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Why are the scooter and bike-sharing companies leaving CDMX?
The last mile transportation revolution, coupled with the rise in non-motorized mobility, has sparked initiatives that until a few years ago would have been eccentricities. For example, the proliferation of bicycle services and electric scooters without anchor in the purest Silicon Valley style: without permission, quickly and seeing the regulation as ...
Facebook tries to make the human brain its new data source
In 2017, Facebook announced that it wanted to create a headband that would allow people to type at a speed of 100 words per minute using only their thoughts. Now, just over two years later, the social media giant reveals that it has funded extensive university research with human volunteers that ...
Explainer: What is machine learning?
(Via UNAM Global) Many developers have not had much exposure to machine learning yet, and because of that, most of them get confused and think they are crazy robots. First, let's clear up some of the confusion around machine learning. Then we will delve into science and math (yes, there will be math) behind ...
Addendas? Here we explain that tax term
When it comes to billing insurance you have come across a peculiar word: addenda. It turns out that it is something very simple, and also necessary for some invoices. Here we explain it to you An Addenda is a complement of information that can be attached to a Digital Tax Receipt by Internet (CFDI) optionally to include ...
Meet the UNAM engineer who teaches mathematics on YouTube
Marisol Maldonado Olmos is 24 years old, she is a Mechatronics engineer from the Faculty of Engineering (FI) of UNAM, and creator of the YouTube channel Steps for Engineering, an educational project with multimedia content for students in the Physics-Mathematics area. His videos present basic science tutorials such as algebra, linear algebra, differential calculus, integral calculus; In addition, they address engineering issues such as ...
For this reason, the Trump administration fears Libra, Facebook's cryptocurrency
A few weeks ago, we explained on Webirix that Facebook was trying to enter the world of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain through Libra: an association of technology giants that was trying to eat the lunch of Bitcoin, Litecoin and other alternative currencies. As much as Facebook tries to show that it has no control over Libra, but ...
The asteroid that will pass near the earth in October does NOT represent any danger
There is no danger from any asteroid, and the asteroid to which they refer, which is an asteroid that was discovered in 2007, because it is an asteroid that passed in 2007, more or less close to the earth, said José Franco, senior researcher of the Institute of Astronomy of the UNAM. In an interview for Radio ...
The Mexican children who took silver in the International Mathematical Olympiad in the United Kingdom
Mexico won a silver medal, three bronze and two honorable mentions at the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. The awards will be held next Sunday, July 21. The team, whose plane tickets were financed by ...
5 curiosities about the moon that you should know
Although at some point it seemed impossible to reach the Moon, today it is the only celestial body where the human being has made a manned descent. To commemorate half a century of this feat, today we tell you through Julieta Fierro Gossman and Alejandro Farah Simón, researchers at the Institute of Astronomy of ...
The Internet is the main medium where young people search for information on sexual health
In most cases, they are misinformed, said Nélida Padilla, an academic at the FES Iztacala.In matters of sexual and reproductive health, the Internet is flooded with data and quick tips that young people consult as the first source of information to clear their doubts, without take into account that many of these contents lack ...
What do we need for a world without styrofoam?
Zapopan, Jalisco. March 4, 2019 (Ciencia MX) .- With the aim of developing new and more ecological materials, the Polybion company seeks to enter into the manufacture of alternatives to Styrofoam packaging, with products made from industrial waste that degrades in Little time. This initiative was raised for two years, ...
Let's understand the world's first quantum drone, which has already taken off in China
The quantum satellite is a cornerstone towards the practical quantum lattice of free space and overcomes the loss of photons at great distances. The objective of the 'quantum satellites' is to experiment with quantum communication, based on changes in the state of subatomic particles such as photons, which in practice could have two major ...
These are 5 apps that revolutionize human resources
5 platforms that revolutionize Human Resources The work of the Human Resources (HR) area is essential for the development of a company, since it is responsible for managing workers as well as executing operations that add value to employees. Recruitment, integration, training, among others, are areas in charge of ...
Tips to protect children's safety on the internet
Today there are many risks on the Internet and more for minors (children and adolescents) among them are videos that are not suitable for minors, people who pretend to be others for whose purposes they are suitable for children. To prevent our children or relatives from falling into these dangers is ...
UNAM students developed an electric bicycle for public loan
The prototype was created by Julio César Arce, a CIDI student at the Faculty of Architecture • Its dimensions are in accordance with functional and ergonomic aspects of the Mexican population • At the Engineering Institute they already produce 30 units of a first batch. UNAM conceived the ideal transport for ...
Mexican students create bioplastic with banana peels that degrades in 30 days
What began as a school science project to request research grants for future studies, resulted for three high school students from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP) the opportunity to represent their country in an international contest. Aranza Meza Dorantes, Israel Hernández and Edmundo Balderas Castro created plastic ...
The keys to understanding the success of Netflix
Netflix began fiscal 2011 with almost 24 million subscribers, making Netflix the audiovisual content platform with the most clients in the US Now, the number of subscribers from outside the US already exceeds those at the national level , reflecting the success of the international expansion of the company. ...
The reason there are fewer women among mathematicians
French scientists found that the lack of women in math-related professions could be explained by their performance in school. But beware, it is not due to poor performance of the girls. After analyzing the data of 300,000 schoolchildren, the researchers discovered that at the age of 15 ...
Learn about the method that generates fuels from garbage, developed by Mexican technologists
We read in ID Agency: A couple of graduates from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) will apply technology developed by themselves in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to generate electricity, methane gas and diesel using garbage. José de Jesús Dueñas García, professional technologist in Industrial Electricity, and Ricardo González Dueñas, graduate in Information Technology, ...
UAA students create ice cream cones made from barley grains
With its creation, the students seek to reduce the environmental impact caused by the waste generated by the production of beer worldwide. His project obtained second place in the “Bachelor” category, at the IV International Congress on Innovation and Trends in Food Processing, in León, Guanajuato. María Fernanda Martínez Peralta and ...
The secret to having efficient and effective work meetings
Businesses and companies are inundated with job boards, many of which don't turn out as expected. The result: most people hate going to meetings. One of the big problems is that many of the meetings lack a real debate. Only in Mexico, an employee has ...
The trick to listen to YouTube videos for free with the locked screen on Android
One of the most irrational habits that we have when using a smartphone is wanting to leave the audio of any application in the background, to move on to another function of the phone. While in the native music player or in Spotify this is the most common, it is usually common (here the irrational enters) to do the same ...
What's the difference between MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and MacBook in 2019?
For four years, and in tune with the philosophy that they carry in the iPhone, Apple decided to withdraw from the mid-budget markets in terms of personal computers and rather focus on experiences that put aesthetics first, before usability or customization. so while some claim that the Macbook Pro ...
Installing APKs on an Android device without Google support
With the recent threat from the United States government to Huawei, several Android users wondered what would happen to their device if it stopped having native and simple access to Google apps. Beyond living without Gmail or Chrome, which is honestly not a problem for certain users, the worrying thing ...