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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The world's richest is again Mexican


The Forbes list of billionaires grew to 1462 people, a record 16% more than last year.Their average net assets increased 3%, about  3,800 million dollars. The net worth of Carlos Slim  increased to 73,000 million compared with 69,000 last year. Bill Gates, of Microsoft, retained second place, while Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, fell to fourth place with a net worth of 53,500 million dollars. We overcame the Spanish businessman of clothing Amancio Ortega, who is the owner of the Zara clothing chain, with 57,000 million. Last week, the Chinese magazine Hurun Report, published a study of the richest men in the world who also stood to Carlos Slim  in the first place, with a fortune for them valued at U.S. $ 66,000 millionThe U.S. investor  Warren Buffett  ranks second to the Forbes China, followed by Spanish  Amancio Ortega, with fortunes evaluated respectively at  U.S. $ 58,000  and U.S. $ 55,000 million.

Neil Harbisson l the first human cyborg officer


The saga Terminator shows robots whose skeletons are metal but have a human appearance. In I, Robot, an artificial being acquired human feelings. Both films represent a future in which we are living in part. Robotic technology embedded in the human body is a reality, from sophisticated prostheses to manage and execute movements nerves connect the brain computer until chips are inserted to stimulate the heart and collect data in real time. In 2004, the British government recognized the existence of the first cyborg .Harbisson Neil  was born with achromatopsia, a condition that prevents him from recognizing the colors. During his studies in Dublin, Ireland, she met Alan Montandon cyber student, with whom began designing the first " Eyeborg ", an eye that translates a color scale of 360 colors to sounds that are transmitted to the brain. The British government recognized this artist as the first cyborg when processed and presented his passport photograph with the cybernetic eye that is part of your life. After the initial rejection, the arguments presented Harbisson modified the requirement set by the government and thus the term " cyborg "for a human being. Harbisson Neil carries on his project and has donated several " Eyeborgs "institutions for the blind. The artist graduated in composition and piano carries on his crusade for the cyborgs, and holding that in cases like yours, the technology is part of the body and not merely a means or external attachment. In his presentation at the University of Granada, Spain, Harbisson stressed that during this century , the human species will live three mutations, which will consist of people who use mechanical, electronic and other third party, cyber.



The man and the software

In several scenes of Terminator, Schwarzenegger's eye detects the heat map of a body, identifies the relevant data and transmits that information to the brain cyborg to act accordingly, ie there is a technological element to see, but software that translates information to make decisions. Neil Harbisson case is similar, because the chromatic scale translates to the brain decodes sounds to interpret as colors. The artist himself admits it took time to learn to translate the software into your brain, but that this new ability allows today have dreams in color. The human brain can not be considered as the hardware or software of man, is a complex organ that lives in constant evolution, according to the Nobel Biology argues Gerald Edelman, "neurons compete with each other for dominance in response to stimuli the environment. "

Experience Harbisson cyborg

"It is a color sensor that detects the frequency of colors and sends a sound signal to a chip. Sounds I hear permanently" Harbisson explains in his presentation at TED, to refer to cybernetic eye. "At first I had to memorize the names of the colors, then I had to memorize the sounds" like exercise to be able to relate to each other. "Over time, the exercise became a perception, and not have to think about the notes," says and concludes that "this perception became feeling." To Neil Harbisoon, "the software and have joined the brain" , and explains that this device is part of your body is transmitting information permanently and you do not need to think about the relationships of sounds and colors. "I can go to a gallery and listen to Picasso" explains Harbisson, who says that during this century, humans will experience mutations in which technology will be integrated as part of the body .

Egypt raises rent their pyramids to save its economy

The Government of Egypt is considering putting its private investors available archaeological and tourist sites to rent international tour operators to solve their debt problems and revive its economy, the newspaper Al ArabiyaThe country estimates that could get a profit of 200.000 million dollars (153.938 million euros) for this rental service monuments like the three Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and the area of the temples of Abu Simbel and Luxor. The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Adel Abdel Sattar, recent days confirmed in an interview aired on ONTV that the proposal has been made ​​by the GovernmentSome reports indicate that Qatar would be one of the great interestin taking management of the monuments but has denied Abdel Sattar. The head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has explained that the proposal would have been launched by the Ministry of Economy and the author would Abdallah Mahfouz Egyptian intellectual. Under the plan, these archaeological sites, or at least their management, would be auctioned in a public contest on short notice. The initiative has been welcomed by the Egyptian people and Abdel Sattar himself expressed his disagreement with this idea. But the economic crisis in which the country finds itself with no political stability and tourism as the only credible economic prescriptioncould lead the Egyptian government to make this determination to the highest bidder offering its cultural attractions.

Israel calls a "clear military threat" to stop Iran


"Words alone can not stop Iran Sanctions will not stop Iran. Sanctions must be accompanied by a clear and credible military threat , "said the American Public Affairs Committee-Israel (AIPAC, for its acronym in English), in a speech at the annual conference of the organism. Netanyahu, who made ​​video statements from Israel for the meeting to be held in Washington, reiterated his view that Iran is using the negotiations international "to buy time and further develop its nuclear program." In early February, the Iranian president again threatened to "eliminate Israel." The "Iranian people are ready to march to destroy Israel  if it launches into an adventure against Iran, "said President  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  in a conversation with reporters during  his visit to Cairo. "Our defense forces are able to deter any aggressor, "the president Persian. Ahmadinejad uses every opportunity you have in front of microphones to attack Israel international,  questioning the Holocaust and "U.S. version" of the attacks of September 11, 2001Netanyahu also announced the formation of a coalition government that would take place in the coming days. "I have the intention to form a strong and stable government," he said. Israeli media had reported shortly before this alliance would be composed of the centrist party Yesh Atid and religious nationalist party Jewish Home , excluding ultra-Orthodox parties.

Plane crashes in Congo, 30 dead

A plane crash occurred in Goma a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing thirty deaths.The aircraft - a Fokker company Caa, from the mining town of Lodja - it has crashed on landing in a residential area of ​​the city, police sources said assuming, among the causes and adverse weather conditions. Western military sources said the victims were thirty of them, all passengers and crew members.