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For 15 years a couple lived in a house inside Disneyland. None of the visitors noticed

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When we talk about amusement parks, Disney is king. Although in recent years we have seen amazing ideas (such as the spectacular Japan’s Super Nintendo World), the Disneylands continue to have a lot of pull. In fact, some parks continue to be updated with corners like the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge that, after five years of constructionopened as the largest expansion in the park’s history. There are also additions such as Avengers Campus or Tomorrowland. Being so huge, it is normal that stories of all kinds are found in its magical corners (sometimes they don’t turn out well if you do not pay the corresponding extra), and one of those stories It is that of the couple who lived for more than 15 years in their own house within the park. It is about the marriage between Owen and Dolly Pope and his house was on the park land even before the park itself was built. Disneyland began construction in 1954 and opened in 1955, but the story begins long before that. Owen and Dolly were married in 1935 and worked performing horse shows throughout California. In 1950, Harper Goff, one of Disney’s leading artists at the time, saw the couple in one of these shows and recommended Walt – Disney – go see them. At that time, Disney was passing a bad time. They were in the middle of a financial crisis and the company saw that it had to diversify. For this reason, they began to consider entering other businesses, amusement parks being one of them. Therefore, the idea of ​​creating Disneyland was already on Disney’s mind and, after seeing the show, he arranged to have lunch with the Popes. At first, they thought that what he wanted was to hire them for a movie, but what arose were plans to build a park and Disney wanted the Popes to perform their shows there, also managing the activities with the horses. In 1951, the couple moved to Disney’s studios in Burbank, being the only ones who, along with the military who occupied the studios during World War II, lived inside them. This is what the house would look like inside when the Popes lived there. They lived in a caravan inside the studios while Owen built stables, but one day they were given the choice of a house inside the park. It was located where the Big Thunder Ranch area was later built, one of the wings of the park focused on the ‘Wild West’ theme, and they began living there three days before the park opened. Making room for a galaxy far, far away Evidently, they did not live because of the good will of Disney, but because they were in charge of maintaining everything related to the horse shows and activities with both horses and ponies. Apart from this, Disney staff visited regularly to ask how they could improve the shows and what people wanted to see, so it was a very important part of park management. With brutal financial results, Disney began to explore the idea of ​​opening theme parks in other parts of the world, Florida being one of them. So, while Walt Disney World was being built on the other side of the United States, Owen built harnesses or tackle for the horses in the new park, but from his home in the Californian park. In 1971, Dolly and Owen moved to Florida to oversee construction of the Fort Wilderness Resort area of ​​the new park, and with everything in place, in 1975 they both retired. They were the first cast members to retire. What happened to the house? Well, the story has a crumb because. It is not a decorated house, since the Pope They lived there like anyone does in our homes, but their work was much closer and they could walk. The funny thing is that thousands of visitors passed by his house every day without knowing that… well, that it was a normal, ordinary house. However, it was abandoned after the move to Florida and was not used again except for some staff meetings. There came a time when a set showing how the Popes lived was put up and could be visited at certain times, but it was time to build the Star Wars megapark. The Pope house and stables. Image of Dadlogic The area today, with the Star Wars expansion and the approximate location of the Pope house Disney has the ability to make everything a commercial product or have appeal and did not demolish the Pope housebut the transfer to an area near the park that is publicly accessible, but on Disneyland property. On its façade you can see an identifying plaque that tells its history and where the Pope’s house and stables used to be, we now have the parking lot of the Millennium Falcon. Images | Disney and Google Maps In Xataka | Drugs, betrayals and trusts: the bizarre story behind Walt Disney’s billionaire inheritance

Science had always believed that only humans understand geometry. Until we noticed the crows again

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The perception of geometric regularity in shapes, a variant of elementary geometry, has long been considered an ability that only human beings had. And it is no wonder, since from quite early stages of development and across multiple cultures, our species has demonstrated a natural understanding of spatial rules. But this has changed in a species similar to crows. A radical change. Although this innate quality of humans was quite well established, science has now shown that the crows too They have geometric understanding. A cognitive milestone that rethinks what we thought we knew about animal intelligence and the evolution of pure mathematics. A myth. The scientific bases showed a notable gap between human abilities and those of the rest of the animal kingdom with regard to euclidean geometry. Previous research had already seen that primates lacked the ability to recognize geometric regularity in tests of visual perception of shapes, something fundamental, since they may be the first that come to mind when thinking about this property. And this was crucial to determining that humans have an innate ability to process geometric regularity, since the recurring inability to species like baboons After intensive training he laid these foundations. However, the researchers decided to explore these abilities in birds known for their impressive cognitive and arithmetic skills. Touch screens. To test birds’ spatial intuition, scientists from the University of Tübingen They designed an experiment based on the detection of visual anomalies. In this case, two 10- and 11-year-old male crows were trained using touch screens located inside conditioning chambers. Here the birds could observe an array that displayed six simultaneous shapes on the screen and the task was to detect an “intruder”, that is, to peck at the shape that differed in its visual parameters with respect to the other five base stimuli. The tests. For the final test, five reference quadrilaterals were used, ordered by their level of regularity: the square, the isosceles trapezoid, the rhombus, the right hinge, and a completely irregular shape. From here on, the “intrusive” figures were artificially generated moving the lower right vertex of the original figure at a fixed distance equivalent to 75% of the average distance between the vertices. Results. The most impressive thing seen was the immediacy of understanding the problem, as the crows were able to apply the concept of detecting the intruder immediately upon being exposed to the new sets of quadrilaterals. Both subjects dramatically exceeded the 16.7% chance level during their first trials, demonstrating that they understood the task without hesitating or mindlessly pecking. Furthermore, during the first 60 trials, the first crow achieved 48.3% success and the second crow 56.7%. The most impressive thing. The most revealing data from these tests was precisely that the birds showed significantly better performance with shapes that presented properties of pure Euclidean geometry, such as right angles, parallel lines or symmetry. It is crucial here to highlight that this performance advantage did not require extensive prior training, but rather the regularity effect was present from the very beginning of the testing phase. Because? Faced with the logical question of why crows achieved what other primates failed, the authors of the study recognize certain important methodological differences compared to classic experiments with baboons. In this case, they point out that the crows were subjected to a strict progress criterion during training, needing to maintain 75% correctness over five consecutive sessions. In contrast, baboons only needed to reach a criterion of 80% correct responses only once, without the need for consecutive sessions. And although this difference may make a direct and exact comparison between the species difficult, the main finding is incontestable: crows recognize geometric regularity. Images | Tyler Quiring In Xataka | Punch, the monkey clinging to a stuffed animal and a victim of bullying, has achieved the impossible: uniting the Internet under the same cause

The most difficult thing to succeed with the arrow in Barcelona’s pebetero 92 was that it was not noticed that there was a trick

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1992 was a year that will be remembered for many years in Spain. More than thirty years ago, but the economic and social footprint left Olympics of Barcelonathe Seville Expo And everything that surrounded both events still does not blur at all. Although we already know that “There was trick“Even in details as memorable as the flame arrow lighting the pebetero at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. What (we thought) happened. The torch entered the stadium in the hands of the largest Spanish medalist at that time, Palist Herminio Menéndez. Juan Antonio San Epifanio -EPI-, player of the Spanish Basketball Team, was in charge of taking it to the point where the Paralympic Arch Arch of Antonio Rebollo champion was waiting for him. The torch turned on an athlete’s arrow, which fired it through 86 meters from the stadium until it fell into the pebetero, lighting the Olympic flame between the clamor of the crowd of 50,000 people who crowded the stadium (plus 3.5 billion that watched him on television. What really happened. Rebollo faced A series of challenges that on television were not entirely clear. To start, the stadium was dark, so he had to take the dark shot, with the sole exception of a reflection indicated by the direction in which the Pebetero was. But the truth is that the arrow not only did the pebetero right, but should not do it: it had to pass a few meters away. The camera shot would make the rest, in a triquiñuela of perspectives that film directors know well and that makes it very complicated for the viewer to measure the distances. That is why there was an expert from the cinema. A film trick. To carry out the trick, there was Ábades Reyesveteran special effects designer and absolute reference of the sector in our cinema. He collaborated in more than 350 feature films, but it is in this event where he led to his most watched trick on a global scale. He won nine Goya awards and his are the effects of films such as ‘Oh, Carmela!’, It turns on yes or yes. Abades placed two of his collaborators outside the enclosure to pick up the arrow that would not have impacted the pebetero. Meanwhile, he would take care that the gas that came out of the pebetero became inflamed, something that would have happened in any case. That is, although Rebollo would have failed by many more meters than the planned and the perspective of the camera would have been useless, the flame would have turned on. Test and error. Of course, it was not the first time Rebollo shot the arrow. There were a series of essays in which Ábades could, for example, experiment with different materials for projectiles, and find one that would not go out during the flight. And they could also verify that it was not recommended that the date impact the alleged target, because it could spoil the gas outlet. A series of useless precautions because the illusion was simply perfect. Header | RTVE In Xataka | The three technological innovations that would change the history of the Olympic Games forever

Apple deal with tariffs, but wants not to be noticed. I consider up the price of the iPhone without mentioning them, according to WSJ

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September appears again in the calendar as the month of the iPhone. And if everything follows the usual pattern, Apple will take advantage of those dates to present its new family of smartphones, the iPhone 17. They are expected to arrive with design news and some relevant technical changes. But there is another aspect that begins to take strength: the price could rise, and not necessarily for obvious reasons. An increase on the table … with nuances. According to The Wall Street JournalApple is valuing a price increase in its next iPhone. The information, attributed to familiar sources with the company’s plans, points to a strategy that would combine this increase with the new functionalities and a redesign of the product. It is still not clear what these improvements would be exactly, but It has long been talking about an ultrafine model. The question of tariffs, the elephant in the room. The same sources assure that within the company there is a clear intention to prevent this possible rise from being publicly associated with American tariffs on products from China, where most iPhone are still manufactured. The reason is evident: in April, An article that hinted that Amazon It would show the impact of tariffs on the final price was enough for The White House considered it a hostile gesture. Bezos’ company had to deny that possibility quickly. A difficult climb to justify only with cuts. The context is not easy for Apple. According to the sources cited by WSJ, the margin of maneuver to cut costs through the suppliers is limited. That means that, if there is no price increase, the impact of tariffs would result in a direct reduction in benefits. Hence, according to these internal voices, the company is considering what they describe as “the less bad option”: to raise prices and present the changes as a natural evolution of the product. India progresses, but China is still essential. In parallel, Apple continues its geographical diversification process. Tim Cook already advanced that A significant part of the iPhone sold in the US during the second quarter will leave India. However, the production of high -end models – the Pro and Pro Max – will continue to depend mainly on China, sources say. Although India has also begun to assemble pro versions, apparently its technical infrastructure is not yet at the necessary level for equivalent mass production. The commercial agreement and what is still standing. This Monday, USA and China announced an agreement to suspend much of mutual tariffs. Even so, some remain active. Among them, a 20% tariff that reaches smartphones, linked to the conflict over fentanyl, and another of 10% that remains as a base rate. The truce is partial and temporary, which adds relief, but also uncertainty to the global board. And Europe, how does it fit this story?. At the moment, the focus is in the US market. But if the price increase is justified in product improvements and not in external factors such as tariffs, it cannot be ruled out that new prices are also transferred to Europe. For now, Apple has not made statements about it. From Xataka we have contacted the company to know its position. We will update this article when we have an answer. Images | Amanz | Niels Kehl In Xataka | We have been accustomed to the propaganda of the United States for years: now the era of Chinese propaganda has begun

Europe’s boycott to the United States is real and is being noticed in one of its most profitable sectors: tourism

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David Pereira is 53 years old, Reside in France And like others thousands Millions of Europeans have been raised under the influence of the US culture. The songs he listened to, the series he saw as a child, the films they threw in the cinema of his city or the cars he dreamed of driving: all ‘made in use’. Hence, when Pereira saw enough money, he decided to make his bags and meet the country in person. And he has done it conscientiously. He has been there almost a dozen times. Two years ago the national parks of the west coast was toured. His idea was to return this summer with his family to Yellowstone. But after two months of Trump administration, Pereira has changed plans. A few days ago I recognized To the CNN that has decided, in conscience, to cancel the trip. Your case connects with A trend which begins to be received in the powerful US tourism industry. A percentage: 17%. That the change of harmony between the US and Europe is taking its toll on American tourism is not a novelty. Weeks ago than the sector emits signals In that direction. And from both banks of the Atlantic. In Europe there are agencies that They find a loss of interest In the US. And on the other side of the ocean there are organisms that They start talking of a puncture in the demand. The clearest track of what is happening, especially in the flow of Europe-Use tourists, it gave it however Financial Times (Ft) a few days ago in An article with A holder that leaves little margin to interpretations: “European tourists cancel their trips to the US for Trump’s policies.” What are they based on? Basically in A percentage: according to international trade administration data (Itafor its acronym in English) visitors from Western Europe who spent at least one night in the US over March 17% collapsed with respect to 2024. It is a considerable fact. Especially if the relevance of the tourism industry is taken into account as an economic engine: represents about 2.5% of the country’s GDP. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Are there more indicators? Yes. Trump does not have not been at the head of the White House for three months, so there is still a perspective, but throughout the last weeks they have been published figures and testimonies that suggest that something is changing in US tourism. And not for good. FT He has prepared graphics They show that the flow of travelers with destiny has collapsed from Austria, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Norway or Spain, sometimes with setbacks that exceed 20%. There is also a puncture on the flights of different regions. “Something is happening”. In general Ita has found that in March they traveled to the US 12% less of foreign visitors who during the same month of 2024. And that the percentage excludes the arrivals from the residents of Canada and Mexico, two markets that do not seem to look with too much enthusiasm American tourist destinations. You have to go back to 2021, when the sector still suffered the pandemic hangover, to find a more dire March. Probably in that percentage has influenced the fact that last year Holy Week fell in March and in 2025 it will do so in April, but the sector acknowledges that there is a background trend that goes much further. “It is clear that something is happening … and it is a reaction to Trump”, Recognize Tourism Economics. Fall of reservations. They are not the only ones to point in that direction. In early April the French hotel group Accor SA, behind several brands and highlighted accommodations in the USA, confessed to Bloomberg TV that European reserves to visit this summer the country of bars and stars have collapsed 25%. Simply, tourists seem to opt for Canada, South America or Egypt. In Spain the Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) also recognized A few days ago that perceives a loss of attractiveness of the US for tourists. With those data as a backdrop, Tourism Economics He has rethink down its forecasts this year for the US sector. If in February it foresee a fall of around 5%, that percentage has worsened until 9.4%already around. The French Voyageurs Du Monde has also recognized the CNN chain that since Trump’s investiture the reserves to the US have fallen by 20%. But … why? “It is probably anxious to enter an unknown territory,” He reflected the executive director of Accor when talking about the trend with Bloomberg. The truth is that the change in tendency in the sector coincides with a complex geopolitical framework: the distancing Between Washington and Brussels after Trump’s return to the White House, the escalation in the Commercial Warthe recession drumsthe speech about the European rear and, in Paul English opinionKayak co -founder, a change in the reputational image of the US. Throughout the last months several European countries They have updated Their recommendations for travelers who move to the US or have shown concern about changes in migratory and border control policies, including guidelines that affect trans people. Denmark ha issued an alert and in Spain exterior has updated Its guidelines. In the US attraction they also influence The news about arrests at the borders. Beyond Europe. The phenomenon goes beyond Europe. China He has issued Warnings on the “deterioration of economic and commercial relations” with the US and warns its citizens: “completely evaluate the risks of traveling to the US and travel with caution.” In Canada the Statistics Office registered in February A 23% drop on car trips to the US. In air traffic the descent was somewhat lower, but also stood at 13%. Those percentages and those of Ita coincide with another phenomenon that has been found for months, especially in Europe and Canada: The boycott of USA products in favor of domestic goods and services or other countries. In fact there … Read more

I have got on a driver without a driver in Barcelona and I have not noticed many differences in the trip. That says a lot

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The completely autonomous driving It is one of the pending automotive subjects. Divided into levels, where the one is mere assistance and the five full autonomous, I have been able to get on a Level Bus Four. It is manufactured by Renault. And Barcelona lent its streets as an urban circuit. The experience was very positive. Surprising by its reduced size, by the amount of cameras and sensors that surround the vehicle and because, after climbing, All seats are from passenger. There was no driver. Of course, Renault reserved one for the security operator: this can take control of the autonomous bus if an incidence occurs. During my journey there was no smallest problem. Autonomous driving in the city and with traffic against Before going to the test I imagined that Renault and the City Council would have cordoned off a street piece to circulate the bus in a controlled way. Nothing is further from reality: contrary to what happened The first time we got on the busI made my journey on a circuit open to usual traffic. The center of Barcelona did not put it at all easy. Nothing better to test an eight -square robotaxi than to release it in the middle of the city with the rest of bus buses, the taxis crossing the lane, the pedestrians jumping in red by the zebra crossing and, ultimately, surviving the traffic of a city as large and chaotic as that of Barcelona. Renault’s autonomous bus faced obstacles each by responsible and with the maximum care. I already commented that he is small, Renault raises his autonomous transport as a shuttle or “shuttle” vehicle; Without this implying that technology is suitable only for minibuses, since it is scalable to larger shots (OA cars). The interior has several seats in rows and each of them has a belt. All passengers must fashed it, the “FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS” sounds for internal megaphony as in the airplanes. And the bus complains when you take it off. Soft, without accelerons and with a thousand eyes in the environment. Renault places two screens in the upper front area where the recognition made by the vehicle of the environment and the 3D representation of the circulation can be seen. The minibus has a complex recognition system that surrounds the outside with six Lidar, ten cameras, has four high -precision GPS RTK receptors and two 5G connection modules. Inside there are also cameras and sensors for the detection of passengers. Like the rest of the vehicles that circulate on the road, the Renault minibus signals the turns, maintains the safety distances, responds in advance to the rest of the moving elements and circulates through the lanes remaining through the preferred urban circuit. Since the test seeks to cover a traditional bus line, the circuit has stops where passengers can go down and get from the bus. The test is open to the public: anyone can get A real and open test to everyone. The one in Barcelona is the first test of an autonomous passenger vehicle in a Spanish city and out of controlled situations. In fact, not only could we get the journalists: anyone who is in Barcelona can take the bus between Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya. The tour lasts half an hour and has six stops. I appreciated a responsible, determined driving, without accelerons, the turns were soft and the speed according to the environment. I expected a somewhat more fearful driving, like someone who opens after taking the driving license. On the contrary: without losing safety for a moment, autonomous driving was very experienced. He even went through the narrow place that left a double row car: the bus did not hesitate for a second. I would have thought about it. Interior screens where real -time recognition (left) and 3D (right) route are seen In the end, the feeling of going on an autonomous bus does not move away from traveling in a conventional one. Only you look forward and you don’t see anyone piloting, this is something that, logically, attracts attention. More out than inside. The bus became a more tourist attraction. I was very surprised by the response of all the people who saw the bus. His feeling passed from the initial surprise to doubt, then to the intrigue. Many took their mobile and took pictures, greeted us, recorded us on video. And there was an answer that was recorded: the expectation of a group of taxi drivers when they saw the autonomous bus go ahead. I had to take the photo. Taxi drivers observing the passage of the autonomous minibus Having an experience that goes unnoticed once you get used to not seeing the driver is a success: autonomous driving is perfectly viable in the city, even with unpredictable traffic. Renault has developed a technology that responds perfectly and that can be anticipated even before a pedestrian that suddenly jumps to the road. The bus stopped almost dry when it perceived it several meters. And he resumed slowly once the pedestrian was on the sidewalk. You only need a 5G connection. I think it is the case of use of the 5G that I have experienced clearer to date: as explained by Renault, to display an autonomous bus line only a stable 5G connection is needed. The vehicle integrates two 5G modules that constantly send the information that the vehicle is collecting. They did not know how to tell me exactly the size in data of such information, it was huge. So much, that they had exhausted the rates of several SIM cards used during the tests. Emergency stop switch for passengers Renault uses 5G connectivity to manage the lines in real time from the control center, but the vehicle is completely autonomous at the local level: it has several computers that manage the information that collect cameras and sensors to act according to algorithms and training. To suffer a fall in the 5G network, or … Read more

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