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Low cost satellits
The aerospace industry is a sector with so high investment that only large agencies like NASA or ESA, or the multinational companies can afford. An international team of students and engineers of UPC is developing a project to send a satellite into space for less than 1,200 euros. The challenge is part of the “N-Prize” […]
Story of a sausage
The sausage is a meat product of high nutritional value and long tradition in our country. Indeed Vic can be considered the world capital of this sausage. But the whole process of development takes place in Vic? In Quèquicom we will reconstruct the complete story of a sausage. Based on the traceability of the labels […]
Human towers
People involved in human towers use power wisely to lift buildings up to 10 meters high and 800 participants. Previously guided intuitively, now apply a refined technique that includes knowledge of physics, architecture, biomechanics, physiology and psychology, in order to improve performance and security. “Quèquicom” discusses many of these principles helped by Jaume Rosset, medical […]
Minorca: a mosaic of biodiversity
The island of Menorca is 50 km long and has 12,000 km of stone walls that divide the territory and promote the simultaneous presence of tilled fields, crops, forests, bushes and meadows. The island is also dotted with about 100 temporary ponds populated by many aquatic organisms. One of the more relevant is the tadpole […]
Living in the Pyrenees
We will see some of the animals that lived in the Pyrenees and some of those still living. We will see the marmots of the alpine meadows, the boreal owl of the mountain pine forests, and the trout. Also we will understand how glaciation have shaped the look of this range.
Defending the teeth
Tooth decay is one of the major threats of our teeth and we must prevent children from. We will explain how. We will see that the dentition of mammals depends on their diet. And we will know a revolutionary device to correct the malposition of teeth in less time without pain. The program involved dentists […]
Profiting the sun
One of the alternative energy models to hydrocarbons is solar energy, on two fronts: photovoltaic and thermal. Solar panels are still relatively expensive. In large photovoltaic plants are tested other technologies to reduce costs, such as the so-called solar panels of concentration. Joan Ignasi Rosell, University of Lleida, explains what they are. 130 school children […]
Citrus: squeeze the skin
Every time consumers choose seedless oranges harm bees, as these insects cause cross-fertilization between varieties and produce oranges with seeds. Consequently, the farmers repel the bees. Get honey from orange flowers is becoming increasingly difficult. “Quèquicom” was in Valencia to see what are the main species and varieties of citrus, how is it made the […]
Gaudí and the natural forms in the Sagrada Família
To better understand the relationship between the architecture of Gaudi and the nature, the biologist Pere Renom climbs the canopy of a beech forest over 40 meters high and compare the structure with that of the central nave of the Sagrada Família, designed like a forest of stone. The hyperboloid domes topping the nave are […]
The microscopic world
With of a binocular loupe and a home microscope anyone can do an amazing journey into the world of microorganisms, a world inhabited by so strange creatures that seem like science fiction. The reporter Pere Renom visits a farmhouse accompanied by Rubén Duro, a biologist specialized in the production of documentaries on the microscopic world.
