Quèquicom
All “Quèquicom” TV programs with Pere Renom.
What say the birds
Birds whistle, chatter, cackle, scream or howl. But what do they say? Words of love. And these words seduce both females and juries of singing competitions. The canaricultor Gabriel de la Paz explains what notes produce Harz Roller canaries and how birds are selected for competitions. The songs are tailored to the physical characteristics of […]
Detectives of the words
The handwriting is personal and difficult to imitate, calligraphers are able to authenticate it. Although we do not write by hand, the trail of our texts can be followed, thanks to its linguistic structure. We speak and write in a particular way, so the fakes and plagiarisms can be discovered. The ancient texts, copied several […]
Let’s to vote
Abstention, null vote, vote blank, useful vote … How have these alternatives on the results of an election? What is Hondt law? Why election polls often fail? The vote of a citizen of Lleida is worth more than the rest of catalans, why? Catalunya’s electoral system could be improved. There are several proposals. We vote?
Charging the batteries
What do they have in common a battery, a tubercle or body fat? They are sistems of storing energy. The energy is stored for consumption when needed and to move autonomously. A crossing of the Pyrenees is an ideal situation to understand how and why energy is stored.
Lottery, gambling game
Are there some lottery establishments luckier than others? A palindrome is more likely that an “ugly number “? On a trip across the chance, Pere Renom interviews Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo , patriarch of the “Pelayos”, a family that won 200 million pesetas applying statistics in the roulette. Leo Margets, outstanding professional poker player, explains that, beyond […]
The engine wide
What makes a car “has nerve” as a Formula 1? ABS, ESP … What do these acronyms? When the first car was manufactured? What does an engine inside? The reporter Pere Renom rides a motor piece by piece, visits the SEAT testbed and get a practical lesson in safe driving circuit.
Robots: improving nature
A robotic scalpel made in the Politechnical University of Catalonia adapts to heartbeat and makes the surgeon to operate with greater precision because it has the feel of operating a stopped heart. A submarine robot that can rescue a black box at 500 meters depth, the Girona 500, and a small slave who cleans the […]
Bees: a shared business in danger
Humans have a shared business with bees. We take care of, and they, in turn, produce honey, pollen, wax, propolis and royal jelly. Also pollinate our crops and flowers allow us to obtain the fruits. 40 years ago a hive gave 20 kg of honey per year and today gives only 15 kg. This is […]
Who am I?
The Renom family meets at Ripollet to share their family histories and to link their genealogies. With a lot of help and luck reporter Pere Renom takes to do genealogical research, genetic and facial analysis and reconstructs the history of his family for about 500 years in detail and more generally traced back thousands of […]
Even the bricks know science
Brick is the main building block in much of the world. Despite its apparent simplicity has a lot of science, in the material, the proportions, the manufacture and use. The QQC shows all these aspects in very different ways. The program participates in a competition of masons, makes rally driving in a clay soil, gets […]
