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Christmas officially ends today. All this time of rampant consumerism and now it is back to tighten their belts in more ways than one. In television news is not anything particularly outstanding, have in fact given enough punishment, but that does not mean that extraordinary things have not happened.

In this third edition of Short Glass After everything that does not tell us wanted to tell on TV during the holidays.

• And that started strong parties. On December 24 jumped the big news: We have discovered remains of an unknown civilization in the Amazon River. In an area deforested by humans have appeared about 260 roads, canals, irrigation and fencing for animals. These remains were found on the border between Bolivia and Brazil belong, as I have said, a civilization that there was no news to date.

• American scientists earlier this month managed to achieve a major utopias of the physics of fluids: Mix water with oil. It seems that the catalyst has been used for this feat could be used to improve and lower very significantly the processes by which biofuels are obtained.

• In heaven things have also been discovered. The Kepler space telescope has been deflowered in the discovery of planets five new celestial descrying 10 or 20 times larger than Earth and much warmer. I leave the chart of temperature and size of new planets. Just click on the image to enlarge it.

• But since these planets are inhospitable characteristics may interest you, if you have intention to go away from the earth, has been discovered on the moon a huge cave which, according to Japanese scientists, is perfect to host the first human colonies. This is a "lava tube" 80 meters deep.

• The latest news space has to do with Apophis, the asteroid that is almost certain to impact against the earth from 2030. Apparently the Russians are the first to be initiated to prevent the disaster and are beginning to investigate how to divert it using the laws of physics rather than nuclear bombs. The Apophis is three times larger than the Tunguska asteroid, which in 1908 crashed into the Siberian region of Tungusca causing an explosion of between five and 30 megatons.

• And finally I want to show a map that has been made with global data on Internet connections. As you can see Spain is one of the slower connections in the world, only Mexico and Greece are slower than us, and one of the most expensive. Looking at this figure to more than one you should hang their heads in shame.

Just click on the image to enlarge

The Japanese firm Honda, generally known for its innovations in the world of motor, put your ideas and technological advances in the service of our day to day. While it may, I will not talk about the new Honda Insight that helps the environment with its hybrid engine. Instead I will tell you about inventions that have more to do with our day to day.

Thanks to my friends Bloguzz I have seen the usefulness of Technology Honda Kit, a kit of three inventions that have received, among others, a Gold Award in the latest edition of the awards LAUS.

The inventions are those that, once the evidence, you believe that should take years invented because they are completely original. These are:

• ERGONOMIC SUGETABOLSAS. Base to put in the palm of the hand when no one can help with the bags
• LEVELS OF TABLES. Bassinet four levels of thickness with which you can stabilize any type of table, even the dancer.
• CONTAINER OPENER. Opener, thanks to its non-slip material will allow you to concentrate the pressure, however little it is, and uncover any type of container.

I think more than a thinking head would have to stop looking Mars and the moon and try to innovate with inventions like these, help to make our day to day a little better. A round of applause for the Kit Honda but a slap on the wrist for the rest of humanity for not having previously invented something so useful and simple.

A fad is widespread among the youth of today is that of making tabloid paparazzi. Come on, you have to have a thousand eyes when you make a mistake because it is very possible that you have committed or taken a picture, what is worse, a video you can take your reputation by land. "Arto of sending tontainas to recreate that photo does nothing but destroy your reputation? You want them to taste their own medicine but 30 times better? What if I tell you also have the chance to bring you a great prize running your revenge? If you are interested in what I'm telling you keep reading ...

Thanks to my friends Bloguzz I know that Casio has launched to market the ultimate weapon of mass destruction against the reputations of your enemies, a camera capable of throwing no less than 30 frames per second: The Casio Exilim FS-10. As if this were not enough for your twisted minds, the camera issue is also the possibility of recording video at a speed of 1000 frames per second and then play them on camera SLOW. The innocent will find it more useful for the photo finish of their careers;)

You can have the other features of the camera by clicking HERE .

But this is not all, folks, because you can take free the elder sister of our beloved camera, the Casio Exilim through a tender FC100 Casio has launched via Facebook. These are the basics:

1. Become a fan of the page happened in a second
2. Upload your picture on the box above (Click on top photo)
3. Label the picture with your name and your friend.
4. Upload photos to your computer to remove smoke. Come on, until you have brought to light all the rags of your friends.
5. Pray that your picture cause anger and win a Casio Exilim FC100 for you and your friend (and so again recuperáis your beautiful friendship.)

You can get more information by visiting the contest page HERE .

Technology advances by leaps and bounds so that every day new machines come out and do projects that only a handful of years we seem pure science fiction. Companies and Shimadzu niponas Honda went a step further into the future by presenting a few weeks ago the new version of Asimo, a robot technology by Brain Machine Interface (BMI) can be controlled by thoughts.

Can you imagine? Within anything we can sit comfortably on the couch, get our old remote control and ask our little friend metal that brings us to the paper, make dinner or feed him the dog.

Yes I know, so far the good of Asimo is capable of playing only four or five basic commands, but this new remote control system has just been born and promises to bring us stunning new surprises in the future.