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Physicists believed that this quantum phenomenon was impossible. They were very wrong

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This appointment of Richard FeynmanNobel Prize in Physics for their contributions to quantum electrodynamics and one of the most admired scientists of the twentieth century, condenses very well The complexity of quantum physics: “If you think you understand it, you don’t really understand quantum physics.” Quantum mechanics study the laws that govern The world of the very smallof the particles, as well as the interactions to which the atomic and subatomic structures are exposed. Most of these rules are radically different from the laws we have become familiar with in the world in which we live. In the macroscopic world. Many physicists have spent the last century trying to understand how known quantum phenomena work, and also striving to identify unknown quantum rules. The problem is that working with the extremely small, with the particles, is very difficult. However, this does not mean that they are not successful. To hunt and capture the elusive transition of super -artedia Physicists Klaus Hepp and Elliott H. LIEB predicted in 1973 a quantum phenomenon known as super -transiant phase transition. For more than half a century the scientific community has worked out without success to find evidence to protect the existence of this mechanism beyond mere theory. But everything changed on April 4. That day a group of researchers from Rice University, in Texas (USA); the University of Shanghai (China); NASA’s National Laboratory (USA) or the National University of Singapore, among other scientific institutions, published an article in Scienceadvances in which he explains the procedure he has used to experimentally observe this quantum phenomenon so elusive. Understanding what is the transition of super -transiant phase and all its implications is not simple, but we can get a rather precise idea about what this mechanism consists of if we observe it as a sudden change in a particle system that causes many of them begin to behave in a coordinated way. When this phenomenon does not occur, atoms interact in a weak way and behave in a disorganized way, but when the super -artary phase transition arises, they synchronize and exhibit the same behavior, giving rise to a new state of matter. When the super -transiant phase transition arises the atoms are synchronized and exhibit the same behavior The most surprising thing is that this new state gives the material unusual properties from a macroscopic point of view. The researchers who have mentioned some lines above have managed to carry out the first direct observation of this mechanism. And they have succeeded by triggering the transition in a glass composed of erbium, iron and oxygen subjected to a temperature of −271.7 degrees Celsius. In addition, they exposed it to a magnetic field of no less than 7 teslas, so it was more than 100,000 times more intense than the magnetic field of the Earth. What they pursued was to induce the transition of super -transiant phase by coupling the spin of the particles. And they succeeded. The spin is an intrinsic property of The elementary particleslike the electric charge, derived from its time of angular rotation. The first experimental evidence that endorsed its existence It arrived in 1922 Thanks to the experiments of German physicists Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach, although scientists did not begin to understand the nature of this very important property of elementary particles until a few years later. The reason why it is not easy to understand precisely what the spin is because it is a quantum phenomenon, so it is not quite correct to describe it as a conventional rotation movement in space. Even so, the description that I have proposed in the previous paragraph is usually used for a didactic purpose because it helps us to intuit without too much effort what we are talking about. In any case, the most interesting thing is that the transition of super -transiant phase opens the door to the next generation of quantum technologies. This is the really important thing. According to physicists involved in this experiment, this mechanism can be used to put quantum sensors endowed with a much higher sensitivity than those currently available. And it can also be used to produce more robust cubits for Quantum computers. Sounds good. I hope your predictions are fulfilled. Image | Generated by Xataka with Dall-e More information | Scienceadvances In Xataka | CERN has achieved something unprecedented: transform smartphones sensors into an antimatter chamber

His reasoning models finally do what until now was impossible for them

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For more than half a year, users of Chatgpt – and also those of the API – we have access to two types of models: the GPT models, such as GPT-4Oand reasoning -oriented models, such as O1. The problem is that, until now, we were forced to alternate between them for tasks that require complex thinking, web navigation or interpretation of images. As of today, that begins to change. New models on stage. O3 and O4-mini models, presented this Wednesdayshorten distances with GPT models. For the first time, reasoning -centered models access tools that, so far, were exclusive to classic models. Namely: Analyze images (and think with them). Analyze files. Generate images. Navigate the web. Do research. Use advanced voice mode. The keys to “visual reasoning”. The interesting thing is not that O3 read what is in a photo. It decides how to look at her. He knows if he has to turn it, expand a detail or ignore the irrelevant. That process is now part of its reasoning chain. He does not describe an image, but “think” about it to give us a better answer. A remarkable jump. We are facing a series of improvements that the most demanding users will undoubtedly know how to appreciate. The reasoning models, it should be remembered, “think” before responding. They generate an internal chain of thought before offering us an answer. They are not the best option for those looking for texts with literary dyes or quick responses on any subject. But they are ideal to code, reason scientifically and plan complex workflows, especially in environments where several steps are involved and Agents. Taking this into account, and as expected, Openai has also improved the main capabilities of these models, making them more capable and precise. OpenAI O3: This model achieves a prominent performance in Swe-Bench verified (without customization), a test that measures coding skills, with a score of 69.1%. According to OpenAI, in evaluations carried out by external experts, O3 makes 20% less important errors that OPENAI O1 in difficult real -world tasks. OPENAI O4-MINI: It offers similar yield, with a score of 68.1%. To put it in context: O3-mini obtained 49.3% in the same test, while Claude 3.7 Sonnet reached 62.3%. This model is optimized for rapid and profitable reasoning, and yields especially well in mathematical, coding and visual tasks. The model that was not going to launch. OpenAi has changed their minds. In February, Sam Altman ruled out launch O3 as an independent product. But just a few weeks ago, toHe gave a “change of plans”. This turn materializes today with the arrival of O3 and O4-mini, the new models that mark a new chapter in the company’s strategy. On the way to chatgpt. From today, users of Chatgpt plusPro and Team can already start using O3 and O4-mini. In the coming weeks, O3-PRO will arrive, a more powerful version of the reasoning model, which will be available for subscribers of the Pro Plan. Meanwhile, these users can continue working with O1-PRO. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Openai’s hypothetical social network does not want to connect people. Want your data to train your AI

The US is realizing that manufacturing the iPhone without China is almost impossible. Tariff exemptions are the test

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Donald Trump’s administration has applied a very special exemption to reciprocal tariffs announced The last days. Thus, mobile phones, computers and some other consumer electronics products “are fought”. Importing them to the United States will not make 10%global tariffs apply, nor China’s specific ones, which are 125%. What products are exempt. The note published by the US Customs Department almost without making noise is especially important, and makes a list of HTSUS codes (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) that include different types of electronic products. Among them, exemptions affect: 8471: PCS of desktop, laptops and its components, such as CPUS, hard or I/O peripheral discs as monitors (8528.52.00), mice and keyboards 8517.13.00: smartphones 8517.62.00: Routers, modems, wireless access points 8523.51.00: SSD units 8524: CDS and DVDS Regrabable 8541.49.10 and 8541.49.70: Solar panel cells 8541.49.80: LEDs 8542: microprocessors, controllers, memory chips and other integrated circuits But they are temporary exemptions. As they point out In Financial TimesUS Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, made it clear that these exemptions are temporary. All these products will be part of the semiconductor tariffs, “which will probably arrive in a month or two.” Trump denies that this are exemptions. In his social network Truth, Donald Trump He also stood out That what was announced on Friday were no exceptions to tariffs and made it clear that these products are still subject to 20% rates related to the fentanil. “What has been stated is that we need to manufacture products in the United States, and that we will not be hostages from other countries, especially hostile commercial nations such as China, which will do everything in their hand to disrespect the US people,” he added in his statement. Dodging price increases. The measure is clearly aimed at avoiding notable price increases in semiconductors, mobiles and consumer electronics products, especially considering that a vast majority of those sold in the United States They come from China. The impact for consumers can be very important, and these temporary exemptions reduce concern for the future of these products and their prices and protect strategic sectors. The iPhone as a great example. Some analysts estimate that the price of the iPhone in the United States It could triple If the cost of tariffs ends up moving to consumers. Apple smartphones are one of the clear examples of how tariffs would affect US consumers first and the rest of the world later. The climb of reciprocal tariffs between the US and China has been spectacular in recent weeks. Source: Reuters China as a US factory. According to Counterpoint Research dataChina represents 80% of the iPhone production sold in the United States. The remaining 20% ​​are manufactured in India, a country in which Apple is gradually growing in production precisely to avoid the dependence of China. The Cupertino company in fact fought several aircraft full of iPhone From India to try to have some margin of maneuver if tariffs came into force. Exemptions also disappear the “basic” 10% tariff that applied globally and included countries such as India. These exemptions are also partly the tacit recognition to manufacture the iPhone in the US It is practically impossible. Business pressure. The impact of tariffs has been especially remarkable for Big Tech, which have collapsed in the stock market in recent weeks. All of them depend largely on China’s production capacity, and these exemptions are also an acceptance (at least temporary) that changing things and mitigating Chinese dependence will take a long time. No official explanation. The US government did not explanations about the reason why it applied these exemptions, but it is evident that This is a big respiteeven if it is temporary, for companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Dell, or HP, which import a good part of their products from China. A war without winners. As they point out In axiosChinese President Xi Jinping stressed that a war of tariffs “will not produce any winner.” China indicated that I was evaluating the impact of these exemptions. In a statement last Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Trade Califified the measure as “a small US step to correct its wrong practice of establishing ‘unilateral reciprocal tariffs.” How will we be next week? Democrate Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared in a debate In CNN to describe the confusion that exists about tariffs. He indicated that “investors will not invest in the US with Donald Trump playing” red light, green light “with tariffs and saying” Oh, and For my special donors, you have special exemptions“. He also highlighted how the situation is impresable.” No one can imagine what the rules will be within five days, much less in five years. “ Image | Gage Skidmore In Xataka | Spain acts where Europe doubts: the strategy that is paying fruits in China

It seemed impossible for the rains of March to be bad news for someone. Until the watermelons and melons arrived

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The huge rains of March have left much of the field offside and, for weeks, the generalized response has been the country. It is not for less: in the whole of Spain 149 l/m² have been accumulated2.5 more than usual. The benefits are huge: they are not only full swamps; but the fields of cereal, vineyard, olive grove and nuts at their best and a sweet moment in sheep, goat and milk bovine. But there are also great harmed. Who can water go wrong? Paradoxically, many crops: some vegetables (from broccoli to lettuce), the strawberries of Huelva, the harvest of potatoes, legumes and, above all, to the melon and watermelon. Is it for floods? In large part yes. In Murcia, more than 5,000 hectares of vegetables have been flooded and in Almería crops have been affected (both outdoors and greenhouse). It is thus understood that, during all this time, root asphyxiation has been one of the great fears of farmers. In essence, we talk about A phenomenon that occurs when the roots of the plants do not receive enough oxygen. This usually occurs when there is an excess of water on the ground; And, in fact, it can happen even if the ‘flood’ lasts for a short time. However, there are problems beyond suffocation. A good example is the chickpea. In his case he has not suffocated because, in short, he has not even come to be planted in provinces such as Seville (which concentrates a third of national production). As the Secretary General of Coag Sevilla says in The debatethe chickpea has to be more than 100 days in the countryside and “this year, hopefully, will pass 60”. Even in the event that the meteorology accompanies, the chickpea campaign It will be very bad. And, in addition, it is inevitable because farmers cannot plant anything else: the norms of common agricultural policy They force them to plant a certain percent of its land with legumes. And then we have the humidity. The rain has caused moisture levels to shoot and, With themthe “proliferation of pests and diseases such as the Botrytis (caused by a fungus) or the Mildiu” (groups several diseases that damage stems and leaves) “that are rotting the kills. And what happens to melons and watermelons? Another different thing. In the case of these crops, the situation is “worrying” because the rains arrived in “The most delicate moment, pollination“This has significantly delayed production to the point that seems unfeasible that early watermelons can reach the market on their usual dates. The hope of the sector, As explained by COAGis that great production is rethink. If no unforeseen occurs, that would allow the market of late watermelons and melons with force. But, of course, everything depends on what happens in the next few days. It is worth remembering that in recent years, these two summer fruits have starred controversial for its high prices and distribution problems. All to do. The great unknowns are now two: What water management will allow hydrographic confederations and the rest of the administrations, on the one hand. And how flexible will be the European Union With the restrictions of phytosanitary products In a context climatic extreme. However, there are many more things on the table. Many more problems, many more opportunities. Above all, before The perspective that this is the new normality. Image | Towsend Walton In Xataka | Before the return of the rains to Spain, the field looks at the worried sky: there are dozens of crops with weeks late

There are a lot of time apps. Know which one that is most accurate is almost impossible

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You get up one morning. You look at the application of time on your phone. “100% rain,” or so says. You go to the window and there is a scorching sun illuminating the street. Worse is to consult the application of time, that just 10 or 20% probability of rain and, as soon as you leave, you fall a downpour. The latter is what It has been happening in Spain during the month of Marchone of The rainiest in a long time. Although we blame apps not to predict perfectly, the truth is that interpreting them is not as easy as it seems. How time apps work. Time applications work by combining data from different meteorological models to show us what are the rain forecasts for that day. Each of them is based on a different model, depending on the company behind. These models can be global or regional, having the latter more precision in specific areas. In Spain, Aemet operates with different models such as Arome, MM5 or Reion, although time apps can use models outside our country. Apple and Android. Apple’s time app uses information collected by The Weather Channelsince it has Your own API to provide meteorological data to other apps. If we use an android, such as an Xiaomi, your app works with information from Accuweather. This is precisely what makes each app show us a different fact: each of them is based on the models that it considers, and make predictions on their own. For example, use your own prediction system called Accuweather Minutecast, which combines numerical models with artificial intelligence and real -time radar data to offer hyperlocal forecasts. It does not generate its own weather models from scratch, process information from global models. 100% rain. One of the main problems in the time apps has to do with how they show the information to the user. If we see 70% in the app, probably, let’s understand that the probability of raining in our city is 70%, something that is not completely. In fact, the thing is even more complicated if we go to the forecast for hours and there we see that the percentages are lower than those of the total day. Quite difficult. We start from the basis that the weather prediction It is a complex science due to the dynamic and chaotic nature of the Earth’s atmosphere. Factors such as sudden changes in temperature, pressure, humidity, wind patterns and ocean currents interact intricately, creating a network of interconnected processes difficult to foresee exactly. What is “100%”. There is a common common interpretation with respect to the percentage of probability of rain showing weather applications. It is easy to think that a “100% rain” indicates that it will rain throughout the day throughout the area. The truth is that this 100% means that, in similar weather conditions, it has rained 10 out of 10 times. But it is possible that this new occasion does not do it. The percentage does not determine the rain that will fall, but the statistical mark of how frequent it has been raining in similar conditions. The best way to measure it. The time apps have these limitations, and so they will continue to be until the meteorological measurement system changes. Something that will not happen in the short term. That is why in recent years there is a very booming app: rain radar. Unlike traditional time apps, Rain Alarm is an app that is based on real -time radar data. These radar models do not work in the long term: they use data to make predictions in almost immediate ranges. This is why, with just opening the radar app, we can observe much more precisely the state of the atmosphere. Today, this is the most accurate way of knowing immediately how the weather will behave. And, still, it will still not be accurate. Image | ECMWF In Xataka | Aemet already knows when the storm that is soaking Spain is over. The problem is that another act comes another

Generating electricity using earth rotation seemed impossible. These physicists have shown that it is not

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In July 2016, two American physicists, Christopher F. Chyba, from Princeton University, and Kevin P. Hand, from the NASA jet propulsion laboratory, published in Physical Review Apply A very exotic scientific article. In his text they defended the possibility of generating electricity taking advantage of The Earth Rotation Movement. His proposal required to build a device that was able to interact with The magnetic field of our planetbut at that time very few scientists took it seriously. Despite the bad initial reception that his job received, Chyba and Hand have spent the last nine years trying to build his electricity generation machine with the purpose of demonstrating that, indeed, his proposal works. However, during this period they have joined a third physique, Thomas H. Chyba, who investigates in Spectral Sensor Solutions, an Albuquerque company (New Mexico). It is dedicated, among other things, to develop electrooptic sensors to detect chemical, nuclear, biological and radiological threats. Chyba and Hand were right from the beginning On March 19, these three physicists published in Physical Review Research A new scientific article in which they experimentally demonstrate that, as suggested in their 2016 text, it is possible to generate electricity taking advantage of The rotation movement From Earth. To carry out their demonstration they have built the apparatus capable of interacting with The Earth’s magnetic field of which they talked in their 2016 article. Interestingly, this device is very broadly speaking a manganese and zinc ferrite cylinder that behaves like a magnetic shield. The experiment of these three physicists has shown that 18 electricity microvolts were being generated through the cylinder Once they had it ready, they guided him in a north-south direction with an angle of 57 degrees with the purpose of being perpendicular to both to the Earth Rotation Movement as to its magnetic field. And then they placed electrodes at each end of the cylinder to be able to measure the voltage of the electric current that they expected to be generated. And they succeeded. His experiment showed that they were being generated 18 electricity microvolts through the cylinder without any other energy source. According to these physicists, the only plausible possibility is that, as they expected, the land rotation movement is responsible for the generation of this small amount of electricity. When Chyba and Hand proposed their idea in 2016, other scientists criticized it by arguing that any voltage caused by a device similar to that they have finally built would be canceled at the time when electrons were repositioned during the generation of an electric field. But your experiment shows that it is possible to capture that voltage. An 18 microvolt voltage is insignificant in practice. It’s true. However, this is not important; The relevant thing is that, apparently, the proposal of these three physicists works. In fact, your plan goes through climb this technology To generate much more electricity, enough at least to be useful. In any case, there is something important that we should not overlook: its experiment still has to be replicated by other scientists and in other test scenarios to verify that this voltage has not really been generated by any other external source that, perhaps, the protagonists of this article have not taken into account. Image | POT More information | Physical Review Research In Xataka | NASA has made the calculations: China can slow down the earth with a filling of the three throats

AI is already our best ally to solve the mathematical problems that seem impossible

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The applications of the artificial intelligence (AI) are presumably unlimited. Beyond the daily uses with which many of us are already familiar with the design of drugs, Disease diagnosisthe OPTIMIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES or the Analysis of physical or chemical mechanisms complexes, among other options. It is even being used to solve mathematical problems of enormous difficulty. In addition, algorithms that use deep neuronal networks and Automatic learning They are designed to identify complex patterns in large volumes of information, which allows them to recognize images, voice or process natural language greatly. AI has reached our lives, and it is clear that it will stay, but the most surprising thing is that it is consolidating as an extremely valuable tool in relatively exotic fields. It is possible that AI helps us solve the mathematical problems of the millennium In October 2024 Goal AIMeta’s artificial intelligence, managed to generalize Lyapunov’s function. The Russian mathematician Aleksander Lyapunov proposed the concept of the function that bears his name in 1892. His work is a very important tool in the study of dynamic systems, but mathematicians have since struggled to find a general method that allows identifying the functions of Lyapunov. And they have not been successful. However, goal has had it. Our mathematical knowledge will no longer be limited by intuition and human capacity The strategy used by the company led by Mark Zuckerberg to solve the challenge of Lyapunov’s functions has consisted of training an AI model to recognize patterns and relationships between certain dynamic systems and its corresponding functions of Lyapunov. This is precisely what is good for AI. And it is a huge success because our mathematical knowledge will no longer be limited for intuition and human capacity. The AI ​​puts in our hands a new way of addressing complex mathematical problems, identifying patterns that a priori remain hidden for the human being. However, in the field of mathematics AI still has to improve to help us solve the great challenges that the human being has ahead. Sergei Gukov, professor of theoretical physics and mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), leads a team of researchers who is looking for ways to use AI to solve advanced mathematical problems that require thousands, millions, or even billions of steps. These scientists are currently working on The conjecture of Andrews-Curtisa group combinatorial theory proposed 60 years ago. They have not yet managed to solve the main conjecture, but with the help of AI they have achieved something important: they have refuted several families of problems related to the conjecture of Andrews-Curtis and known as counterexamples that have remained open for more than 25 years. Gukov acknowledges that Current AI models have important limitations When facing very complex mathematical problems, but you hope that in the future this technology allows the human being to solve Mathematical Millennium Problems. According to this mathematician, the best asset that researchers have to face this challenge is to instruct AI by resorting to Reinforcement learning. Image | Generated by Xataka with Dall-e More information | IEEE Spectrum In Xataka | These two problems have baffled mathematicians for decades. A genius has solved them with a stroke

Cal Newport strategies to achieve the impossible in less time

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Notifications interrupt. The meetings proliferate. The entrance trays They devour time. In this digital ecosystem, sustained concentration has become scarce and valuable. Cal Newport called him “deep work” in his book ‘Centrate’ (Deep Work): This state of concentration without distractions that allows to solve complex problems. There is something paradoxical here: the knowledge economy demands more deep thinking, but our digital tools actively work against it. Look at the use metrics of your phone. How many notifications do you get up to date? Surely more than 100, possibly more than 200. Each is a microinterruption. Recover the concentration after It is not immediate. We often enter that state that we could define as “being busy but without advancing.” We confuse activity with productivity. Before smartphone, prolonged concentration was almost a basic ability. Today is An act of resistanceIt is almost a heroicity. Great innovators apply in their own way of deep thinking. Steve Jobs boasted of his contemplative walks. Bill Gates, of his “weeks of reading” a couple of times a year. There is something. What does Cal Newport suggest to incorporate time of this type into our lives? Program deep work. Block specific time for tasks that require total concentration. Minimize context change. Each jump between tasks consumes mental resources. Grouping similar tasks reduces this “cognitive tax.” Create rituals. The will is limited. Rituals automate decisions about when and how to work. Embrace boredom. Our aversion to be disconnected erodes our ability to attention. Boredom has its advantages. Audit tools. Not all technology deserves a place in our professional life. Basecamp or Shopify have already implemented measures such as Days without meetingsor a firm commitment to asynchronous communication. Deep work offers something that empty trays and completed tasks cannot: meaning. The psychologist CSIKSZENTMIHALYI called him “flow“: That state where time disappears and work becomes its own reward. The need to think deeply is no longer a strategy to copy Newport, it is almost an intellectual need. In Xataka | Nobody says that he knows how to read in the curriculum. Maintaining these three data does not make sense in 2025 Outstanding image | Sauv Thapa Shrestha in Unspash

It is impossible to make it cheaper

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I think it threatens the existence of some of these companies. I have no idea what will happen in five years but I know what I see. Things are going to change The words are from Terry Woychowski And he knows well what he’s talking about. Woychowski was a senior executive of General Motors and in recent years he is president of Cassoft Global Technologies, consulting that is responsible for explaining to manufacturers where they have room to save money and how they can do it. His comparisons, of course, are now focused on Chinese cars. How its manufacturers get so much money in the production of their cars and how they position themselves to be a real threat to traditional West producers. Consulting that pass, obviously, by disassembling cars from one and the other and pointing out the differences. Taking out the … shame? To one of those last demonstrations the journalists of Automotive News. “What we see from the Chinese is an existential threat,” Woychowski stressed. Is exactly The same speech Employee by Jim Farley, president of Ford, a few months ago. In Ford they had reached the same conclusion as Cerseoft Global Technologies experts by dismantling some Chinese cars themselves. The strategy is usual, with traditional manufacturers trying to understand what they do in China different from them to lower their vehicles. In fact, This same company already told Toyota that could forget all the way they had so far. Everything learned and applied little by little, with minimal improvements but that added their excellent and reliable vehicles also made them more expensive and prevented them from competing at a price. And something very similar is what they have told US manufacturers. They put as an example the complications they face when manufacturing the ceiling of the vehicles. According to the consultant, the Americans use IMAES WITH RARE EARTH with a dollar cost for each of them. That forces them to use steel next to aluminum to guarantee their fixation. On the contrary, the Chinese use a simple adhesive strip that each one costs each. That is, at least twelve less and a much less complex and faster process. Something similar happens in the dashboard. While Americans use heavy metals after the dashboard, the Chinese or Tesla use plastics with profusion. The same pointed to Toyota, making it clear that, without the vibrations of a combustion engine, this way of working had become obsolete and only the product increased. In addition, from Caseoft they point out that all this competitive advantage has been possible because the State itself has created the China Automotive Technology & Research Center (Catarc)an agency created in 1985 that defines the standards of approval but also provides assistance for the development of new products, including the development of driving aid systems or autonomous systems. They have promoted an industry, they say, intensely competitive aware that some companies will stay along the way. However, this forces them to work faster and find solutions as quickly as possible. A pressure that leads them to use a month to get a new piece that arrives from an external supplier while in the West you need to use nine months. A meeting? Caseoft experts say that arranging an appointment with the person in charge of a supplier does not take less than two months but that in China they barely solve it in a week. If you want to compete in price, manufacturers have to standardize their products more, they say. It is the strategy that was used by the United States government to save costs during and after World War II and is the technique applied by Chinese manufacturers where the truly differential is software. Photo | Caesoft Global Technologies In Xataka | That Byd gives his autonomous driving is the first step: the real business will be to see a Madrid-Osasuna in the car

After 24 years of saga, it seemed impossible to reinvent the wheel. ‘Civilization VII’ has achieved it

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One more shift and I leave it. When we talk about a shift strategy game, specifically one of the saga ‘civilization’that phrase is a cliché. That is why it is less true, and something that I have discovered in recent days with the analysis of ‘Civilization VII’ is to what extent I missed that feeling that I had for months with the fifth installment and that lost some magic With the sixth. It is always difficult to talk about a strategy game because what it offers is very different from what we can live in an adventure or action title, these being more linear and anchored experiences, in general, to which developers want you to live. In a ‘civilization’, the strategy has to do, but it doesn’t matter the plans you make because the artificial intelligence of the game is there to punch. And from the last game of the remarkable saga of Sid Meier I have two things to say. The first is that I thought I was tired of the franchise formulasince I have been with this experience for many years and, despite being the VI in the market, I kept playing every time to V (For me, the best). The second thing I have to say is that I was wrong. I didn’t know to what extent. Who wants historical fidelity Every time a game with historical dyes is launched, there is no lack of those who argue that any detail that comes out of what is considered ‘historical fidelity’ is something that ruins the experience. I read some comments of this style when it was learned that in this game we could have Isabel I of Castilla as the leader of the Han of Chinabut let’s be serious: we are in a saga in which it is goal to launch the atomic bomb with Gandhi. We cannot come now with historical fidelity. I admit that it is shocking for those who carry several deliveries of the saga, but choosing leader and civilization separately is something that changes everything. If the saga already allowed us, more or less, to do what we would like, Now freedom is total. Each of the leaders has some attributes and their own tree, but each civilization also has its characteristics. Taking advantage of that mechanics is what will help us to have a better or worse in the game (not in fun, but in terms of frustration) but I think, otherwise, it is pure ‘civilization’. This is: to found the capital of our empire, building buildings of production, fun, research, economy or military in the adjacent boxes; Found new cities and try to conquer the map. All this in shifts and while we make crumbs with some neighbors who, many times, are quite touches noses. I think the best thing I can do is tell you about my first game. I started with the Vietnamese Trung Trắc, who faced the Han dynasty. Well, my civilization, precisely, was that of Han. Attributes: militaristic and scientific. “It serves me,” I thought, so … to work. As I knew it was the game for the analysis, I wanted to give it pepper (I regretted immediately) and I started in medium difficulty, with huge map and founded my capital next to a volcano (they enter into the erupting destroying buildings from time to time). I started expanding and soon I founded two other cities: one mining company and one agricultural, all with the sea, so it could happen in the future. I continued advancing my city and creating only some units, Until I met Benjamin Franklin. All good at first. Also with Machiavelli, whom I met shortly after. And with José Rizal things also like silk. “I am a pacifist,” I thought, although Trung is doing the military. To Machiavelli, no water When I followed my ball expanding and strengthening my relationship with the three, Machiavelli and Benjamin went their heads and declared the war mutually, also Rizal. He supported whoever supported, two were going to be angry, so I did what any militarist shark mind would do: I supported Rizal, who lived much further, and went into war with Machiavelli and Benjamin. Both. I wanted to stay its cities, so it came from pearls. I started to fortify my cities and reinforce the borders. I created a siege ballist and destroyed one of the cities of Machaiavelo. It was the one hundred and peak turn and my enemy were no longer two dead as Italian and the American, but … the crisis. I knew that crises were a mechanics of the game, but I was so concentrated that I didn’t see him coming. And it arrived, as if it were Lehman Brothers in 2008. Aid The crisis reached my empire with social discontent and an economic hole due to the number of units it had to maintain. I did what a leader does: look for oil in a foreign nation And keep pressing my enemies without paying attention to my people when, suddenly, everything ended. Antiquity came to an end and the era of discoveries came. It was necessary to decide what civilization to make the leap and chose the Norman (total, put to burst historical fidelity …) and discovered something curious: the crisis had vanished. My units had made the leap to their most current versions of the new age, the buildings had changed design, some that no longer served were gone and all the wars had vanished (although the relationship with the enemy leaders did not improve). He had to start over a new era, one that rewards you with juicy resources if you are going to explore new continents, where there will also be other factions with which to decide how to relate. And there I was, with the crisis resolved as if by magic, with a city of Machiavelli in my possession, having demonstrated to Benjamin how the Chinese are spent controlled by a Vietnamese and with a new … Read more

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