Alfredo Álvarez Zaballos
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Politics and technology: #SaveYourInternet
In September the European Parliament voted on – and approved – an amended version of the EU copyright law: Article 13. It requires certain platforms like YouTube and Facebook stop users sharing unlicensed copyrighted material. Users will have access to less content and will be unable to share their content with others, many creators will see their content get blocked and will have less choice on where to share their creations and only platforms with deep pockets will be able to comply with the Article 13. Due to the huge changes this will mean, Youtube has started its #SaveYourInternet campaign.
Online Campaign: #SaveYourInternet
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Our fav tech gadget: 3D Metal Printing
The next step to 3D plastic printing. Now, instant metal fabrication is a reality, opening a new world of possibilities.The ability to create large, intricate metal structures on demand could revolutionize manufacturing: It will cheapen the production cost, will make possible to print a part of an object when needed and it can make complex shapes no other method has ever made.
Online article: 2018 Metal 3D Printer Guide – All About Metal 3D Printing
Open Access Scientific publication: 3D Printing & Contemporary Art
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A car in Space: Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster
This is the first production car in space (as well as an artificial satellite of the Sun). "Starman", a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit, occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, both companies founded by Elon Musk.
Video: SpaceX
Online video: Watch SpaceX Launch A Tesla Roadster To Mars On The Falcon Heavy Rocket
Open Access Scientific publication: Will Tesla´s car collide with other planets?
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The 3rd female recipient of the Nobel´s physics prize : Donna Strickland
Photograph: Peter Power/Reuters via The Guardian
She is one of the world’s foremost laser physics pioneers and only the third female recipient of the Nobel´s physics prize in its 118-year history. She, along with her supervisor and mentor Gérard Mourou, has figured out a way to generate ultra-short, high-intensity laser pulses without destroying the material amplifying them.Their revolutionary technique, called chirped pulse amplification (CPA), led to the creation of small, incredibly powerful lasers now used in corrective eye surgery, industrial machining and medical imaging.
Online article: Nobel laureate Donna Strickland
Interview time : Read the interview with Nicolas Bachelard: Physics doctorate with a focus in optics.
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The economic revolution: Bitcoin
The first time Bitcoin was defined was in 1977, obviously it was not Bitcoin itself but the procedure that Bitcoin follows: RSA encryption. It was in August of 2008 when Satoshi Nakamoto reserved the domain name bitcoin.org. Now, 10 years has passed and bitcoin is still present. This virtual currency has shaken the world and has given people in third world countries their most reliable channel yet for giving or receiving money, however, not everything is positive, due to the price soaring of bitcoin, the terrorist group ISIS has been know to use the cryptocurrency to found their activities.
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Online article: Bitcoin Price Prediction 2019
Open Access Scientific publication: Data & Bitcoin
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The consumers awakening: GDPR
The first law regarding the use of consumer´s data in Europe. This has force sweeping changes in everything from technology to advertising, and medicine to banking.
Online article: What is GDPR and How Does It Impact Your Business?
Open Access Scientific publication: The challenges within GDPR
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Time´s Up Tech! Google Harassment
2018 has been the year of the #Metoo movement all over the world. Thanks to technology and social media the word has been spread and action has been taken. This is why, when the head of Google found out about the sexual assault case perpetrated by the creator of Android, Andy Rubin, in 2013, and instead of publicly reporting it and firing him, they decided to compensate Mr. Rubin with a $90 million exit package, the response was massive. This injustice has mobilized people from all over the world, including Google's employees.
Online video:Google employees walk out to raise awareness about workplace sexual harassment
Open Access Scientific publication: Women in science and technology
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The Medical discovery: Alzheimer-causing gene erasure in human brain
Researchers at Gladstone Institutes (San Francisco) have discovered the cause of the primary genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and they may have found a solution to erase its damaging effects. Instead of using mice brains they studied human ones and found that in those possessing even one copy of a gene, called apoE4, are more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease in their lifetimes.The next step is working with the pharmaceutical industry to test the structure correctors on human patients.
Online article: SF scientists erase Alzheimer-causing gene in human brain
Open Access Scientific publication: Nature Medicine publication
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The Ecology initiative: Planet or Plastic
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Plastic abuse directly contributes to endanger living species in the world, the last example of this was the 31.17-foot sperm whale that was found near Kapota Island in Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia, with 13.2 pounds (six kilograms) of plastic waste in its stomach.This National Geographic initiative faces plastic use directly. They have launched a worldwide campaign to reduce plastic use and raise awareness in plastic waste. Plastic use is one of the biggest ecological challenges of 2018 and of the future.
Online Campaign: Planet or Plastic
Open Access Scientific publication: Marine pollution: Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean.
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The Tech trend : Internet of Things
The term IoT englobes everything connected to the internet. Nowadays it defines objects, like smartphones and wearables, that interact with each other. Thanks to this interaction data can be collected and used to make a much more connected world. As for an example, IoT is transforming bicycle & scooter Industry.
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Online article: What is the Internet of Things?
Open Access Scientific publications: The IoT & the web of things
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