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There are gentlemen getting up at 5:36 in the morning to plant its umbrella on the beach of Torrevieja. The law has things to say

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Saturday, 05.36 am Cura BeachTorrevieja. There is still a good time for dawn and groups of young people who take advantage of the last hours of a Farra night, but the cameras of Mastral projectan weather information platform, capture a curious phenomenon in this corner of the Alicante coast: a white t -shirt man advances through the sand loaded with his pertrechos beach, mounts a couple of sun loans and nailed an umbrella in the first line of beach, almost almost where the waves die. The recording shows nothing more, but since at that time there is not a miserable sun ray is not unreasonable to think that man returns home to continue sleeping until, tomorrow, he can claim his beach plot. Yes, 5.36 in the morning. The video Extended by mastral project has not taken long to go viral, with thousands of reproductions, for a very simple reason: although already We are accustomed To the bathers who go to the beaches at the top hour to reserve a hole and then leave, it is still surprising that there are people willing to do so at dawn. In the specific case of Torrevieja, the recording shows that the first ‘colone’ arrives at 05.36 and its umbrella is planted at 05.41, when it only served (at most) to protect itself from the moonlight. Click on the image to go to Tweet. The ‘War of the umbrellas’. The video reflects the escalation of the ‘War of the umbrellas’a phenomenon that has been cooking in the middle country, especially in the busiest years. Its logic is quite simple: the struggle to get the best holes in the sand, in the front line, leads some bathers to get up early to nail their umbrellas and other belongings. They often keep their place and then leave. The summer version of the Pica in Flanders. The practice is usual especially in Levante and has even encouraged his particular submerged economy. Just a year ago Malaga’s opinion He informed That, for the street sale of soft drinks, towels, glasses and massages, a new business on the beaches of the region had joined: the rental of umbrellas to tourists for 10 euros. In fact in just a week the Local Police came to withdraw about 30. Playeros landowners. Although tails/struggles/discussions to plant ultimate upset or scenes such as the one captured by mastral is curious, in the background there is a major problem: the use of public spaces as if it were farms. And that is not something exclusive to Levante. Nor is it done alone with umbrellas. In 2024 Vigo lived His particular controversy After several photos of bathers that bounded plots (in some cases of several meters) with rows of window. The objective: entrenched inside with towels, portable refrigerators, umbrellas, chairs and tables, as in a bungaló. Of beaches … and swimming pools. The phenomenon is not exclusive to the beaches. Community pools They have their own. In 2022 it circulated A video which showed the fierce competition of the guests of a hotel for giving the best sun loungers in the pool as the doors of the installation opened, at 7.59 h. Some even ran and threw their towels to occupy the free squares. A quick search arrives on Tiktok to find similar recordings. Or even stamps still more surreallike a towel tail in a hotel in Mallorca, a particular system for saving tail at the entrance of the pool. A problem: the law. The problem is that in his zeal for enjoying the sun, the swimmer Hypermadugador of Torrevieja or the landowners of Vigo They forget something: the law. The beaches are regulated by the Coast Law 2/1988that progresses that the sand “will not be of private use”, but some municipalities have gone further specifying that spaces cannot be reserved. It is in those cases in which vacationers must be more careful when planting their towels. In September 2015 without going any further, the Torrevieja Local Police put a 150 euros fine to a swimmer for installing his umbrella early in the day in a privileged place of the beach of the priest to reserve room. It was useless to resort to him and claim that he was taking a dip, the penalty It was ratified in 2016. “Dangerous practice”. “Those of us who live in Torrevieja know that there are people who at 5.30 places their umbrella on the beach and leaves,” explained to the newspaper The provinces Javier Manzanares, councilor, before pointing out that practices thus complicate the work of the operators that clean the sand. “It is a dangerous practice. It hinders a job that they carry out until six in the morning.” What does the law say? The most convenient thing is to consult the ordinances of each municipality. In the case of Torrevieja Your regulations It is very clear: the authorities will consider a mild infraction “to leave parasols installed (…), umbrellas, chairs, tables or any other complement, provided that its owners are not present, for the mere fact of having reserved a place on the beach.” It is not a unique case. In 2022 Cullera published A side in which he underlined the prohibition of installing “particular elements” before eight in the morning and warned that the City Council itself would be in charge of withdrawing them. The document includes Other indications On the use of sand and ends by warning that skipping their indications entails sanctions that can go from 750 to 3,000 euros. Are there more examples? Yes. A few. Leaving umbrellas and chairs to reserve a hole on the beaches is prohibited in Torrox, Vélez-Málaga, Gandía, Carob tree either Nerjawhich was responsible for warning of the veto at the beginning of the pandemic. And that to quote only a handful of examples. Those who skip the law risk more than a reprimand, as happened to the torrevieja’s swimmer of 2015. Of course, the sanctions They can range From one case to another. Algarrobo or … Read more

A secret annex in its missile plant that baffles analysts

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Among the mountains southwest of Pyongyang, a new building has become the last great mystery of North Korea. It appears in a satellite image captured on June 9 by Planet Labs that indicates an annex as striking as disconcerting. There are no windows, only a long and high structure that seems designed for something that is preferred to keep hidden. Missiles? Anti -aircraft systems? The first hypotheses are already on the table, but the answers, as always, are much more difficult to obtain. A complex with decades of history. The Missile Factory Chamjin is not any installation. American spy satellite files already mentioned it in the 60s as a nerve point of the North Korean missile program. It is officially known as Thaesong Plantand hides in a narrow valley, surrounded by peaks and protected by control stalls and anti -aircraft nests. There, between tunnels excavated in the mountain and industrial pavilions, some of the rockets that give muscle to the military force of the country are assembled. The great remodeling of 2023 and 2024. For decades, the western part of the Missile Factory Chamjin remained almost intact, with aged industrial pavilions and deteriorated ceilings. Everything changed in recent years, when the largest of these buildings received a complete renewal, including a new roof that caught the attention of analysts. That movement was just the beginning. In July 2024, the works intensified: Three industrial ships and several minor buildings were demolished to give way to larger structures. It was at that time that the renewed pavilion incorporated the annex that today concentrates all eyes, a piece that breaks the known silhouette of the factory and suggests a new stage in the complex. What hides behind the annex? The new annex does not go unnoticed. With its 65 meters long, 18 wide and about 15 high – measures calculated by researcher John Ford, James Martin Center for Nonproliferion Studies and cited by Defense News-, the structure seems designed for tests with long and heavy objects. The specialist warns that the design does not fit at all with the needs of the largest rockets of North Korean arsenal. One of the most solid theories points to the anti -aircraft systems Pongae 5 or Pongae 6, which Pyongyang has promoted in recent months without still showing in public. The annex, according to this reading, could be destined to test the vertical deployment of the launch pipes of these systems, or even assemble the vehicles that transport them. For now, everything is interpretations. North Korea rarely shows what happens in its military factories and satellite images only offer fragmented clues. But, judging by the architecture and location of the new building, analysts agree that their function is linked, in one way or another, to the heart of the missile program. The shadows of military cooperation. The expansion of the Missile Factory Chamjin does not happen in a vacuum. Since Moscow and Pyongyang reinforced their military tiesNorth Korean factories have experienced accelerated modernization. Analysts like Colin Zwirko, from NK NewsThey point out that the rhythm of construction in key facilities is related to the supply of weapons to Russia for war in Ukraine. Missiles, artillery projectiles and industrial components have left these plants to Moscow, and the money received could be financing improvements such as the new annex. The propaganda narrative and the role of Kim Ju-Ae. In North Korea, visitors to missile factories are not just technical inspections: they are carefully designed messages. In early 2023, Kim Jong-un appeared at the Thaesong plant Accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju-Ae, an image that toured state news. Since then, Kim Ju-Ae has become a recurring face of military propaganda. According to Newsis analystsseeks to project the arms program as a shield for the safety of new generations. Images | Kremlin | Planet Labs (Via Defense News) In Xataka | Ukraine has opened Russia’s last drone and does not leave his astonishment: it is the first time that China does something like that

Byd promised them very happy with his new plant in Mexico. He has just canceled all his plans

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In February 2024, the rumor that Byd was interested in building a factory in Mexico began to gain strength. And, contrary to what usually happens in other cases, for last year there was already talk of possible locations and even the jobs that were going to be created in a specific installation. None of that will happen. Canceled. At least in the short term. Because according to Stella Li, BYD vice president, they are “waiting for greater security before making a decision”, in words collected by Bloomberg. And, according to LI, all brands “are rethinking their strategy” because geopolitical motifs that have “a great impact on the automobile industry.” The answer comes just when the company seeks its expansion in America. To do this, a factory is raising in Brazil (in which they were accused of hard treatment to their workers) but wanted to take Mexico as a basis for an expansion in North America. USA. The biggest problem for this expansion seems to be the Government of Donald Trump. The US government is using tariffs as a pressure measure against other countries, which directly impacts the automobile industry. In order for these tariffs not to impact vehicles, Byd would have to ensure that the components used do not pass through the neighboring country since would make the final product. Without the possibility of selling cars in the United States, playing with the price is key to competing with maximum guarantees in Mexico. And not just the United States. Although the cancellation, at least temporary, of the Mexican factory of byd seems to focus on the US administration, Financial Times He assured a few months ago that China also did not see with good eyes The implementation of the company to the south of the country since they believed that it could be a risk of industrial espionage. Everything indicates that, once confirmed that Byd could not sell their Chinese cars in the United States as a result of the New standard approved by the then executive of Joe Bidenfrom the Asian country they wanted to throw the brake. In June 2024 There was already talk that the country that Donald Trump now runs was Byd’s true goal on his arrival in Mexico. Advanced? What is not entirely clear is to what extent the company’s plans were advanced. A little later, Already in August last yearIt seemed that we had three candidates to host the arrival of the Byd factory. Then it was said that all locations were in the center of the country but Reuters It didn’t give more data. In January, the plant size began to speculate. It was said that the factory would use 10,000 people And that would bend the one that Tesla had planned to build in Nuevo León and that, finally, Nor has it finished getting ahead. Months later, Trump would hit the manufacturers hard that produce totally or partially in Mexico The cars sold in the United States. However, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican president, already pointed in March that “they have a proposed investment, but it was never something formal”, in relation to the possible locations that could be of the plant. Now, it does not seem to continue advancing in the short term. Photo | Byd and Roger CE In Xataka | We tried the eye of God with which byd wants to break the market: autonomous driving for a 9,000 euros car

Its AI is connected to a clandestine gas plant

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Elon Musk’s last controversy has nothing to do with rockets, nor with his political comments on social networks, but with a potentially illegal installation who is playing with the public health of his neighbors in Memphis. Short. The XAI artificial intelligence startup, founded by Elon Musk, faces a possible federal demand for feeding Your gigantic Memphis Data Center With a gas power plant that, according to the complainants, has been operating without the necessary permits and contaminating the air of the region. The epicenter of the conflict is the Colossus Data Center, where Xai trains his AI models with hundreds of thousands of specialized nvidia chips. To quench the enormous energy demand from its graphics cards, the company installed dozens of natural gas turbines. Now the Southern Environmental Law Center (Selc) threatens to sue the company for “flagrant violations” of the United States Clean Air Law. Aerial photos and thermal cameras. According to the NECC notification, “during the last year, XAI has installed and operated at least 35 combustion turbines and other sources of air pollution in the Colossus facilities without ever having obtained the necessary permissions of preconstruction or operation.” Before “the lack of transparency of XAI and the ambiguous response of the local authorities”, which came to suggest that the turbines were “exempt from permits”, the SELC hired an air photographer to document the facilities. In March there were 35 turbines in operation. In April, at least 33 were full functioning, emitting large amounts of heat. A third recognition flight made on June 15 revealed that, far from being withdrawn, There were still 26 turbines next to Colossus. But there is something else: XAI has installed three larger new turbines. The total generation capacity is now approximately 407 megawatts, just 14 MW less than at its peak of March. The authorities are with XAI. In early May, the Great Memphis Chamber of Commerce He issued a statement trying to calm the waters. They claimed that the turbines were “temporary” and that they would be “paralyzed and removed” in the following two months, once the data center connected to the electricity grid. They also assured that approximately half would remain standing to feed phase II of the Colossus project, until a second substation was ready, at which time they would become just a system of support of the electricity grid. The capital of asthma. The matter acquires a more worrying channel if we take into account that Memphis already suffers one of the worst air qualities in the United States. In 2024 she was designated as the “capital of asthma” of the country for its high rates of visits to emergency and deaths linked to this disease. A 400 MW gas plant has the potential to emit more than 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOX) per year, chemical compounds precursors of the tuxedo. While companies like Xai, OpenAi and Google compete to develop the most powerful AI models, the infrastructure necessary to feed them this bringing to the limit to the electrical networks And, as this case demonstrates, it can push companies to take regulatory shortcuts with an environmental cost. Image | Steve Jones on a Southwings flight for SELC In Xataka | Elon Musk turned an abandoned US factory into the most powerful supercomputer in the world. Nobody thought of the neighbors

A US nuclear power plant was going to close after running out of subsidies. Mark Zuckerberg has taken the opportunity to keep it

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Training large models of artificial intelligence consumes so much energy that technology companies are “appropriate” of nuclear power plants. Goal saves a nuclear power plant. Goal, the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp matrix, He has just signed an agreement which symbolizes paradigm shift. The company led by Mark Zuckerberg has saved a nuclear power plant that had the days of a 20 -year contract. Constellation Energy Corp., the largest nuclear operator in the United States, will supply 1,121 megawatts of energy from its Central de Clinton, in Illinois, directly to the target data centers. The contract will begin in mid -2027 and will be in force until 2047. It is not a casual date. 2027 is when the state subsidy that kept the Clinton nuclear power plant. To understand it you have to rewind 10 years until 2017. At that time, the Clinton Power Station, like so many other nuclear centrals in the US, was on the tightrope. Unable to compete with the low prices of natural gas and the rise of renewables, its then owner, Exelon, threatened to close it. Only an intervention in extremis From the Illinois government, which approved a 10 -year subsidies package, the oxygen ball it needed. A Big Tech knocked on the door. Finally, it will be a technological giant, in full boom of generative artificial intelligence, which stays with the Illinois Central. Total goal consumption It has been quasite Between 2019 and 2023. Training and operating generative AI models requires giant data centers running at full performance 24 hours a day. This is where the main weakness of renewable energy sources is shown, such as photovoltaic or wind solar: despite being a key piece of the stark strategy of technology companies, their intermittency makes them an insufficient option. Nuclear energy, with a massive and stable supply, complete the puzzle allowing companies to maintain their commitments to be neutral in carbon emissions. Goal is not alone. The goal is the last one, but it is not an isolated case. Rather, it is the confirmation of a strategic trend that has been consolidated in the last two years. Technological giants have gone from signing energy purchase agreements with renewables to actively seek the stability of atomic energy. In a movement similar to Microsoft, Microsoft signed an agreement with Constellation for Reactivate Reactor 1 of the Three Mile Island Central (famous for the accident of your reactor 2). The Central, which had been closed in 2019, now feeds the Azure data centers for AI. Amazon Web Services has moved directly to a nuclear power plant. In March 2024 bought for 650 million dollars A gigantic data center adjacent to the Susquehanna plant, in Pennsylvania. The agreement guarantees 960 MW of direct energy for its AI operations. Image | Constellation Energy, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) In Xataka | Japan’s energy gauge: after trying to become independent from its nuclear, it has had to back down

If something did not need the Ukraine War it was to enliven the conflict in an occupied nuclear power plant. Russia thinks different

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The paradox of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is that it has been closed for three years and everyone wants to “open.” Without going far, the United States was the last nation to hint that it would be delighted to restart her. The problem is that it is in Ukraine, although Taken by Russiaand in the middle of a war whose end does not stick. Moscow knows that he has an energy pressure tool, but some satellite images have revealed much more. The space betrays. The story took this week The New York Times. Through new satellite images analyzed by Greenpeace and verified by the American environment, it has been revealed that Russia is building more than 80 kilometers of electric lines in the south busy of Ukraine with the aim of connecting the Zaporiyia nuclear plant to its own energy network. Covert reopening. This maneuver, until now without Russian official confirmation, represents the clearest signal until the intention of Moscow’s intention to reactivate and exploit the largest central in Europe, forcibly in the first bars of the invasion. Although its six reactors were gradually turned off (the last in 2023) for security reasons and due to nearby fightingRussia seems determined to return it to operationchallenging the warnings of international experts that consider that operating it under these conditions would be a nuclear risk first order. The Russian Plan seeks surround the current damage In the old 750 kilowol lines that connected the central with the Ukrainian network, two of which are going through areas under Kyiv control, and two others that have been useless or deteriorated by the war. Unprecedented use. If specified, this would be the First time in history in that a power at war restarts and uses an occupied nuclear plant for its own energy benefit. Russia, through the state Rosatom, has openly shown Your ambition: its general director He said recently that the dream of reactivating Zaporiyia is still alive and that there is already a technical plan to return the plant to full capacity. The Russian intention does not seem to maintain territorial control of the complex, but to integrate it directly into the national electricity network, possibly and According to the Timesconnecting it with the Russian region of Rostov, which would require even more infrastructure. As we said at the beginning, the United States proposed a peace plan that included the return of the plant to Ukraine under international management (specifically American), In an attempt to avoid its use as a geopolitical tool. Russia He rejected sharply said option. Various risks. No doubt, we don’t talk about simply pressing the “ignition” button. In fact, the possibility of reactivating the central has awakened alarms Among nuclear experts. Since his shot, much of the Ukrainian technical staff has fled, leaving the plant No qualified operators. In addition, the Kajovka dam hole months ago (widely attributed to Russia), it eliminated the main source of water from the reactor refrigeration system and spent fuel, raising thermal and fusion risks in case of a failure. For its part, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine He warned that any Russian unilateral attempt to restart reactors could have unpredictable consequences. To all this is added The possibility of sabotage, military attacks or operational failures in a plant already located in an active combat zone. The consequences of a nuclear escape would not be limited to the region: the impact on the environment, human health and the energy stability of Europe would be unpredictable (and possibly devastating). A high voltage piece. As we have coming countingthe status of the Zaporiyia plant has become a power sheet in the peace negotiations. While Russia progresses (slowly) in her Technical reconnectionThe United States and its allies press to include their status in the terms of any future solution. The satellite images Recent, which reveal transmission lines advancing near the town of Shevchenko and towards a key substation linked to the complex, confirm that Moscow not only wants to retain control, but to turn the plant into a Active source of energy for your network. If you want also, snapshots from space reveal a deeper strategy: to consolidate the economic and energy control of the territories occupied as part of a Possible post -stroke. However, any attempt by Moscow to reactivate the plant without international consensus not only defies the rules of war law, but also brings us an unpublished threshold of nuclear insecurity. Image | Planet Labs, Via Greenpeace In Xataka | The largest nuclear power plant in Europe has been closed by the war in Ukraine. Now the United States wants to reopen In Xataka | We already know a hole that Russia has left in Ukraine: the Chernobil shield is still open and there is no money to close it

Europe has finished its spectacular cryogenic plant

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The cover photography of this article was taken just a month ago in the vicinity of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experctor reactor), The experimental reactor of nuclear fusion that an international consortium led by Europe is building in the French town of Cadarache. What we see in this image is A cryogenization plantand it is a fundamental installation to bring this very complex machine to fruition. It is paradoxical that Iter needs an extreme cooling plant. The plasma confined in your vacuum camera which will contain the deuterium and tritium nuclei that will intervene in the fusion reaction will reach a temperature of at least 150 million degrees Celsius, so a priori may seem strange that an installation is expressly designed to generate an extreme cold. But it is not. It has all the meaning of the world if we keep in mind that superconductor magnets, Creobombs and thermal shields need to reach a temperature of up to -269 degrees Celsius. Iter’s cryogenic plant is an engineering prodigy The superconductor magnets placed on the outside of the vacuum chamber of this nuclear fusion reactor have the responsibility of generating the magnetic field necessary to confine plasma inside. They are also responsible for controlling and stabilizing it. These magnets weigh 10,000 tons and are manufactured in an alloy of niobio and tin, or niobio and titanium, which acquires the superconductivity when cools with a supercritical helium until reaching a temperature of -269 ºC. Superconductor magnets acquire superconductivity when they reach a temperature of -269 ºC This requirement justifies the need to put a powerful cooling system like the one that has devised Europe for Iter. In the construction of this experimental nuclear fusion reactor, the US, Russia, China, India, South Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom are also involved, but the Cryogenization Plant has been commissioned by Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organization of the European Union that coordinates Europe’s contribution to Iter developmentthe French company Air Liquide and technicians integrated in the structure of Iter. In this photograph we can see the nitrogen compressors installed in the Iter cryogenic plant. This extreme refrigeration installation will be responsible for supplying liquid helium to 4.5 Kelvin (-269 ° C) to superconductor magnets and criobombs, and also gaseous helium at 80 Kelvin (-193 ºC) to thermal shields. Creobombs are empty ultraalt devices that are responsible for eliminating gases inside the vacuum chamber. In order to do so, they must work at an extremely low temperature. And, on the other hand, the thermal shields are responsible for protecting some critical elements of the reactor, such as superconductor magnets, the heat that emits the confined plasma inside the vacuum chamber. Iter’s cryogenic plant has an area similar to that of a football field (just over 7,100 m²) and contains several 26 -meter high storage tanks. These figures help us intuit how enormous this critical installation is. As we just checked, Without it, nuclear fusion would be absolutely impossible. This Grigory Kouzmenko statementF4E manager, invites us to tie Iter’s future with a reasonable optimism: “We have entered the most exciting phase of the project, in which all the efforts of previous years finally are specified and we can benefit from the collaboration based on the confidence between all the parties.” Images | Fusion for Energy More information | Fusion for Energy In Xataka | From today Spain has the key to nuclear fusion: Granada’s particle accelerator is already a reality

The digital attack that paralyzed a nuclear plant without bombs and without anyone seeing it

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More than a decade ago, the world discovered a new type of weapon. I had no eyes or soldiers. Only lines of code. It was called Stuxnet and was able to sabotage an Iranian nuclear complex without internet connection. A computer worm that destroyed centrifuging designed to enrich uranium. Without alerts. No explosions. Without anyone knowing, at first, what was happening. All that we tell in our New Xataka episode presentsAvailable in the Xataka YouTube channel. Our partner Jota García, who reconstructs step by step how an operation of this caliber is told. The story starts in Natanz, an underground installation, hidden under tons of concrete in full Iranian desert. “From the outside it seems not special (…) but underground, thousands of centrifuging work work in full performance,” he says. Who decided to act? And why wasn’t a direct military intervention chosen? Apparently, with Iraq’s precedent, that road was ruled out by the country that wanted to stop this Iranian project. The alternative was Develop malware With a concrete mission: destroy without being seen. “And if instead of attacking with soldiers, we attack a computer virus?” Jota says. The trick? Infiltrate a simple pendrive in a completely isolated network. Once inside, the worm camouflaged. I watched. I expected. And only if I found the right industrial controllers, I went to action. “He didn’t attack immediately. He moved silently, analyzing everything around him.” Thus he managed to sabotage about a thousand centrifugators without the technicians being able to explain what he was failing. But there was an error. Malware spread out of Iran and ended up arriving in the West. What happened then? Who discovered the code? And what did they find inside? In the video we review how an investigation of The New York Times connected Stuxnet with the NSA, the CIA and the Mossad. Also the clues that analysts found in malware. “Stuxnet exploded four 0-Day vulnerabilities at the same time. An irrefutable proof that there was not a group of normal hackers.” Since then, nothing has been the same. Stuxnet was the first great digital attack with physical consequences. “Stuxnet was the first notice. The first great warning that the next wars can be invisible. ” Today, security threats are still present. We see them in hospitals paralyzed by Ransomware, sabotaged pipelines, In bank malware that empties accounts. Even USB pendrives remain a real threat in many organizations. Did you know this story? To what extent do you think We are protected today? We invite you to give the play in our video and leave your comments. Images | Xataka In Xataka | This hacker began to collaborate with the secret service after being arrested. What nobody knew is that he kept stealing big

Hyundai aims to automate 40% of his new plant in the US. THE KEY TO GET IT: ATLAS HUMANoid Robots

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Robots have been in the automobile industry for decades. They have welded, pressed and assembled pieces without rest. But despite that long career, many tasks were still in human hands. That is starting to change. Robots are less and less clumsy: They are more skilled, more versatile and, most importantly, much cheaper to manufacture. And that opens the door to a new phase. Hyundai wants to be in charge of that change. On your new plant HMGMA (Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America), located on the outskirts of Savannah (Georgia, USA), the company has proposed to automate 40% of the vehicle assembly process before the end of 2025. According to Nikkei Asiathe objective is to transform this factory into an intelligent environment, where artificial intelligence and data are key from logistics to the final assembly. A connected and flexible ecosystem. The plant is designed not only as a assembly line, but as a demonstration of everything Hyundai is able to do with technology. The brand defines it as “a highly connected, automated and flexible manufacturing system”, prepared to adapt to changes in demand and optimize each phase of the process. That is why it is no coincidence that starts focused on the production of electric and hybrid vehicles, with an estimated initial capacity of 100,000 units a year, which will grow to 500,000 when it is at full performance. The Metaplant aspires to become one of the referents of the automobile industry of the present and the future. Atlas enters the scene. In that technological deployment, the focus is on a very concrete protagonist: Atlas, Boston Dynamics’s humanoid robot. It is not any robot. It is a completely electric model, designed to move as a human and work in the same space as humans. Atlas is the successor of the famous hydraulic model that we saw mortal somersaults. But this time, the approach is another. It is prepared to lift heavy objects, install parts and adapt to what happens around you in real time. Hyundai describes it As a robot with “athletic intelligence”, and that translates into sensors, algorithms and a structure designed for complex tasks that one person could only do. Boston Dynamics is already part of the Hyundai group. This movement makes sense because Boston Dynamics is not just any partner: It is part of the Hyundai group since 2021. Since the company was made, the South Korean firm has been integrating its technology within its vision of “progress for humanity.” A vision that includes autonomous cars, urban air mobility, robotics in logistics and, of course, new ways of manufacturing. Boston Dynamics has been working with biped and quadruped robots for years, and now faces the challenge of taking them to the commercial field. If Atlas works in this plant, it will mark a before and after. Because it is no longer just impressing in a viral video: it is about a robot being useful and productive on a large scale. What tasks will the robots perform? Hyundai has not detailed all the works that Atlas will assume, but, according to the aforementioned Asian newspaper, it has confirmed some: move heavy objects, install doors in vehicles and collaborate in physical tasks that require strength and precision. The objective is clear: to free human operators from repetitive or demanding works. Now, that does not mean that Atlas is just as agile as an expert operator. For now, it is not. Just see some assembly line videos To ask ourselves if robots will be as skilled as humans. Atlas will not be the only one in the plant. They will also deploy The well -known spotdog -shaped robots that also manufactures Boston Dynamics. Its function will be to monitor production lines, inspect bodies and identify possible structural defects. And next to you they will live more classic automation systems: welding robots, presses and heavy machinery. A context marked by the tariff war. This deployment does not happen in a vacuum. It arrives in the middle of the commercial war between the United States and China. The administration Trump has imposed a 145% tariff To many products from China and maintains a base rate of 10% for most commercial partners, including South Korea. That is why Hyundai has decided to bet on American territory. Has announced An investment of 21,000 million dollars in the United States over the next four years. A strategy that seeks to protect its position in the North American market and, at the same time, gain margin of maneuver against geopolitical uncertainty. Of course, automating more does not necessarily mean hiring more. Hyundai’s expansion is accompanied by strong robotization. And that raises questions about employment. Will less operators be hired? Will new roles emerge within factories? The advance is indisputable, although it does not guarantee new jobs. Images | Hyundai In Xataka | Duolingo inaugurates a new era: when human talent is no longer essential

In 2028 they will build a nuclear power plant on the moon

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Yuri Ivanovich Borísov, former Vice Minister of Defense of Russia and currently at the head of Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency, confirmed in March 2024 that China and the country led by Vladimir Putin planned to install a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon. Russia’s long experience in the development of nuclear infrastructure is beyond doubt. And China, although it has later reached this industry, has scientific capacity and resources necessary to get airy. Its plan is to have the International Lunar Research Station (known as Ilrs for its acronym in English). Russia and China will operate it jointly, but for this installation to come to fruition it is essential to develop an energy source that guarantees a stable and sustained supply over time. This is the need that precisely aims to solve these two nations building A small nuclear power plant On the lunar surface. The starting gun will arrive in 2028 Pei Zhaoyu, the chief engineer of the Chang’e-8 mission, has confirmed This week how relevant Russia’s participation is in this project: “An important issue for the Ilrs is the energy supply. In this field Russia has a natural advantage because in regard to nuclear facilities, and especially sending them to space, leads the world even ahead of the US.” The Chang’e-8 mission will give the authentic departure gun to this very ambitious program. The International Lunar Research Station will be permanently inhabited from 2030 And it is that China plans to launch it in 2028 with a double purpose: initiate the preparation of the lunar base that will be permanently inhabited from 2030 and explore the construction of the nuclear reactor that will be responsible for the main delivery of energy to the station. As we have seen some lines up, both facilities They should be finished in 2035. Interestingly, the Chinese government has not yet officialized its approval of this plan, but the statements of Pei Zhaoyu corroborate that The collaboration of Russia and China is already underway. In any case, the country’s nuclear scientists led by Xi Jinping already have a preliminary design of their nuclear reactor ready. And it has some novel features. To elaborate it have been inspired by both NASA’s design and the old Soviet nuclear reactor Topaz-II. Your proposal will use Fuel bars Ring -shaped uranium dioxide; A double cooling system that will use liquid metal (NAK-78), and that, on paper, will be able to maintain the reactor core below 600 ºC; And finally, a moderator of Ititrio hydride neutrons that according to Chinese technicians is more efficient than conventional zirconium hydride moderators. Meanwhile the US is preparing His return to the moon through the NASA Artemis program. Its purpose is to place two astronauts on the lunar surface in 2027 and start from this milestone the construction of a sustainable lunar base. This installation will have large solar panels, but photovoltaic energy It is not enough to ensure supply Because on the moon the night endures for between fourteen and fifteen terrestrial days. For this reason The US is also developing a nuclear reactor known as FISION SURFACE POWER (FSP) that will be able to deliver 40 kW of power. Image | China National Space Administration More information | Interesting Engineering In Xataka | We are building nuclear spacecraft again. NASA believes we will need them

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