the filters is debatable to say the least. In an article Published a few years ago, the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology already insisted that “blue light from screens does not affect the eyes or cause blindness.” The report was actually launched after a study “of dubious scientific origin” created alarm with “unfounded conclusions” about the supposed impact that this light can have on eyesight. “Although blue light is often associated with computers and phones, the largest source of blue light is sunlight. Exposure to blue light from screens is much less than the amount of blue light we are exposed to from the sun. Additionally, it is no more harmful than sunlight,” comment Dr. Rahul Kurana, spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Do the lenses work? Ophthalmologist Sara E. Hernández is blunt in statements collected by The Vanguard: “There is little or no effect of lenses or glasses with a yellow filter on visual performance, measured in terms of best corrected visual acuity, compared to lenses without a blue light filter.” There are studies, such as It is published in 2013 in Journal of Human Kineticswho after carrying out tests with colored lenses found that there are no “significant differences” in issues such as visual acuity or depth perception. Where does this come from? Concerns about blue light and the benefits of filters are not new, as remember the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology itself, and have been expanding as the use of screens and LED lights spread. They have spoken on the subject users, academics and collegiateincluding the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which in 2017 published an article written by Celia Vilmont and reviewed by Dr. Khurana that begins with a blunt statement: “There is no scientific evidence that blue light from digital devices can cause damage to the eyes.” Now Marcos Llorente becomes the new greatest exponent of these theories, despite the paucity of evidence scientific. Is it something new? More or less. The RFEF video is new, but it is not the first time that Llorente has made headlines for his opinions on topics that have nothing to do with football. In his day it was for the use of glasses and now it is also for his statements about the chemtrails. His words achieve notoriety for several reasons. The first, his status as a footballer. The second, the speaker that you have beyond your personal networks, such as the official account of the National Team or media in which share his extra-sports comments. Images | RFEF In Xataka | Some Nordic cities are putting red lights on their streetlights. It looks like a horror movie, but it makes sense

The true size of the microplastics that populate our life, exposed in this disturbing graphic

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We have a gigantic problem with microplastics. These elements seem to permeate everything that surrounds us: From tap water, lettuce either Even in the testicles and in Archaeological elements with centuries behind them. The difficulty in fighting them is that we would have to Put our consumption habits up to deal with this almost invisible enemy. And this graph prepared by Visual Capitalist It allows us to put the size of microplastics in context when comparing them with more everyday elements. In short: small. Talking about microplastics, it really encompasses very diverse particles. The larger ones measure about 5,000 microns, which are five millimeters. They are small, but perfectly identifiable to the naked eye. At the extreme are those who measure a micra, and there the identification is complicated because we are talking about 0.001 millimeters. In the graph (which takes data From agencies such as the EPA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency) we can see an expanded comparison that allows us to put a microplastic of a microphone with a particle of dust, the diameter of a human hair (about 80 microns) or a grain of sand (90 microns). If a hair seems ‘fine’ and is 80 times thicker than one of the smallest microplastics, imagine the size of that particle. The nanoplastic. There is another category: nanoplastic. Here we are talking about those particles that measure less than one micra and that enter a totally different scale. Nanopathic They are the result of the breakage of larger plastics such as food containers, Plastic utensils or any element produced with this material that we use in our day to day. As they break, they become more and smaller pieces that enter the Nanoscale when they measure less than one micra. There they cannot be purchased with more family elements such as a grain of salt, but directly with particles such as the Coronaviruswhich measures between 0.1 and 0.2 microns. Problem. Its dimensions make microplastics be omnipresentbeing the most tiny particles those that are even together with other suspended particles, Like the dust we aspire. The estimate is that an adult can ingest between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles per year only for the diet, but other sources such as that air exposure should be taken into account. And there are more and more studies that alert other sources of microplastics. For example, packages we all use like tuppers. Also those who detach when cutting food into a plastic table are “easy” to identify and even correct with a change in our habits, but there are other microplastics that already They are finding in bottled water. Spain is one of the European countries that More bottled water consumesso throwing accounts seems bleak. Health. For now, more than damage there are worrying indications. Blood microplastics, lungs, placenta, heart, brain and in the aforementioned testicles have been found. There are already associations between these particles and conditions such as conical inflammation, oxidative stress or immunological alterations. It is investigated whether the presence of microplastics in the capillary vessels can increase the risk of heart attack or cardiovascular problems, but something that adds more spicy to the equation is that these nanoplastic could penetrate The biological barriers. As? Crossing cell membranes as a virus would do. And ecosystems. And, obviously, they are particles that are present in virtually any corner. There are agricultural soils, lakes and The oceans. Apart from the conditions similar to the human that could have other organisms, we are what we eat and Animals feed on elements containing microplasticsso those particles then end within us. As we say, there is increasingly a greater concern about the state of microplastics around us, but the big problem is that eliminating them seems especially complicated when, we look where we look, there are microplastics. The positive note? How to change large -scale habits seems complex, there are already those who are investigating Filters to reduce the amount of microplastics That come to us. In addition to much more invasive practices, as filtered with human blood… if you have a money. In Xataka | Japan has found a formula to overcome one of the biggest environmental problems: plastic that falls apart

Italy has found a disturbing way to end the tourist of its beaches: privatize them

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Summer on national beaches as a national concept we would say that it is in Danger of extinction In southern Europe. And not for the desire, but for the cost. If you start noticing a Run Run Among your acquaintances where talking about vacation on the coast seems little less than an urban legend for the exorbitant price, Italy has a message for navigators: they no longer give to hammocks and umbrellas. If touring homeland He was getting so expensive that he came out More profitable the Caribbeannow we have record. A beach banquet. Counted in a report The New York Times that, on the beaches of Apulia, especially in Bari, the time of lunch was always a Collective show Where entire families display tables, tablecloths and trays full of lasagers, rice with mussels, seafood pastes, fried sausages or raw octopus, keeping alive a custom that goes back to the rise of mass tourism in the postwar period. This practice, popularly known as Fagottari (Those who load with food packages), have their roots in the Italian working culture, when the beach holidays were the Unique accessible luxury and the shared banquet represented a community celebration. A tradition in crisis. Going to the beach in Italy has been a deeply rooted cultural ritual for decades, one marked by the custom of rent sun loungers, umbrellas and cabins in the so -called as stabilimenti Balnari They control much of the coast. However, this summer the influx has fallen between 15% and 25% compared to the previous year in private concessions, especially on working days, while on weekends the beaches continue to fill. The difference is also in consumption: those who come spend less on bars and restaurants, a reflection of generalized economic discomfort. The weight of inflation and prices. The most repeated explanation by business associations is the Loss of purchasing power in a context of inflation and increased cost of life. But this assistance crisis is also associated with the SUSTAINED UP of prices on private beaches, which have increased by 17% in four years. For example, the most extreme: rent two sun louges and an umbrella costs no less than 30 euros on the beaches of Lazio and up to 90 euros in fashion places like Gallipoli, in Puglia. The image of private beaches with rows of empty hammocks has become a symbol of disenchantment. The confrontation. There are more. Given that The Times underlined that in recent years, the rise of foreign tourism and the proliferation of the Stabilimenti Balnari They have been restricting the public space, making access and, in some cases, imposing rules that prohibit introducing food. Club owners allege the need to preserve the “decoration” and income of their bars, but neighbors denounce an attack on A basic rightbecause the law recognizes that Beaches are public And it cannot be forbidden to wear food. The conflict has reached political and legal dyes, with headlines that describe an authentic “Picnic Picnic War”, in which lawyers, consumer associations and even politicians They have intervened. The political and cultural debate. The Guardian told that the phenomenon has opened a deeper debate about the concentration of private management on the Italian coasts, which leaves little space to public beaches. Figures known as actor Alessandro Gassmann They have pointed out That the combination of “exaggerated” prices and economic difficulties is pushing the Italians towards the free beaches. Sector defenders claim that prices have not grown as much as they say and that They include services security and lifeguards, but consumer associations denounce that concessions have become A “black hole” For families finance. For the locals, the fact of having to hide or defend their fasteners represents a symbol of alienation and loss of identity. “Apulia is no longer ours”, Some regretremembering how free beaches have been absorbed by luxury resorts today. Citizen rebellion. Outrage has materialized In protests From Sicily to Liguria. In Lavinio, near Anzio, politician Matteo Hallissey (+Europe) was pushed when planting an umbrella to denounce illegal posters of “private beach”. In Mondello (Sicily), demonstrations made the authorities order to remove turniquetes that prevented access to sand. In Metaponto (Basilicata), the Police intervened to confiscate hundreds of sun loungers and umbrellas illegally. In Naples, activists protested against fenced sections In the spy of the monache, while in Marina di Pietrasanta (Toscana) They nailed umbrellas in the sand as a symbolic act of coastal reappropriation. These actions have visible a generalized discomfort: the feeling that the sea, collective heritage, has been usurped for private interests with the complicity of politicians fearful to face a powerful lobby. The lobby strength. The Stabilimenti sector constitutes a Economic framework Family and hereditary in many coastal regions, where businesses are transmitted from parents to children and generate fortunes linked to summer tourism. In locations such as Bacoli, near Naples, summer income can exceed 100,000 daily visitors. The power of this lobby has made successive governments, for two decades, have avoided Impose real limits to the privatization of the beaches. Faced with this inertia, some mayors, such as Josi Della Ragione in Bacoli, have promoted shock measures: decree that at least 50% From the coast it is freely accessible, knock down illegal constructions and remove equipment that blocks the passage. His determination has faced mafia interests and death threats, but symbolizes institutional resistance to the private appropriation of the sea. Mountain displacement. Thus, while private beaches lose customers, tourism is being redirected Towards the mountainwith special intensity In Los Dolomitaswhere some municipalities already alert risk of massification. The trend does not respond only to the economic factor: more and more Italians seek refuge in fresh altitudes to escape stifling summers, intensified by the climatic crisis. This tourist transfer symbolizes a cultural transformation into Italian summer vacations, in which The traditional model Private beach staggers in front of new social, economic and environmental realities. Perhaps for this reason, those shirts are, in words of manythe last thing left in some more and more privatized and … Read more

There is always a disturbing friend who never speaks in the WhatsApp group. Psychology has an explanation

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A notification illuminates the mobile screen: “Someone has created a group.” For some, it is almost a message of horror; For others, an infinite dose of laziness; And for a few, the promise of a new plan that begins to organize. In a matter of minutes, the chat begins to fill with greetings, memes and jokes. Someone remembers the reason for the group and then the chain of questions, photos and proposals opens. Meanwhile, a recognizable figure always appears: that of the silent one, the “merodeter” that reads but never writes. A classic of any group. But what really does that silence mean? Is it disinterest, rejection, shyness … or something more complex? A thunderous silence. With more than 3,000 million monthly active users, According to TechCrunchWhatsApp reigns as the most used messaging application on the planet. And with it came the explosion of groups: a function that was born as a practical way of coordinating plans and that today has become a social phenomenon, as useful as exhausting. Within that ecosystem the so -called “silent” appear. These types of people are characterized by conserving Ancient chats as digital relics “That” Vacation 2017 “that nobody dares to erase – or those who remain even if they never write, because going out means having to give an explanation. A gesture that, As The Guardian remembersit is perceived almost like a public desaira. The rapid dynamic of the groups. The conversations move so fast that, if you are not connected in the first minutes, You can miss 67 messages On a break, a dinner, a drunkenness and even series recommendations. It is easy to get behind. And if it becomes common, the user limits himself to reading or even ignoring, until he becomes a digital “lurker”, How to describe an article The Independent. All this leads to overload. According to a study cited by Time66% of adults in the United States say they feel overwhelmed by the amount of messages, and 42% ensure that following the rhythm of their chats resembles a “part -time work.” Some confess to reserve time on the agenda just to answer messages. Others simply ignore and prioritize: the urgent is answered, the rest is filed in the mental folder of “eternal slopes”. Experts have something to say. Psychology has begun to pay attention to this phenomenon, and the general conclusion is clear: there is no single correct way to participate in WhatsApp groups. From the point of view of psychologist Rebeca Cáceres, director of Tribeca Psychologists, the essential thing is not to pathologize silence. In interviews with Week and The Spanishinsists that each person manages these spaces differently. Silence, in many cases, is not an absence, but a conscious act of self -care: choose not to respond as a way of protecting energy and maintaining coherence with their own values. “Not responding in a group does not mean ‘it ignores me’ or ‘rejects me’. That is what you feel, not what the other expresses,” he recalls. Your approach connects with the Self -determination theory by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan: emotional well -being is sustained on autonomy and the ability to decide how to interact. For her part, psychologist Olga Albaladejo adds other nuances in statements to body and mind. Many people shut up because they fear being misunderstood. The lack of gestures, tone of voice or looks makes WhatsApp a more ambiguous space. “They think too much about how their words will be read, if they will seem frivolous, too serious or little ingenious,” he explains. In more extreme cases, after that silence, social anxiety can hide, which amplifies the fear of being judged in an environment where each message is already written the view of all. But it is not always a problem: there are also introverted people who simply prefer intimate conversations against the noise of the groups. The fomo and the spiral of silence. Professor Sarah Buglass, from the University of Nottingham Trent, It raises another explanation in The Independent. Many “merodiers” remain in groups even if they do not participate moved by the Fomo (Fear of Missing Out). That is, the fear of falling socially relevant information. Being in the group – although in silence – is a way of monitoring the conversation, maintaining the sense of belonging and not being out of future interactions. Along the same lines, the “spiral of silence” by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, cited in Spanish, It shows how people tend to shut up when they feel that their opinion is in a minority or can break the harmony of the group. That silence, over time, is consolidated and ends up becoming a fixed role. The problem is that this behavior is not always interpreted correctly. For those who expect an answer, the lack of interaction can become a mirror of insecurities: feel ignored, little valued or even despised. “The silence, although legitimate, is not neutral,” Cáceres warns in Spanish. That is why he recommends that, if the lack of uncomfortable response, the healthiest is not to insist in public, but to open a private, honest and unjustial conversation. And what happens if you should be? Here we enter the obligations and these work groups, created for professional purposes, which end up becoming hybrid spaces where congratulations, jokes and memes are mixed. This ambiguity generates discomfort in some participants. Cáceres insists on week magazine in which the solution involves establishing clear rules: use schedules, type of allowed messages and the decision to use a personal or corporate number. Only with explicit agreements can we talk about commitments and expectations; Without them, demanding immediate response is meaningless. Resist hyperconnection without losing links. Silence in WhatsApp can also be seen as an act of resistance. The writer Richard Seymour, In The Guardianit relates it to the “right not to say anything” of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze. In a culture that rewards hyperconnection and immediate response, refusing to participate is a way to reaffirm control over time. However, group chats also … Read more

These dancers are one of the most disturbing traditions of La Palma and had a decade without appearing. Until now

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Incredibly strange parties there are in Spain to give and take. And in summer, with the multiplication of patron saint parties And typical of each town, they are increasing. However, those of Santa Cruz de La Palma They are not strange because of their aesthetics and development, but also because of their frequency: the dance of the dwarves is celebrated every five years … but it was not seen ten. Dwarves to accompany the Virgin. With a denomination that has already been outdated but that, obviously, is still used by tradition, the dance of the dwarves has viralized in social networks by its comic visual spectacularity. This is the most famous number of the traditional parties of the descent of the Virgen de las Nieves, which takes place in the Canarian town of Santa Cruz, in La Palma. In these parties the image of the Virgen de las Nieves moves from her sanctuary in the mountain to the city on the coast. A series of popular acts are celebrated around the act, including dance. How dwarves dance. The image of the dwarves dancers (in reality, people of average height hidden after huge Napoleonic tricorn) has become popular so much that it has become a symbol of the entire island of La Palma. The music that dance is a polka composed in 1925 by Domingo Santos Rodríguez, and that lasts more than ten minutes. Then the dance is repeated again and again, between parade and dances in different places. This year they have come to be dancing for thirteen hours without stopping. Lustral dances. The feasts of the Virgin’s descent take place every five years, but the descent and dance of the dwarves had been held for a decade, since it coincided in the previous edition with the pandemic. Therefore, this year the reunion with the 24 dwarves has been special: since it is a show especially aimed at children, to whom the dwarves scare and increase in the parade, for many of them it was the first time they saw them. This year the celebration has recovered an element that was not done since 1925: before its transformation into dwarves the dancers appear dresses as kings. It has also been the first time that two women dance as dwarves. Viral dance. The ten -year waiting generated considerable expectation in networks, which has set in figures never seen before in the celebration. In Tiktok videos were published with the label #Dwarves2025with thousands of visualizations and comments. On Instagram, only online broadcast had more than 340,000 visualizations. Canarian public television also made intensive use of social networks, which exponentially increased scope and visibility of the event this year. Disturbing dwarves. The mystical component of the dwarves and the magical element of the narrative of the act (with the kings metamorphicing in dancers) sister this holiday with those of other locations where the macabre and the mysterious also prevail. For example, the Vijanera de Silió, in which 75 symbolic and pre -Christian characters represent ancestral forces in conflict; or the pilgrimage of Santa Marta de Ribarteme, in As Neves, where people who have survived a disease parade in coffins carried by relatives, as offering to the Virgin. In the Spanish parties we have abundance of monstrous cryoatures at our parties: the Castrillo Colacho of Murcia in Burgos, for example, is a demonic character of grotesque face and yellow and red suit, and jumps on babies placed in mattresses in full street during the eighth of the Corpus. And the piornal jarmplas is a character disguised with a cornuda mask and multicolored ribbons that becomes white from collective anger, with neighbors throwing tons of turnips, in an experience between the carnivals and the terrifying. Next to this, some chotescos heads that dance polkas are a children’s game. Header | Santa Cruz de la Palma City Council – Carlos Acieg In Xataka | In 1975 a photographer launched himself to document the popular festivals of Spain. The resulting book changed everything

Figure 02 has worked only for an hour. The disturbing thing is that your brain already remembers and your hands “feel”

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You can disagree. You may think that a lot is still missing. But it is difficult to ignore the direction in which we advance: one in which Humanoid robots They will be part of our daily lives. When technology is mature, when costs cease to be an obstacle, the decision will no longer be technical. It will be ethical. How far can the robots arrive? And who will put the limits? Imagine the scenarios. Robots turned into soldiers, deployed in conflicts, alone or next to human troops. Robots as emotional companions, not only for older people, but for anyone who lives alone. Robots that clean, cook, organize. Robots in factories, tireless, constant, replacing tasks that we did before. The surprising thing is that all this is already beginning to happen. Today, the robot Figure 02, that since last year he works in a BMW factorycan operate autonomously, classify objects and do it with precision thanks to what Its developers call “Touch” and “short -term memory”. In 2018, ‘Detroit: Become Human‘We thought about science fiction. Even then, not its creator, David CageI would have opted that in 2025 we would be seeing something like that in the real world. But it has happened. And the most fascinating thing is that Figure does not walk alone. Behind his gestures, there is something else. A neuronal network that, as we will see soon, is the true protagonist. Helix, the ‘brain’ behind Figure 02 That neuronal network has its own name: Helix. It is the brain behind the robot. The person responsible for their movements look more and more natural. And what has achieved In just three months In a logistics environment it is difficult to ignore. Helix has not only learned to manipulate objects with skill. Has learned to Understand the context. To adapt. To act as if remembered what he did before. And the most surprising: to make it better and better, faster and less mistakes. At first, Helix faced a simpler catalog. But little by little he has learned to work with a greater variety of packages: From rigid boxes to Soft envelopes or deformable plastic bags, which are much more difficult to hold and position. Some wrinkle, others bend, others slide easily. For a robot, that is a real challenge. And yet, Helix adapts. Adjust the way in which each object grabs, changes its strategy if the package is flatter or softer, even knows when it is convenient to take a small turn or use a more precise type of clamp. He does everything on the flight, without anyone telling him what kind of package he has in front. The robot knows when it is convenient to take a small turn or use a more precise type of clamp That behavior has not been programmed line per line. Has learned it by observing. In total, he was trained with 60 hours of human demonstrations. And with each new example, it was better understood what to do in each case. Thanks to that, the average time it takes to process a package has been down significantly. But Helix is ​​not just fast. It is also necessary. The labels, which were previously oriented before, now 94.4 % of the time are correctly positioned. As? Because the robot has learned, among other things, Small wrinkled envelopes Before trying to scan. A slight pressure on the plastic is enough for the barcode to be visible. It is a minimum gesture, but very revealing. That learning relies on something fundamental: memory. Helix has a vision system that not only analyzes what he sees at the time, but remembers what he saw a few seconds ago. It is as if I had a Short -term visual memory. Thanks to her, you can make smarter decisions. For example, if it detects that a package was already rotated at a certain angle, it does not turn it again. If you did not find the label at first, remember where it could be and prove in that direction. Another key change has been to incorporate the history of its own movements. Before, each action was an isolated fragment: see, act, see again. Now, Helix Remember in what position your arms werehis torso or his head makes a moment, which allows him to move more fluidly. If something leaves the plan, if the package slides or the grip is not perfect, it can correct in real time without starting from scratch. And the most recent: The sense of touch. Not a human touch, of course, but a way to detect how much pressure is exerting on an object. That strength feedback allows Helix Pause to feel resistance, or adjust it if the object weighs less than expected. Thanks to this, you can manipulate more carefully and adapt to differences in weight or rigidity. And this is not theory. Figure 02 has already been put to the test in real conditions. During an hour session, The robot operated without interruptions In a logistics environment, classifying packages autonomously while using all its new capacities: its sense of touch, its short -term visual memory, its ability to correct errors on the march. A continuous demonstration of fluid work, precise, without direct intervention. The images of that session, which we have included in the video that accompanies this article, show more than a robot running. They show a neuronal network facing the chaos of the physical world and leaving airy. They show Figure 02 making decisions, adapting, acting with a level of autonomy that until very recently would have seemed science fiction. Tesla has a OptimusBoston Dynamics to AtlasAgility Robotics A Digit. All compete to lead the career of the Humanoid robots. But in parallel, Figure 02 advances through a lane without events, without background music, but with results. With the passage of time we will see how all this evolves. Images | Figure ai In Xataka | Google does not want AI to stay on the screen: Gemini Robotics is its plan … Read more

China has celebrated a kickboxing tournament between humanoid robots, and is as real as disturbing

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What is just over a decade was only science fiction today has become a real show. In 2011, the movie ‘Real Steel‘I imagined a future in which boxing fighting were starring machines. Fourteen years later, that image has ceased to belong to the cinema: China has just celebrated a Kickboxing competition starring humanoid robots. The event took place in Hangzhou and is part of the CMG World Robot Contest Series, an initiative organized by China Media Group, the largest state audiovisual conglomerate in the country. The competition was broadcast live through CCTV and other official platforms. Currently, a video summary of the tournament It is available on the Central Television website of China. As the aforementioned medium collectsIn the quadrilateral there were four G1 robots manufactured by the Asian company Unitree Robotics. They faced one against one in duels, demonstrating not only gross force, but also agility, coordination and, above all, balance. Of fist tests. Before the official fighting, each robot had its time to heat. The G1 showed their repertoire: lateral displacements, direct blows and reaction to the thrust. During the fighting, they were even able to execute a Kip-Upan acrobatic maneuver to get up from the ground without using your hands, after being demolished. The rules were clear. Three two -minute assaults. Valid blow score to the trunk or head, both with hands and feet. Penalizations if a robot could not get up in eight seconds after a fall. In case of draw, he decided the technical score. In the final, the robot controlled by an influencer called Lu Xin took the title. The competition comes a few weeks after another event that also captured worldwide attention: A Half Marathon held in Beijing where several humanoid robots ran alongside thousands of human participants. So are the G1. According to the manufacturerEach Unitree G1 measures 130 cm, weighs 35 kg and has an external cable design. It is articulated with up to 23 degrees of freedom, which are extended up to 43 in its educational version, and has advanced sensors for vision, movement and environment control. These are some of its key characteristics: Intel Realsense depth chamber D435i and 3D Lidar sensor Four microphones with noise cancellation and stereo speakers of 5 w Permanent magnet synchronous engines with a maximum torque of 120 n · m 9,000 mAh battery, approximate autonomy of two hours Displacement speed: Up to 2 m/s Eight -core CPU, Wi -Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity Possibility of adding the hand DEX3-1, with seven degrees of freedom and optional tactile sensors More than show. According to CCTV coverage, G1 have at least eight basic combat patterns and various complex combinations, such as straight punches, hooks and kicks scheduled. In addition, they have been designed to resist impacts, avoid overheating and maintain balance after receiving blows. Even when they fall, they are able to recover the vertical position in seconds. China already prepares new competitions with humanoid robots for this year, including a multi -sports event in Beijing. Meanwhile, other robotics based on the Asian giant seek to gain ground in homes. Huawei and Ubtech were recently allied to advance in the development of this type of automatons. Images | CCTV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) In Xataka | Sam Altman is building an empire with Openai. One with some lights and with many shadows

There is an old Soviet probe about to fall on earth. The disturbing thing is that it was designed to resist hell

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A piece of Soviet spatial history, the Kosmos 482 probe, is about to conclude its very long 53 -year -old odyssey. And in the most disturbing way possible: falling on us. Context. Launched on March 31, 1972, this Soviet ship was destined Venus, but A failure after its launch left it stranded In the Earth’s orbit. 53 years later, its final decrease is imminent: it is expected to be re -entered into the atmosphere around May 10. The probe does not contain nuclear materials, and the risk of properties or people is low … but it is not null. And you don’t want an object of half a ton that falls from the sky to hit you. Kosmos 482. Twin sister of the successful Venera 8 mission, she was launched only four days later, but unlike the first, she failed to land in Venus. The upper Blok-Nvl stage of the Molniya rocket that transported the Kosmos 482 went out prematurely, leaving the probe trapped in a very high elliptical terrestrial orbit (initially 206 x 9,800 km high). Faithful to the secretism of the time, The Soviet Union never admitted the ruling And he simply baptized the mission with the generic designation “Kosmos 482”. After three days, several fragments that had separated from the ship rented over New Zealand, where some remains were even recovered, such as cylindrical fuel deposits. Other objects associated with the mission rented in 1981 and 1983. Designed for Venusian hell. The object that has resisted all this time is the mission descent capsule, aimed at landing in Venus. It is estimated that this sphere has an approximate diameter of one meter and a mass of about 500 kilograms. Here comes the interesting thing: this capsule was designed to survive the infernal atmosphere of Venus, a planet whose average temperature on the surface is 464 ° C. As he points out Satellite analyst Marco Langbroekit is possible that relatively whole to the reentry of the Earth’s atmosphere, although the reentry trajectory and the seniority of the capsule reduce the possibility that it is intact at the time of the impact With the parachute deployed? The imminent reentry has intensified the follow -up by satellite observers. The amateur astronomer Ralf Vandebergh has achieved telescopic images of the object in which it seems to have a parachute. “There is a compact ball, but several frames show a weak elongated structure on a particular side of the ball,” He said to Space.com. In addition, the object could be tumbos, so it is only visible at times. How to follow the reentry. Kosmos 482 Orbit the Earth every 90 minutes in a inclination of 52 degrees. This means that the reentry can occur anywhere between latitudes 52 ° North and 52 ° South. The space -track estimated reentry window and analysts such as Langbroek focuses on May 10, 2025, with an uncertainty of 2 or 3 days that will be reduced as the moment approaches. The ship will make a series of visible passes from the northern hemisphere at dawn just around the planned reentry dates. Sites like Heavens-Above already include predictions of visible passes for Kosmos 482. When the man walked on the moon. The fall of Kosmos 482 is a tangible reminder of the golden era of space exploration and the intense race towards Venus, which followed the lunar race. This 1972 relic (the last year in which man walked on the moon), will return to a radically different world, increasingly congested by thousands of active satellites and a growing amount of space garbage. Image | POT In Xataka | Unable to solve the problem of garbage on earth, humanity has generated one more: space garbage

The companies of AI have been jumping the copyright for years. They have just suffered a disturbing legal defeat

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Thomson Reuters He has won The first important case against AI in the United States. This legal victory can end up being an important precedent in an open war that exists between generative companies and human creators and content creative companies. When chatgpt or existed. One of the curiosities of the case is that the demand arrived in 2020, even before the revolution created by Chatgpt and other generative AI models occurred. At that time Thomson Reuters demanded the startup of the so -called Ross Intelligence. According to them, the company had reproduced material from its legal research division, called Westlaw. The judge, inflexible. As they explain In Wiredthe defense arguments did not convince Judge Stephanos Bibas, of the Court of the District of Delaware. In his sentence he indicated that “none of Ross’s possible defenses is sustained. I reject them all.” Fair use, nothing. Normally IA companies are shielded in the doctrine of fair use (“Fair Use”). This legal criterion maintains that limited use of protected material is allowed without needing permission from the owner of those rights. As explained in Wiredel, four factors are analyzed: the reasons for creating the work, its nature (if it is an essay, a poem, a private letter), the amount of material used, and how that use impacts the market value of the original. Be careful for what copies. Thomson Reuters won two of those analyzes, but the fourth was for Judge Bibas the most important, because Ross “wanted to octize with Westlaw developing a substitute for the market.” That is: they were copied to try to compete with them in the same market. A precedent with a problem. Curiously Ross Intelligence closed its doors in 2021, precisely Faced with costs of the dispute. It is precisely the opposite with AI giants, who usually have many more economic resources when defending these types of demands. The legal precedent is undoubtedly relevant, but it may be more difficult to wield it if the litigation costs cannot be supported by the plaintiffs. Care, generative. The appearance of all kinds of generative models has unleashed a wave of demands for copyright violation. One of the most important cases is what The New York Times holds against Openaibut there are others like the one that affects Microsoft by Github Copilotthat of Stable Diffusion and Midjourney or the recent one Meta scandal and the books with copyright that he used to train his AI models. Fair use and competition. Precisely this judgment raises an important legal obstacle for AI companies. First, for that argument of the fair use that may now not work. And secondly, due to the fact that when using those works protected by copyright, the impact for the original works can be remarkable. Images | WIRESTOCK | Solen Feyissa In Xataka | Openai has used Copyright content to train its models: now it faces a wave of demands

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