Cellphone Users Cannot Hide
Scientists say it is remarkably easy to identify a cellphone user from just a few pieces of location information. Whenever a cellphone is switched on, its connection to a network means its position and movement can be plotted. This data is given anonymously to third parties, both to drive services for the user and to target advertisements. But a study More...
Cocamar Event Highlights Crop Technology
More than 1500 cooperative members from dozens of cities participated in the Cocamar Summer Country Day event. Organized by Cocamar’s Broadcasting Technologies Division in the Floresta municipality, near More...
Bring Your Own Device
By Alexander Burbello With all the recent additions in technology gadgets, one more abbreviation has come up – BYOD – which stands for “bring your own device”. It simply refers to the use of personal mobile More...
Embrapa To Clone Endangered Species
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) hopes to clone endangered species in Brazil, animals like the jaguar (pictured above), maned wolf, and brown brocket deer. The project is pending approval More...
Scientists to Eliminate Dengue
Brazil is taking the first steps in its ambitious strategy to fight dengue fever. The initiative is being lead by Fiocruz (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) and was announced at the International Congress on Tropical Medicine More...
90 years of Radio in Brazil
By Alexander Burbello This September marked the 90th anniversary of the first radio transmission in Brazil. It occurred on September 7, 1922 in Rio de Janeiro, with President Epitácio Pessoa celebrating the centennial More...
Steakhouse Tests Smoke Device
An automated system for the biological treatment of gas emissions is being operated by the Paraná Institute of Technology (Tecpar) in collaboration with the Federal University (UTFPR). It has been in testing More...
Curitiba is Best Place to Work
Every year the prestigious Brazilian magazine Você S/A ranks the best companies to work for in the country in its publication, “Best Places to Work Guide”. The rankings are divided into sections depending on More...
Rio’s Hottest New Beach
As the biggest tourist destination in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro has been the host to millions of foreign tourists on their honeymoons or celebrating Carnaval. The gently sloping mountains that fall silently More...
Life without Paper
By Alexander Burbello Since paper was first invented by the Egyptians, called papyrus, and later reinvented as the paper we use today by the Chinese, we have been consuming more and more paper every day. Do you More...
