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The Phantom 3500 wants to break the mold by changing the windows for screens. And he’s close to getting it

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A year ago we told you the story of Otto Aerospace and its Phantom 3500, a windowless plane that aims to turn its walls into a panoramic view to the outside. As counterintuitive as it may sound, the company has had an idea: that on a plane without windows we can see better than ever what is around us when we fly. A year later, the project has been taking shape Otto Phantom 3500. Otto Aerospace’s Phantom 3500 is a project that should begin to come together next year. Last year we told you This curious project that aims to fill the fuselage of the plane with screens, eliminating all traces of windows. They called this concept Super Natural Vision, a system of screens that should show the outside in real time thanks to the use of cameras. This futuristic concept has, according to the company, the advantage of improving aerodynamics and thus the consumption of the device but also of simplifying the construction of the fuselage, saving costs. What’s new? To begin with, if you have entered the previous link you will have seen that the company has changed its name and is now no longer called Otto Aviation. Now, the company has adopted the name Otto Aerospacewhich gives an idea that its objective goes far beyond commercial transportation medianet private jets. But the most important thing is that the company has reached an agreement with flexjetwho operate huge fleets of private jets, to make the Phantom 3500 part of their fleet. The agreement contemplates a firm order for 300 aircraft and deliveries starting in 2030. It has not been made public how much the purchase figure is, which Yes, it is estimated in specialized media that the plane will cost about 19.5 million of dollars per unit but there is no confirmed figure for the purchase package of 300 aircraft of this type. Is it possible? According to its creators, of course. And with the purchase of 300 airplanes ahead, it had better be so, they will say at Flexjet. According to the company, the first flights of this private jet will begin in 2027 with a view to approval by US regulators. In his statement, Flexjet points that the purchase of 300 units of this device is one of the largest that has been recorded in private aviation and that it will serve to redefine what it means to fly using a service of this type. Can it be approved?. When launching this project, there is an important question that Otto Aerospace will have to answer. If you want to deliver the first planes in 2030, yes, you should have it under control. To approve an airplane, the Code of Federal Regulations of the US Government points out that “each emergency exit must have means that allow viewing the conditions outside the exit when it is closed.” That is, there must be a window or a reliable system that guarantees viewing of the outside without problems. And isn’t it very expensive? The other big question that Otto Aerospace will have faced is the issue of how much to fill the entire fuselage with screens. And to do this you will have to use high-quality flexible panels with a connection to your external cameras that is fast enough to not generate any type of dizziness as a consequence of a possible lag between the image and the movement of the vehicle. Likewise, filling the plane with screens also entails a cable management problem that will multiply compared to any other type of system and will add weight to the whole. Yet, The company claims to reduce consumption by half of fuel from other private jets that are currently in operation. Photo | Otto Aerospace In Xataka | Billionaires tried to hide their private jets. Now they have another problem: anyone can follow their superyachts

Neither ketchup nor bread, we have been using the refrigerator incorrectly for years and the experts clarify what should really go in: “we can end up with mold”

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More than a century ago the first electric domestic refrigerator appeared, the Domelreand it cost about $900: more than many cars of the time. For years it was a luxury reserved for fewbut it ended up changing our relationship with food forever… and also creating a new obsession: putting everything inside “just in case.” Today, a century later, we continue to discover that perhaps we over-braked. The cold war of the kitchen. Few domestic discussions are as universal as deciding what goes in the fridge and what is left out. For years we have put almost anything cold by instinct, convinced that preserving meant refrigerating. But the experts they have been dismantling that logic piece by piece. Ketchup is not always urgent, nor does bread improve when enclosed in yogurt, nor does olive oil become purer by solidifying. The refrigerator is not a universal solution: improperly used it can accelerate the loss of flavor, alter textures or even promote problems such as mold. Red wine and the first great heresy. The most striking cultural change is possibly cold red wine. What for decades seemed outrageous is becoming a trend, driven by younger generations who no longer respect the old rule of serving it “at room temperature.” In that sense, wine expert Tom Gilbey summed it up in the Guardian: “We serve the wine too hot… it accentuates the alcohol and makes it taste like soup”. Their conclusion is simple: almost all wines improve somewhat colder than usual, especially light reds such as pinot noir or beaujolais. The cold does not kill the wine, it refines it, illuminates its fruit and makes its acidity more lively. Bread, the great victim of the refrigerator. Here comes one of the great domestic corrections. Many people put bread in the refrigerator (be careful, not in the freezer) thinking that it will last longer this way, but the real effect is different. Kate Hall, household food waste expert and author of The Full Freezer Methodmakes it clear: “It will take longer to get moldy, but it will get hard much sooner”. That is, you delay mold, but accelerate the aging of the bread. Cold moisture alters the starch and makes it leathery and dry. If it is for toast it can survive, but for sandwiches the recommendation is simple: outside or frozen. Foods that can end up with mold. Mold appears as one of the great ghosts of many foods, but not always where one expects. The nutritionist Dominic Ludwig warns that onions and garlic should not go into the refrigerator because “it is too humid and they can end up with mold.” Jams, although loaded with sugar, are also vulnerable once openeds because crumbs or traces of butter contaminate the interior. Even ground seeds and natural nut creams can oxidize and go rancid if not sealed and cooled properly. The problem is not just rotting: it is slowly degrading without us noticing. The refrigerator also destroys flavor. Plus: many foods do not spoil when cold, but they do lose their identity. Olive oil is one of them. Yacine Amor, founder of Artisan Olive Oil Companywarns that putting it in the refrigerator “it does not provide benefits and can reduce the flavor.” The tomatoes also suffer: the cold breaks its texture and flattens its aromatic profile. chocolate is even more delicate. The master chocolatier Paul Young Remember that “it absorbs flavors very easily” and that condensation generates a rough layer of sugar that ruins its surface. Sometimes the cold lasts, but it takes a toll. Coffee and the great lie of freshness. Few habits are as widespread and as poorly planned as keeping coffee in the refrigerator. For the specialist Hannah Whittonesthe reality is blunt: “It is a unanimous no.” Reasons? Coffee is extremely porous, absorbing odors and condensation from coming in and out of the cold destroys its compounds aromatics. Paradoxically and as many other foodsYes, it can go in the freezer, but only vacuum sealed and intended for long-term storage. In short, not a refrigerator, a freezer, perhaps. The forgotten ones in the refrigerator. The map does not end with bread, coffee or tomatoes. Also there are gray areas that experts refine. Butter can live outside as long as it maintains consistency and does not become liquid. Bananas tolerate some cold if they are overripe, even if the skin becomes ugly. Avocados should ripen outside because the cold slows down this process and only then should they be stored, and the honey should stay in the pantry to avoid crystallizing. As for apples, they last better and longer. coldalthough some prefer its flavor at room temperature. Potatoes continue to generate debate, but the practical recommendation is a cool, dark place away from onions, because ethylene accelerates sprouts. Even ketchup, one of the great symbols of this domestic war, enters into middle ground: due to its sugar and vinegar it can survive outside, but if it is not consumed frequently, experts advise cold to avoid degradation and the appearance of mold prematurely. The real rule that no one taught us. If you like, the final lesson is not so much to make a rigid list, but to understand what exactly does it do the cold It slows down bacteria, conserves nutrients and extends shelf lives, but it also changes structure, flavor and ripening. That is why citrus fruits, green leaves or open nuts appreciate this environment, while bread, tomatoes, green avocados or olive oil suffer from it. The great truth is uncomfortable: we have been using the refrigerator as a catch-all for years, and experts agree that a good part of our food did not need cold… or needed it in another way. Image | Monika Grabkowska – Darrien Staton, Alexander Ljung In Xataka | Scientists have put kombucha to the test against stress. and has lost In Xataka | Fernando Sáenz, one of the best ice cream makers in the world, puts the dots over the i’s, “Mercadona has modified the palate … Read more

A free horror of cleaning demonic mold

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Do you remember the times when video games also served as promotional artifacts? From ‘Cool spot’ a ‘Pepsiman’, it is a subgenre that has given us games that were decent to the directly horrendous, although possibly none has been as daring as ‘Silent Cleaning’, a free video game of the company of Cleaning products Japanese Kao Corporation, who introduces his brands … a Survival Horror. To rub demons. The game takes us to an old Japanese house that the player must clean, facing difficult stains (and a quite terrifying thing in itself, we must see how the toilets are). And then to a green creature that is neither more nor less than the mold, which has acquired awareness and is willing to end the cleaning brigades that want to disinfect it (As Arias demolition said). CLEAN CALLADITO. This viscous demon reacts to the sound, so you will have no choice but to do the cleaning in complete silence, moving with caution and using cooking alarms and other objects that make noise to distract it or take it out of rooms where you intend to clean. Because you are not going to leave there until that house stays like the gold jets: you will have a map that will tell you which rooms of the house are about to clean. Yes, it is advertising. The game is freeso in your adventure you have to be willing to consume a good amount of advertising. Luckily, it is Japanese advertising, so you can take it as a hyperrealist touch: all cleaning products are real, of the Kao Corporation brand. Luckily, those of the Kao Marketing Department decided to do their job well and embed us a very decent title with quite intriguing puzzles: Metroidvania mechanics (that flusflús that you just took clean an impossible spot of the first room) and a few puzzles of closed locks and cabinets. Resident Evil, at his feet. ‘Silent Cleaning’ also provides some surprises for the devotees of the classics par excellence of the genre, the ‘Resident Evil’. Thus, as if it were conventional weapons, it will have to combine different limited products to make them effective against certain rebel spots. For example, tying a rag to a mop to reach inaccessible corners. A wink to the origins of the genre that gives an unexpected depth to a game that as they say, had no right to be so good. A long tradition of games-ancium. As we said, ‘Silent Cleaning’ is not the first of its species: in the much more unvergonzones eighties and ninety we live a good amount of games that were actually camouflaged ads. ‘Cool spot’ of 7up, ‘Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool’ of Cheetos, ‘Me! Noid ‘for Domino’s Pizza,’ McKids ‘for McDonalds, even the Spanish’ Whopper Chase ‘for Burger King … The list is endless, although we stay with two oddities:’America’s Army‘, a recruitment tool of the American army and the very cool’Pepsiman‘In PlayStation, only launched in Japan, but turned into a piece of absolute cult. In Xataka | ‘Silksong’ not only wants to surprise with its quality. Its price is a right to the industry with more chicha than it seems

Jay Graber’s story, the CEO that is breaking the silicon valley mold

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When Jay Graber went up to the stage of Techcrunch In December 2024his message was overwhelming: Bluesky It is built “billionaire proof”. “The armor is in the design,” he said. “If someone bought Bluesky or broke, everything is open source. What happened to Twitter could not happen to us.” With more than 24 million users after the US elections of 2024, Bluesky has become a serious alternative to X. It is not necessary to exaggerate and say that it is already at its height because it is not even much less, but at least there is one Alternative where there was practically only empty. The story of how to get led this little revolution is singular and contextualize your vision of social networks. The origins Born in 1991 in Tulsa, according to Forbeshis mother – a acupunturist who fled from the Chinese cultural revolution – gave him the second name “Lantian” (蓝天), “blue sky” in Mandarin. As he revealed Vanity Fairthis name represented a desire for “freedom without limits” for his daughter, born of his own experiences under an oppressive regime. His father, a professor of mathematics of Swiss origin, completed this multicultural environment that would mark his vision of the world. The coincidence with the name of the company that now directs is casual, Jack Dorsy had already baptized the project as “Bluesky” before. However, it seems a something prophetic, especially considering the vision of freedom and openness that Graber would bring to the project. After graduating in science, technology and society from the University of Pennsylvania, where I monde He reports that he co -founded a student time bank, Graber worked as a engineer in Skuchain and in a factory welding Bitcoins mining equipment, before joining ZCASH in 2016. As revealed in Decode, This early experience with decentralized technologies was fundamental: “I have worked a lot of time in decentralized technologies and I have seen its limitations, but I also believe that there are many limitations in centralized systems.” Bluesky’s birth In 2019, while running Happening Inc., she was invited to a group of experts convened by Twitter. “He was one of the experts in a small chat room,” he recalled during An interview in Decode, the podcast of The Verge “I was very excited. At that time I worked in my own social app, and had been building decentralized social protocols, playing with them, doing a lot of research.” In 2021 It was named CEO of Blueskyalready as an independent company. This independence was a key decision that she promoted. As she revealed, “I insisted that we separate as an independent company. If the captain changed or if that support disappeared, it would lose institutional support for Bluesky, and I really wanted this project to exist.” “Jack had a vision of something better for social networks,” he explained to CNBC. “We are building an open source social network that anyone can take and build on it. No one has been so open or put so much control in the hands of users.” In your conversation with DecodeGraber deepened this vision: “We want this to be the last social identity that you will have to createbecause you can move it between applications and services. You can carry your identity, your relationships and your data with you. “ According to data provided by Emily Liu, spokesman for Bluesky, to Newsweekthe platform added five million new users after the 2024 elections, mainly from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. This explosive growth, as reveals The country“after the escaped flight of many users of X was intensified, once the news was made public that Elon Musk had been appointed co -director of the Donald Trump government efficiency department. “It is not entirely clear if there was a stampery as such and what magnitude, but that The dates of the rebound of users of Bluesky coincide with the post -electional. Monetization and leadership The challenge is now monetization. In “The Big Interview” of Wired, Graber announced premium subscriptions For high quality and customization videos. The company has raised 36 million dollarsincluding 15 million capital blockchain. And sooner or later he will have to return that money. “We are not going to build an advertisement algorithm that encloses users,” he told CNBC. With Twenty employees and one hundred moderatorsBluesky bets on an alternative model. As explained in depth to Decode, The platform is developing a “componable moderation” system which will allow users and communities to create their own rules and filters. “We think about the ‘bus problem’,” he explained to Forbes. “We have blocked everything so open that we cannot degrade the experience because we have opened the market to entrepreneurs.” This approach reflects The unconventional leadership style of Graber that, according to The country“He communicates directly with users, he is close and accessible. From his personal account, he writes threads explaining tricks to use better bluesky and usually reveals curious data with a sense of humor.” Rose Wang, Bluesky Operations Director, who met Graber in 2018 during a car trip to Lake Tahoe, describes her way of leading: “What does Jay so special is that in addition to being collaborative is a visionary, capable of anticipating ten steps to what is to come. “ The future Investor Mark Cuban told Forbes That Bluesky sees as a “really social” experience, although he made a nuance: his account in X has ten times more followers, a way of throwing a darting to the low penetration of the first against the second. This disparity does not seem to worry about Graber, who in Decode emphasized that the objective It is not to replicate the model of traditional social networks, but to create something radically different. Well. The future is about to be written. As Graber he told Wired: “We are focused on offering a good experience while we climb.” In Decodeexpanded this idea: “We have to show the first people that this vision can work, which is fun, useful, better than the … Read more

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