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Naider

  • The particle accelerators that could have been and were not

    A brief memory and tribute to the noble and ancient art of throwing one element against another to see what the hell it contains or composes. In 2008, the very noble, loyal and undefeated town of Bilbao and its surroundings competed with third parties to house a large scientific infrastructure called a spallation neutron source….

  • bricks and neurons

    It is surely a very battered message but you have to see How our politicians like to inaugurate buildings, roads, sidewalks and other cement and brick gadgets at the end of the legislation and, of course, with an eye on the upcoming elections. Any self-respecting inauguration is also accompanied by the corresponding photos in which…

  • A new world war begins: the liberation of Libya

    The United Nations Security Council United States gave the green light to military intervention in Libya. After years of complicity with the oppressor and weeks of political makeup looking the other way, the international community has decided to act militarily against the Gaddafi regime. Is war the instrument for peace? The eternal question once again…

  • The R&D bubble?

    A few days ago I read onetribuna of “Jon Argeder” warning of the R&D bubble in the Basque Country. I really don’t understand the interest and motivation of launching this confusing and frivolous message. I say frivolous because I cannot understand how someone with a minimal knowledge of the world of research and technology, which…

  • Microsoft: 1981, IBM; 2011 Nokia.

    In 1981 IBM introduced Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system on all of its personal computers. It is not clear that IBM lost competitive position with this move, but of course the one that really gained from it was Microsoft. I can’t help but see some parallels between this deal and the recently signed by Microsoft and…

  • Energy Roadmap 2050 of the European Union and other zero carbon proposals

    Zero emissions by 2050.. . or almost. The European Union has just published the communication A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 (March 8, 2011). The announced objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050 in relation to 1990 emissions. According to the communication, the…

  • Smart city. Business business strategy and branding of new urban developments

    After commenting in previous days on the issues terminology and the components< /a> main aspects of what is called smart city, I think it is interesting to expand some information by reviewing its clear use as a marketing strategy and as an urban emblem. Business business strategy If in the previous chapter I related smart…

  • tablet fashion

    Almost ten years ago I had a tablet. Yes, almost ten years ago. It was an HP with Microsoft Tablet PC operating system. A cool one. I remember that at that time we took him to meetings and commercial visits. Clients and collaborators hallucinated. Everyone loved the device’s manageability, its lightness, its line… however, these…

  • Hidden Cities, new UN-HABITAT report on global urbanization and its impact on health

    The Program United Nations Habitat , in collaboration with World Health Organization, has published a new report on the state and consequences of the current accelerated process of urban expansion worldwide. Hidden cities. Unmasking and overcoming health inequalities in urban settings focuses on the analysis of the impact of this process on human health. The…

  • The money that created the internet

    My colleague sent me Manu Fernández the other day a chart where it was criticized that the money that built the Internet, the American public money for R&D, is declining. The United States, in fact, sees how its position of technological leadership is being increasingly threatened by the Asian giant par excellence, which is following…