The «Sea Organ»

El arquitecto Nikola Bašić, creó este extraño órgano en la costa de su natal Croacia, donde la música que se escucha es generada totalmente por la marea y el oleaje del océano.

¿Quieren escuchar como suena? vean esto: http://bit.ly/1QLnc0M

La pieza está basada en un proyecto bastante similar llamado “Wave Ocean”, de los artistas californianos Peter Richards and George Gonzalez. Pero la verdad este suena mucho mejor…

While many of us are content to listen to the natural sounds of ocean waves, architect Nikola Bašić took things a step further and faciliated a means for ocean currents to produce actual music. Behold: the Sea Organ. Constructed in 2005, the acoustic jetty spans some 230 feet (70 meters) and incorporates 35 polyethylene tubes of varying diameter. As waves flood each tube underwater, displaced air is forced through large whistles tuned to play seven chords of five tones. Day in and day out, music seems to emanate from the ground, a playful interplay between nature and design. Listening to the video above, the sound is somewhat like random chords played by a huge calliope….

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The «Sea Organ»

How to create a country:

Por si ocupan, una guía “paso a paso” de cómo fundar un nuevo país. Lo interesante de esta nota de DiscoveryNews es que no solo es posible, sino que acaba de suceder. En abril de 2015 un político Checo (Vit Jedlička) se encontró una zona no reclamada entre Servia y Croacia, cerca del río Danubio, aplicó el recurso legal de terra nullis y fundo la  República Libre de Liberland, con 5 simples pasos:

1. Encuentra un lugar desocupado (o haz que alguien desocupe alguno), y reclámalo
2. Declara tu independencia
3. Establece un Sistema Político
4. Ponle orden y leyes (constitución)
5. Busca reconocimiento externo (lazos diplomáticos)

Después viene toda la jotería -absolutamente innecesaria- de crearle identidad: una bandera, un himno, un motto. Y listo ahí lo tienen, un país en todos su derecho, hasta que llegue Estados Unidos o algún otro mañoso. Ahí es donde te sirve el apoyo exterior (de las Naciones Unidas, por ejemplo). Pero no hablemos de política internacional, no acabaríamos.

Si quieren seguir el avance de Liberland o volverse sus ciudadanos vayn su sitio web

Free Republic of Liberland (hereinafter “Liberland”) is a sovereign state located between Croatia and Serbia on the west bank of the Danube river. The nearest towns are Zmajevac (Croatia) and Bački Monoštor (Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia). On some maps, this area is referred to as “Gornja Siga”.

Liberland came into existence due to a border dispute between Croatia and Serbia. This area along the west bank of the Danube river is not claimed by Croatia, Serbia or any other country. It was therefore terra nullius, a no man’s land, until Vít Jedlička seized the opportunity and on 13 April 2015 formed a new state in this territory – Liberland. The boundary was defined so as not to interfere with the territory of Croatia or Serbia. Its total area of approximately 7 km² is now the third smallest sovereign state, after the Vatican and Monaco. For more information regarding the border dispute between Croatia and Serbia see an article on Wikipedia.

The motto of Liberland is “To live and let live” because Liberland prides itself on personal and economic freedom of its people, which is guaranteed by the Constitution, which significantly limits the power of politicians so they could not interfere too much in the freedoms of the Liberland nation.

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Teddy the guardian

(TechCrunch) La empresa de Tecnología Médica IDerma -en Croacia- acaba de inventar este osito de peluche, que entre otras cosas monitorea el pulso, la presión sanguinea, niveles de oxígeno y temperatura del niño que lo traiga consigo. Luego te manda un reporte de salud directo a tu teléfono…

In only a few months, the founders of IDerma, a medical technology start-up based out of Zagreb, Croatia, have developed and launched what they’re marketing as medical sensor technology for children. But unlike the sleekScanadu Scout, this one takes the form of a teddy bear.

The product is called Teddy the Guardian, a plushie installed with sensors that measure heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and temperature, and then relay that data via Bluetooth to a parent’s phone. The sensors are scattered around the bear’s body; pressing a finger to the bear’s paw, for instance, takes heart rate and oxygen levels.

The idea behind disguising medical tech as a lovable toy is to provide parents and pediatricians more accurate, consistent data points. When a child is stressed out about going to the doctor, his or her vital signs will be skewed. Taking data points when the child is in a neutral emotional state can give doctors a wealth of good information to compare against when something is wrong…

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Teddy the guardian