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How does the signal of the TV remote control works and how does it change the channels?

It looks like a trivial gesture, but every time you press a button on Tv remote controla small technological wonder is activated. In a few fractions of second, a circuit closes, a light signal is generated and the TV receives and interprets a command. All wireless and apparently effortlessly. The mechanism behind the functioning of the remote controls is almost ...

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Egypt is building the largest artificial river in the world in the middle of desert

Credit: Avim. Egypt is building an artificial river parallel to the Nile river from the cost of 5.2 billion dollars and as part of his project New Delta. The mega-project aims to transform Egypt by recovering 2.2 million acres of cultivable green areas (or approx 9 000 km2) West of the Nile Delta and is part of a framework of ...

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One of the largest “supervulcans” in the world is the Wah Wah Springs in the USA

When we think about the so -called “supervulcans“, names such as Yellowstone or Lake Toba come to mind but few know Wah Wah Springsa volcanic caldera located in the south-west of the Utahwhose geological evidence they were discoveries In the 2010. Millions of years ago, this supervulcan gave rise to a catastrophic eruption that covered an area of ​​thousands of ...

ChatGPT 4.1

The new 4.1 GPT arrives on Chatgpt, faster and more precise: what can do and how to use it

Openai has made official the release of GPT-4.1 and his “younger brother”, GPT-4.1 Miniinside Chatgpt. The news represents a further step forward in the evolution of Openai artificial intelligence tools for daily and professional use. If you are wondering what changes for us users, the answer is: very, especially if you use chatgpt to program, create content or manage complex ...

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Where the expression cin cin comes from that we use when we toast and what it means

The expression “cincìn“That we use in Italy to toast derives from Chinesein particular from the Canton coast, a former British merchant port, where it was common to offer tea to guests by pronouncing “qǐng qǐng“((请请) or, according to other more widespread interpretations, “qǐng jǐn“((请尽), which can be translated as “Please, drink everything“Or simply as a kind invitation to drink. Theonomatopoeia ...

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How did Caravaggio paint the light?

Altarpiece with the Madonna di Loreto, Caravaggio. Of the many distinctive characteristics of the extraordinary paintings of Michelangelo Merisi (1571 -1610), better known as Caravaggioto stand out more than all is his masterful ability to paint the chiaroscurothat is, that emphasis given to the figures through the definition of light and shadow. This allowed him to create great works with ...