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The Los Angeles Plan to turn waves into megawatts

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They look like piano keys dancing on the Pacific, but they are blue floats that rise and go down to the rhythm of the waves in the port of Los Angeles. At first glance, they could go unnoticed, but in reality they hide a promise: transform the inexhaustible force of the sea into clean electricity for thousands of homes. Short. The company Eco Wave Power He successfully completed The operational evidence of its first pilot project in the United States just a few days ago. The key moment was the descent to the float water, Transmitted live by Good Morning Americaa symbolic gesture that marked the beginning of the operational phase within the Energy Mix of California. The company has an ambitious plan: it wants to cover with floats the 13 kilometers of the breakwater that protect the port of Los Angeles. This installation could generate electricity for about 60,000 homes, According to Eco Wave Power press release. More in depth. The system uses eight floats fixed to a concrete dock. At first glance they seem piano keys, but their function is much more complex: with each movement of the waves, the floats act on hydraulic pistons that push a biodegradable fluid through pipes to a unit of energy conversion (ECU) installed on the ground. Inside, it works almost like a small hydroelectric plant. The accumulated pressure moves a turbine and, with it, electricity is generated. The entire system fits in two 20 -foot maritime containers, which makes it easy to transport, mount and maintain. The key is in the location. Other projects were launched inside and ended up sunk by the cost of submarine cables and the damage of the storms. Here, however, the floats are anchored in existing port infrastructure. And if you arrive bad weather, they get up as if they were retractable awnings to avoid damage. “When the waves are too high, the floats simply go up until the storm passes, so there is no damage,” The CEO Inna Braverman explained to Techxplore. But not everything is perfect waves. Undimotriz energy has been promising for decades and fulfilling little. The teams in the open sea suffered constant damage, and the repairs were very expensive. The coastal model of Eco Wave Power seems to solve part of the problem, but it is still an experimental technology. We need to check if you can compete in costs with giants such as solar or wind, today cheaper than ever. “The Achilles heel of this energy is in the maintenance and inspection costs. Therefore, to have a device near the coast, from where you can walk and review it, it makes a lot in statements collected by Techxplore. However, we must not forget the current American political context. While the federal government REduce support for green technologiesstates like California continue advancing on their own towards carbon neutrality in 2045. In that pulse, the echo pilot Wave Power works almost as a statement of intentions: although Washington goes in another direction, innovation continues to find holes to emerge. A symphony of the sea for the future. The official inauguration is scheduled for September 9 in Altema, in the port of Los Angeles, and a new chapter in the state’s energy transition is expected to mark. For now, the floats continue to move like aquatic piano keys. But if they fulfill their promise, they could compose a different melody: that of a future in which the ocean sway illuminates an entire city. Image | Eco Wave Power Xataka | Get drinking water with the brute force of the waves: the ambitious plan of the Canary Islands to face the drought

Now he wants to turn off factories to save his industry

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China is the undisputed leader of world solar energy. Its factories produce almost 90% of the solar cells of the planet and have left European and American competitors out of play. But that overwhelming domain has resulted in a monumental problem: prices for soils, millionaire losses and an excess of panels that the world does not need. Now Beijing prepares a shock plan to “reset” its solar industry. The solar bubble exploded. Between 2020 and 2023, Beijing redirected resources from the real estate sector to what he baptized as “the three new growth industries”: solar panels, electric cars and batteries. The result resulted in a flood of factories and an unprecedented production. In a report for Financial Timesthe Asian giant has registered a manufacture of 588 GW of solar cells last year, more than double the 451GW world demand. The immediate consequence was a price collapse: companies sold below cost to release stock, What caused losses With more than 60,000 million dollars. The solar grade polisilicio – key premium material – sank up to about 50 yuan per kilo. In addition, the social impact was not less. The five largest photovoltaic companies They reduced their templates in 31 %, which represents 87,000 silent layoffs. Of success to venom. The diagnosis is clear: excess capacity and wild competence. What once was the recipe of success – hipercompetitiveness and mass production – has ended in a downward race. Bo Zhengyuan analyst He explained it at FT: “That same ‘animal spirit’ that succeeded in industry is now destroying it.” In addition, the state strategy played a central role. The central government encouraged factories and solar parks as a growth engine, while provincial governments, evaluated by employment and production, resisted any closure of deficit plants. The self -regulation attempt did not work either. In 2024, giants such as Longi, Tongwei and Ja Solar signed a “self -discipline” pact to limit production, imitating oil OPEC. But the agreement was not binding, and while some expected others to fulfill, many increased their production further to gain market share. The result was the opposite: historical excess of supply and sunken balances. Beijing’s plan. With the sector in red numbers, Beijing has decided to intervene. According to Bloomberglarge producers, with state support, plan a fund of at least 50,000 million yuan (7,000 million dollars) to acquire and close more than one million tons of polysilicio capacity. The movement seeks an immediate objective: stabilize prices. Ming Yang, Financial Director of Daqo New Energy, has declared Bloomberg that the sector “already touched background” and should return to profitability before the end of the year. His words were enough for solar actions to shoot: Daqo rose 14 % in Shanghai and the sector dominated the highest increases in the CSI 300 index. In parallel, Gcl Technology proposed to close a third of the industry’s capacity. Its financial director He has recognized Reuters There are no guarantees that the reform is implemented this year, but acknowledged that Spot prices have already begun to rise after the signal of regulators to curb “excessively low” sales. For its part, the Ministry of Industry has summoned executives from 14 companies to demand the closure of underutilized factories and promised stricter controls on new environmental projects and requirements, As Financial Times has pointed out. A geopolitical and technological dilemma. The Chinese solar reset not only has an economic, but also political and geostrategic dimension. According to FTon the one hand, the avalanche of cheap exports has tensed relations with the United States and Europe, while Beijing continues to promote sales to developing countries within its Strip and Route initiative. On the other hand, the sector has not stopped its technological commitment. Despite the losses, the six largest companies invested 3.4 billion yuan in R&D in the first half of 2025 and maintain almost 17,000 employees dedicated to research. In just five years, the conversion efficiency of solar cells has gone from 20 % to 30 %, According to UBS cited in the British media. But the paradox persists: analysts They estimate that it would be necessary to eliminate Between 20% and 30% of the production capacity for companies to be profitable again. An adjustment of this caliber collides with the interests of the provincial governments, which depend on local employment and investment, which complicates the execution of the plan. The light and the shadow of leadership. China built its solar hegemony with speed, scale and low prices. That same recipe today with destroying it. The country faces an uncomfortable decision: let the ultra -opening continue to sink its champions or assume a painful adjustment that closes factories and entertain prices. “In no other sector dominate more than in this one,” Economist Alicia García-Herrero has warned FT. Precisely because of that, Beijing seems willing to reset his sun, although it hurts. Only in this way can it prevent its greatest success story from becoming another victim of its own excess. Image | Unspash Xataka | China broke the solar panel market. Now their companies have had to say goodbye to a third of their employees

The world’s largest iceberg was about to turn 40. I was already lasting too much for experts

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Almost four decades after detaching themselves from Antarctica, the iceberg colossal known as A23aa Giant of one billion tonshe is fighting his final battle against the ocean. After an epic trip and decades stranded at the bottom of the sea, whatever The world’s largest iceberg They are breaking into pieces, and scientists predict that it could disappear completely in the coming weeks. The history of Iceberg. The A23A detached from the Philchner-Ronne Ice Platform of Antarctica in 1986 and was embedded at the bottom of the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years. A great formation that undoubtedly matters by overcoming the surface of the Community of Madrid twice or doubling the London Metropolitan Area. But it was not until 2020 when his epic trip beganbeing dragged by the ‘Icerbergs Highway’ to the South Atlantic. And although it was stranded for a while, He started his journey again in 2024. A threatening size. After its journey, earlier this year its immense size came to threaten the food areas of the penguins on a remote island of the South Atlantic, but the iceberg continued on its way. Now, according to an analysis of the Agite France-Presse and taking as a source the images of the satellite of the European Copernicus programthe A23a It has less than half of its original sizealthough it remains a large mass of 1,770 square kilometers. A dramatic disintegration. In recent weeks, huge pieces of ice, some of up to 400 square kilometers, have detached themselves from A23a. In addition, the sea around it is full of smaller fragments, many of which are large enough to suppose a risk for navigation. Andrew Meijers, physical oceographic of the British Antartic Survey (BAS)has told AFP that the iceberg is “disintegrating quite dramatic” as it moves north. “I would say that it is in the process of disappearance … Basically it is rotting below. Water is too warm for it to be maintained. It is constantly melting,” says Meijers. The scientist expects the A23a not to be “identifiable in a few weeks.” It has gone too far. The route that this iceberg has had, the truth is that it has surprised the scientific community. “Most icebergs do not get so far. This is very large, so it has lasted more and has come further than others,” adds Meijers. Climate change as a backdrop. Although Icebergs detachment is a natural process That we have documented, scientists affirm that the rhythm they are being lost is a problem. And behind this acceleration in the detachment is man and climate change. This is something that we have already seen as a serious problem in the ‘alley of the icerbergs’ where there are a greater number of these formations, further altering ecosystems in its path. Other icebergs have had the same fate. In the pastother specimens, such as A-68awith an extension similar to the area of ​​the province of Alicante, he broke down from the Ice Platform Larsen C in July 2017 and began a 2,500 km route that took him north. After four years of travel, he ended up disintegrating himself on the island of San Pedro, having previously generated great expectation from scientists. In this case, scientists could see how the ways of oceanic water are stratified were altered. In this way, there was an effect of displacement towards the depths of particular matter and phytoplankton, which alters the redistribution of nutrients in the water. Phytoplankton is the basis of tens of species, and right now It is found in great concentrations in Greenland by melbergs melts. And although it can be positive for marine life and Atmospheric co -capturethere is a paste: changes in temperature, chemical composition and salinity can alter ecosystems. Effects of A23a. A23A disintegration may have beneficial effects, according to researchers. And it is that the fact of releasing nutrients to the ocean can favor biological productivity. But above all, negative effects stand out, since fragmentation also raises challenges for navigation and fishing in the South Atlantic, since smaller fragments are more difficult to track than the main block. In Xataka | Terranova has seen how an iceberg colossal approaches its coast. The show is surprising; The phenomenon, no

They could not turn off the air conditioning

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During the last three years, one of the Greater luxury supereyates It has remained tied in the port of Marmaris, on the Turkish coast, before the threat of seizure by the Blocking financial assets Russians for the Ukraine War. He Eclipseowned by Roman Abramovich, not only stands out for its dimensions, but for its impressive consumption. In fact, this has been one of the most controversial points since during the three years it has remained in Puerto they have had to keep the engine running because they could not turn off the air conditioning. The context of Ukraine. After the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the United States and Europe imposed a financial block for the assets of the Russian oligarchs. That block left tied to port and seized to hundreds of suspicious superyates to belong to Russian millionaires close to Putin’s power circles. He Eclipse It was one of those yachts that, to avoid being seized like many others, has had to remain in The neutral waters of Türkiye. Forced air conditioning. If you have filled the deposit of your car during this vacation you will have realized the price to which the fuel is. Well, during the time that the EclipseIt has remained tied in the port, has had to keep its engines lit to feed the air conditioning system of the superyate inside. Not that your captain and crew They were hotbut it is a measure to prevent The noble woods and the luxurious finishes of the interiors of the yacht deteriorate because of the humidity and saltpeter of the sea. By keeping the air conditioning onthe interiors are maintained at a constant temperature and humidity. 1,000 liters of fuel per day. Have the air conditioning at home already supposes An important disbursement On the light of the light, so the cost was not going to be less aboard one of the largest and most luxurious yachts in the world. According to estimates, the Eclipse It would have consumed about 1,000 liters of fuel per day only to keep the air conditioning on while moving. Other fixed costs are added to this consumption: keep the Eclipse Mooring involves paying $ 209,000 a year only in cattle rates. It is a usual maneuver. The decision to maintain the air conditioning on It is not an occurrence of the Eclipse captain, but it is a usual maneuver in the superyates, since the cost of fuel tends to be lower than the cost of repair and the inactivity time of the boat. For example, the case of Alpha Nero, the luxury yacht seized on the island of Antigua, which almost leads to ruin to the small Caribbean island because it consumed some 2,000 dollars of fuel daily that were in charge of taxpayers. OK To what is published by The avant -gardefilling the million liters of fuel of the eclipse tanks costs between 1.5 and 2 million dollars. Keeping a mansion is not cheap. He Eclipsewith its 162.5 meters in length and 22 meters of manga, it has two helipuertos, a submarine, a pool that becomes a dance floor and even a Anti -emissile Anti -Didish System. Since its launch in 2010, it has established itself as the second largest private yacht in the world. The estimated value of Eclipse It reaches 600 million dollars, and has an annual maintenance cost that is around 60 million dollars. However, to fuel costs (even being tied to port) of the eclipse, periodic maintenance costs must also be added. According to publishedForbes, in recent days, Abramovich’s superyate has set for the Tuzla shipyard, in the Asian part of Istanbul, to submit it to complete renewal to overcome the special class inspection, A kind of ITV For ships that must pass every five years, with a cost that could exceed 40 million dollars. Only the paint budget for the eclipse already exceeds 20 million dollars … and that left the air conditioning on. In Xataka | Bill Gates was concerned Image | Wikimedia Commons (Amir Hosseini), Sortryatch Fan

The last O2 movement is not a simple rate change. It is an unexpected turn that can shake the market

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O2 has surprised us this week with a change that, although it seems small, tells us a lot where the operator is directed inside The new telephone. A rate It has disappeared From its catalog, and with it, O2 has eliminated the 300 Mbps of its offer and the possibility of hiring fiber and mobile for 30 euros per month. It is not good news for the market, let’s see why. Goodbye at 300 Mbps. O2 decided to charge a few days ago the fiber combined of 300 Mbps + two mobile lines of 10 GB and 30 GB, and also eliminated the possibility of hiring only 300 Mbps fiber. The only option that remained with that speed was the fiber combined 300 Mbps + Mobile 50 GB for 30 euros per month. That rate has disappeared this week, so the minimum speed that O2 offers throughout its catalog has become 600 Mbps. It doesn’t matter if you want only fiber or mobile fiber, you can no longer have 300 Mbps. It is only possible to choose 600 Mbps or 1 Gbps, just like Movistar. A higher input price. By eliminating that package of 30 euros per month, the most cheaper fiber and mobile team of O2 costs 35 euros per month. Of course, you have two modalities to choose from that price: 600 Mbps + 60 GB mobile fiber. 600 Mbps + Mobile 10 GB + Mobile 40 GB. These two plans offer twice as a speed and more gigabyes that the rate eliminated by a little more, yes, but there will be those who agree with those 300 Mbps to pay 5 euros less. When an operator eliminates its cheapest plan, the access price is more expensive to its products and that is never good news for the user. Quiet, O2 is not going to upload the price. The strategy of O2 goes to keep the customer happy, so the price never uploads or change the conditions of your rate unless it is an automatic and free improvement. Therefore, if you have hired the team that has eliminated, you can continue enjoying it, at the same price and with the speed of 300 Mbps. The competition does offer 300 Mbps. O2 is a very important actor not only for Telefónica, but for the Spanish market. And we have already seen on several occasions that, when O2 takes the first step, others usually move file. But that the panic does not travel, for the moment, there are still several 300 Mbps options for that price (or even less): In areas with own coverage, Digi It offers 300 Mbps + mobile 25 GB for 13 euros per month (15 euros if you want 50 GB). In areas where there is no smart fiber, DIGI proposes the same thing that has just eliminated O2: fiber 300 Mbps + mobile 50 GB for 30 euros per month. Lowi It has a pair of combined with 300 Mbps fiber for 30 euros per month. One with a 50 GB mobile line (like the rate that has removed O2) and another with two mobile lines of 25 GB each. Pepephone It gives the possibility of hiring 300 Mbps + Mobile fiber with 50 GB cumulative for 30 euros per month. But attentive to its next movements, because Pepephone is usually One of the first to imitate O2. Moremobile It also maintains a 300 Mbps + mobile fiber rate with 40 GB for 29.90 euros per month. O2 moves away from the low cost. Since its launch, O2 has offered much more competitive prices than its sister Movistar. And many expected Telefónica to be even more aggressive with O2 after have been released from regulatory obligations that limited their commercial capacity. That is why this movement has caught us by surprise. Now you can’t have fiber and mobile with O2 for 30 euros per month. If you want O2, you have to pay a minimum 35 euros. That amount enters its reasonable price policy, but it moves a lot away from the cheapest proposals of many of its low cost rivals (read Digi). With Murtra in command, one of the unknowns is which strategy will continue with O2. And who knows, perhaps the objective of O2 with this change is precisely that: to move further away from the concept of low cost that, for many, is synonymous with poor quality. Images | O2 In Xataka | If someone believed that the optical fiber was at the limit of their possibilities, Japan has arrived to show him the opposite

A simple gene can send a divine punishment to the snails: turn them into “left -handed”

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It is estimated that Something more than 10% of the world population is left. Today, this does not usually involve greater inconveniences, but there are animals that have a more problematic asymmetry: snails. Left -handed snails. Most snails share the direction in which their snail draws its spiral characteristic that revolves in the direction of the clock needles. But there is a very small population of snails whose shells develop in reverse. The reason It seems to be In a small genetic variation. The snails that develop their shell symmetrically to the rest are usually called them as “left -handed snails”, but if we had to look for a more precise human analogue we tended to go to the condition to which which We call SITUS INVERSUS. People with this condition, also of genetic origin, develop one or more organs on the “incorrect” side, for example they can have the heart to the right and the liver to the left. This condition occurs in around one person in 10,000 and rarely generates disorders, but in the case of these mollusks, the investment of their snail can cause problems, for example, making it difficult to reproduce these animals. A vital gene. Understanding the genetics responsible for change in these animals is important since it can give us clues about the evolution that was modeling the different genera and gastropod species. According to Explain the team Responsible for discovering the main gene involved in this differentiation, throughout the evolution, these changes resulted in the appearance of new species, something striking when it comes to mutations that hinder reproduction. Laboratory snails. The team conducted its study with a variant of snails of the species Bradybaena Similaris. The variant has the characteristic of presenting a high prevalence of “left -handed” snails, almost half of the specimens are born with this characteristic. The team compared the genes of the mice born with shells that turned to either side. They discovered that the main difference was in a gene, Diaph, but not in the gene itself but in its expression. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Zoological Letters. Jeremy’s curious case. Perhaps the most famous snail to present this anomaly was a British snail nicknamed Jeremy in honor of politician Jeremy Corbyn, the leftist politician who was twice a candidate for prime minister in the United Kingdom. Jeremy was the protagonist of another investigation whose results postulated an alternative hypothesis to genetics based. The team responsible for the study concluded, after gathering numerous specimens such as Jeremy so that they could reproduce between them, that the change obeyed external forcesnot by genetic inheritance but for accidents in development. The study, Posted in 2020 In the magazine Biology Lettersreminds us that we will still have to investigate these mollusks, their genetics and their development, if we want to know exactly what phenomenon is behind this unique characteristic of a small amount of snails and, above all, of its implications. In Xataka | They identify the smallest land snail species: Round 0.5 mm high and its discoverers needed brushes and microscope Image | Angus Davison

Someone has printed in 3D its own brain to turn it into a lamp. The best thing is that you can do it too

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We have encountered a user who I commented In Reddit how he has turned his magnetic resonance in a unique lamp: an exact replica of his 3D -printed brain with a LED bulb inside. The project, which according to the user was born after medical exams by migraines, is something that you can also embark if you have a 3D printer and the necessary requirements for it. What he has done. Marc took advantage of the fact that he had a magnetic resonance for his migraines and asked his medical center for a copy of the digital files. With them created a 3D model of his brain At a real scale, he added a hole for an E14 bulb and mounted it on a base with the inscription “proof that Marc has brain.” The result is a lamp that can be disturbing at night, but that is still fascinating. A process within the reach of anyone. Obtaining the digital files of a resonance is relatively simple. The medical centers are legally obliged to provide these data when the patient requests them, normally through a medical data request form. The files are delivered in DICOM format, the standard for medical images, usually on a DVD or from a web portal where we can proceed with the download. Free software. The conversion of medical archives to an printable model requires three free programs: 3D SLICER To process medical images, Meshmixer To clean and sculpt the model, and Meshlab to reduce file size. The process includes segmenting the brain eliminating the skull and soft tissues, cleaning digital artifacts, softening surfaces and optimizing the print file. Marc A tutorial followed of YouTube that details each step of the procedure. Some challenges in between. The complete model would require more than 24 hours of continuous printing, so Marc divided it into three sections that are printed separately and then bind with adhesive. He also created internal cavities to reduce printing time from 14 to 9 hours per section and save material. The final finish includes sanding, filling of imperfections, paint and a layer of transparent varnish. A nice memory of his resonance. The project has impacted a good number of users. In addition, it is an initiative from which you can take advantage of, from unique decorative elements to educational tools. And it is that having an exact physical replica of your own brain raises unexpected creative uses. Although it requires a certain hand with the 3D printer and a lot of patience, it is not an extremely complex operation. So if you have nothing to do this weekend and you have a 3D printer, you know. Cover image | U/soosbrecht In Xataka | This is what I would have liked to know before I started in the 3D printing world

A group of friends decided to turn a colleague into an influencer without knowing it. It already has more than 100,000 followers

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Manu Rey is the clown of his group of friends: with a natural ability to make his colleagues laugh, but with no projection outside his intimate circle. Enough to become an influencer overnight? Many of his friends were convinced that yes, and demonstrated it. Influencer by surprise. The influencer Compostelana (this yes, with almost 100,000 followers too) Zoe García He had an illusion: his friend Manu Rey was famous on the Internet. He developed an exposure plan to his friend’s networks and the result has been around one hundred thousand followers on his Instagram account in record time. His friends, headed by Zoe, secretly exposed him, first as a joke and later as a relevant viral phenomenon of summer. In less than a month Manu has almost 100,000 followers On Instagram, to which they join More than 2500 on Tik Tok. 21 Instagram tricks – Tutorial with all secrets! Revelation. “He does not know that this account exists, but he deserves to follow him, because he is that person who deserves 100 % being famous,” said his friends. And the Internet seemed to coincide with them: after their infinite dip in swimming pools and dozenS, in just two weeks I had 30,000 followers, with videos that exceed four million views. His naturalness were undoubted They reveal what they have been doing. The importance of naturalness. The case of Manu Rey demonstrates some things about fame on the Internet. First, that the public appreciates above other characteristics the naturalness and “real being” in front of the camerawhich undoubtedly enters into contradiction with the Behavior of many celebrities. Spontaneity generates a feeling of authenticity that emotionally connects with the audience, especially with the youngest spectators. Collaborative fame. The idea of a person who becomes famous for the collaborative thrust of a group is something absolutely new and typical of the Internet era. Virality is not always a product of a single person: It can arise thanks to the active participation of communities that share, comment and recreate content. The Fans communities, Memes and digital subcultures drive these collaborative trends. @Manu__rey__ Day 19 uploading Manu videos until it finds out 😂 this can be Manu’s last video without being known and it is good that you can see how random it is and what it can do any day because if 😂 he does not know that he exists, but he deserves that you follow him because he is that person who deserves 100% that you do famous 🥹 ♬ Original sound – Manu Rey The fame of all. The fact that social platforms have a network structure (and hence their name), makes the content value increase according to more people share and reinvent it, that is, as collaborate in their creation. This turns fame into a distributed and collaborative phenomenon: those almost 100,000 followers are not only from Manu (which may be unable to maintain the Hype generated now that it has begun to create its own pieces), but A group responsibility. As wine it left. Sudden and not sought on the Internet is a phenomenon even prior to social networks, but has multiplied since, very simple, we can forward videos to thousands of contacts. In many cases, the collaborative activity we are talking about is essential, and so it happened with Multiple protagonists of completely accidental memes (David the child drugged in the dentist to Zöe Roth, the Machiavellian girl of the fire). But we can ride ourselves before the networks, when reaching fame by the force of a meme was an almost titanic task. Our favorites? He Star Wars Kid and Rebecca Black. And he is not a person, but of course, The flame of Ola K ase. Header | Manu Rey In Xataka | 25 memes that have marked the decade from 2010 to 2019

The sudden turn of this F -18 of the Air Force left Gijón without words. Now we know exactly why it happened

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Air festivals are for that: to amaze aviation enthusiasts with scenes impossible to see in a conventional airport. Uncommon aircraft, extreme maneuvers, moments that are recorded over fire. But what happened this weekend in Gijón was something else. An F -18 starred in such an unexpected maneuver that manyfrom the shore of the beach of San Lorenzo to social networks, they stayed with their hearts in a fist. In just a few seconds, the hunting descended in parallel to the Paseo Marítimo, made a sharp turn at a very low height over the sea and gained altitude again. The flight, which was part of the official show of the Gijón Air Festival, seemed to have left the script. Decisive response. The Air and Space Army He explained on Instagram What happened: “One of our f -18 fighters made an evasive maneuver by detecting a flock of birds in its trajectory. This action is part of the usual protocol to preserve both the integrity of the pilot and the security of the public.” In the same publication, they stressed that “the pilot acted quickly and professionalism, avoiding a possible impact without compromising the exhibition.” PUSLA to see the original publication on Instagram A maneuver that, far from being improvised, demonstrates the level of preparation that these aviators face. When you have to react without margin, there is no place for doubt. Gijón and his festival. With 19 consecutive editions – Salvo 2020, which was digital for the pandemic – the Gijón Air Festival It is already the reference event in Spain. For three days, the city becomes a meeting point for civil, institutional and military aircraft, with an outstanding closure on Sunday at noon on the beach of San Lorenzo. This year, the F -18 and the Eurofighter They were two of the poster stars. And, although it was not planned, the American hunting ended up signing the most commented maneuver of the day. The F -18, a combat classic with history in Spain. The McDonnell Douglas F -18 Hornet, called C.15 in the Spanish Armed Forcesit is a bimotor combat plane that entered service in the country in 1986. It can reach a maximum speed of Mach 1.8, operate more than 15,000 meters of altitude and load more than 7,000 kilos in weapons and missiles. Spain acquired 72 units after a long selection process and, since then, is part of the wings 12, 15 and 46, deployed in key bases such as Zaragoza, Torrejón or Gando. His versatility has allowed him to participate in Missions Air -Aire, Air -Superficie and International Operations in the Balkans, under the NATO umbrella, in the 1990s. When the sky surprises. Gijón’s scene, although brief, perfectly synthesizes what happens when heaven and technique cross at the right time. That flush maneuver on the sea, that forced turn in full flight, was as spectacular as justified. There were birds in the trajectory. And the pilot did what he had to do. From the army they insist that security is always priority. But even with all the protocols underway, exhibitions such as this demonstrates that flying so close to the public remains, by definition, an exercise where the unexpected never disappears completely. Not just fighter: sometimes other airplanes steal the show. And it is not the first time that an institutional flight surprises. In another air festival, the protagonists They were two planes of the Slovakia government: An Airbus A319 and a Fokker 100 that, despite not being fighters, signed an high level exhibition, with maneuvers that left all speechless. His deployment became one of the most viral moments of that event, and in Xataka we tell it here: Images | spotting_daanii.pl (Via Army Air) In Xataka | If something matches all mortals, it is the limit of 100 ml in the plane’s hand luggage. That is about to end

It does not turn on or sound, but wins on the other hand

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Few consoles in history are as recognizable as the game boy. That small machine that today may seem rudimentary was, in its day, an authentic revolution. He strengthened Nintendo as the great reference of the portable video game and marked an entire generation. To hold one of these consoles again is, for many, to return to childhood. To those days when a monochrome screen was enough to get lost for hours with ‘Tetris’ or ‘Super Mario Land’. LEGO knows very well what this nostalgia awakens and wanted to pay tribute to a proposal that shines for his ingenuity. A faithful replica, piece by piece. THE NEW LEGO SET Recreate the original game boy with a surprising level of detail. It consists of 421 pieces and maintains a scale close to the real. It includes all the elements that marked that console: the crosshead, the A and B buttons, select and start, the volume wheel, the contrast control and even the slot for cartridges. Two mythical games are also included. LEGO has designed two buildable cartridges that can be inserted into the console: Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. The front allows you to exchange screens, with options that replicate the start of Nintendo or scenes inspired by those games. In addition, the panel has a slow effect that gives the feeling that the screen is really lit. It is not functional, but neither does it pretend This game boy does not emit sounds, it does not turn on or allow to play. It is not a console, but a collection piece designed for adults who enjoy assembly and design. Even so, its nostalgic power is undeniable. Release and Price Date. The set can already be reserved on Lego.com and stores selected by 59.99 euros. It will officially go on sale on October 1, 2025. A different way – but very special – to relive an unrepeatable era of portable video game. Images | Nintendo/Lego In Xataka | Lego’s great economic triumph: how he managed to escape bankruptcy and become a money

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