Posted on July 31, 2011 by Quetzalandia
BY AGUSTIN ORTIZ As a child, Marlon Pérez dreamed of being an astronaut or a manufacturer of medical prostheses. To achieve either of its aspirations, Electronic Engineering was almost obligatory, or at least, necessary “What if I left half astronaut career, as it requires perfect vision (20/20) and other qualities that I did not [...]
Posted on June 2, 2011 by Quetzalandia
by Alfredo Vicente “The technique and masterful control of Hedra Ramos on guitar is amazing,” reads a statement from the California-based Halo Guitars, who just released a tool with the name of Guatemalan guitarist Hedra Ramos. Young is one of the few Latino artists have had the privilege of signing a guitar with his name as [...]
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Quetzalandia
World Health Organization (WHO) finally admitted that brain cancer can be caused by cellphones radiofrequency energy. Scientists have long debated the potential cancer risk linked to cellphone use, but this statement marks the first time an independent group of scientists has taken anything other than a neutral stand. Studies so far do not show definitively [...]
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Quetzalandia
Mac Users To get accents on the Mac, hold down the Option key, and while holding it down, type the letter e; then release those keys and type the letter that you want the accent to appear on: á = Opt + e, then a é = Opt + e, then e í = Opt [...]
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Quetzalandia
by Mirna Lissett Oh my beautiful Guatemala! I sing everywhere during the month of September, when we commemorate your birthday, when you declared free and sovereign to direct the destinies of each soil-born Guatemalan green, protected by a clear sky blue. If I could dream that my nation is proudly admired by countries large [...]
Posted on May 29, 2011 by Quetzalandia
In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13, 2006. Google does not provide detailed figures for YouTube’s running costs, and YouTube’s revenues in 2007 were noted as “not material” in a regulatory filing In June 2008, a Forbes [...]
Posted on May 29, 2011 by Quetzalandia
Rubén Vives, a journalist for 32 years, born in Guatemala, is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize, which recognizes the best journalism in the U.S., by a report that showed high salaries of officials in a town in Los Angeles, California.
Posted on May 29, 2011 by Quetzalandia
At age 8, Luis von Ahn wanted a Nintendo, but his mother preferred to buy a computer. He learned to use it because he wanted to video games. Since then, his life revolves between numbers and codes, whose language is literature in the eyes of engineers in the discipline of science.
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Quetzalandia
Berlin / Guatemala - Eight tons, 211 million euros worth an estimated!IMAGE is in search of themysterious treasure of the Maya .Are in the Lake Izabal in Guatemala actually the gold plates? The mathematician Joachim Ritter (71) riddled a mysterious Mayan writing – and is certain: The treasure is in the lake! THE ABENBTEUER BEGINS 3000 [...]
Posted on February 28, 2011 by Quetzalandia
A German scientist claims to have cracked the code called Maya Dresden and discovered one of its chapters, the specific information to lead to a great treasure of gold from a vanished culture in the waters of Lake Izabal in Guatemala.
