Phone App Tracks Rio Gun Battles
Gun violence is on the rise in Rio de Janeiro, with the sound of firefights echoing daily across Brazil’s seaside city as drug gangs battle each other and battle police officers patrolling the favelas. Rio residents witness an average of 15 gun battles a day. The violence has increased so rapidly this year that even the locals are getting nervous. In More...
Need for Accurate News
A group of Brazilian journalists and researchers have joined to create an avenue to credibility for journalism. The appropriately titled “Credibility Project” is a partnership between the Institute for the More...
When Blimps Ruled the Air
A dirigible balloon is a lighter-than-air floating airship, also known as a blimp. Balloons filled with hot air large enough to carry humans have been around since the 1600s. However, no blimp has ever been as More...
Brazilian Start-ups Competition
With the world economy in turmoil, both investors and university students are currently assessing the best route for success. Economies once considered rock solid are showing signs of cracking, such as the slowdown More...
A Reply is Waiting for You
Selfies and Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and Snapchat and WhatsApp fit perfectly in Brazil. This is a country steeped in the oral tradition, where people view vanity in a positive light, and there is less More...
Brazil’s First Smart City
Three Israeli companies won an international competition to help create a new Smart City in Brazil. The announcement was made by the Brazilian Israelite Confederation. In most cases, Smart technology is adapted More...
Computer Servers Under Water
Taking a page from a science fiction story, researchers at Microsoft believe the future of data centers may be under the sea. Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data center that can operate hundreds More...
Brazilian Company Improves Milk
Thanks to advancements made by a Brazilian agribusiness company, it will now be possible to keep fresh milk in the fridge for over two weeks before it goes bad, doubling milk’s usual refrigerator life of about More...
Free Computers for the Retired in Uruguay
Brazil’s neighbor, Uruguay, has formulated a unique plan to bring retired citizens into the world of computers. Because the digital revolution only arrived in the past few years in Latin America, retirees More...
Technology Fights Dengue Fever
Millions of modified mosquitoes have been intentionally released in the city of Piracicaba in São Paulo state in the battle against dengue fever. The genetically modified mosquitoes are all male, and when they More...
