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Internet for all
Balloons retransmit broadband signal and can help bring connectivity and vigilance to remote areas. Aeronautical engineer Leonardo Nogueira, Altave’s director, explains how his company has been...
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More sustainable buses
Dual-Bus: works as a trolleybus or electric or hybrid bus that runs on batteries recharged by a small diesel engine Published in November 2015 A flexible and environmentally advantageous...
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Good news for sugarcane
Mechanized harvesting of sugarcane in Piracicaba (São Paulo) in 2007: better working conditions Published in January 2016 Established in 1975 to reduce expenditures on imported petroleum, the...
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João Antônio Zuffo: From electricity to the digital world
In the 1950s, in the São Paulo Cambuci neighborhood, the neighbors already knew that when a bomb exploded it was little João who had set it off. At 10, João Antônio Zuffo liked chemistry and made...
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Celebrating Engineering
Engineers responsible for groundbreaking innovations may compete for an award which is seen as a type of Nobel for the most important innovations in the applied sciences because of the rigor in...
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Chip for particle collisions
The Sampa chip is the small square in the middle, 1 centimeter wide, placed on a test board A small chip measuring less than 1 centimeter square will be one of Brazil’s contributions to the...
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Autonomous boat
Powered by nothing more than solar energy harnessed by photovoltaic panels mounted on its canopy, a small electric boat developed by Holos Brasil (a company based in Rio de Janeiro) and controlled...
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Engineering branches out
The University of São Paulo Polytechnic School (Poli-USP) plans to launch a new program called complexity engineering. Now that the program has been approved by the Congregation, the school’s...
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Software in transformation
The company uses the agile work methodology, which helps develop software faster and with greater interaction between employees Dextra, a bespoke business software development company, is founded on...
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New satellite for Brazil’s communication system is launched into space
On May 4, 2017, a rocket launched the SGDC satellite from the Kourou base in French Guiana. This satellite (artist’s rendition above) will enhance the Internet’s reach and will also be used for...
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Company watchdog
The AutoDrive has eight hours of autonomy and travels specific routes A small autonomous electric vehicle equipped with five cameras and several sensors has been designed by Cybox, a company hosted...
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Green propulsion
Chemical reaction between a drop of hydrogen peroxide and the fuel composed of ethanol, ethanolamine and copper salts. The temperature reaches 900°C and the gases can propel a satellite into orbit....
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A new communications satellite
French Guiana: final stage of preparation before being mounted in the Ariane rocket A new communications satellite for Brazil was launched into space on May 4, 2017 at the Kourou Space Center in...
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Wood identification
Microscopic images show structural details of woods from different types of African trees Two artificial vision systems that use images to identify and classify woods have recently been developed in...
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Balloons for internet access
Altave’s devices can be used for border surveillance and security for major events, among other applications Living without internet access is common for about 3.9 billion people on the planet who...
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Technological construction
Test of new glass outside the R&D center Several panels for building exteriors are hung on one of the facades of the Saint-Gobain Research and Development (R&D) Center in Brazil, each one...
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The more data, the better
Electrical engineer Jaime de Paula has always enjoyed being on the cutting edge of knowledge. In 1982, three years after he began studying electrical engineering at the Federal University of Santa...
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The rise of electric vehicles
Nissan models are recharged at the car manufacturer’s research center in England Electric car production is increasing worldwide, provoking changes in the automobile industry and promising to...
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The challenges faced in Brazil
The motors used in electric cars are simpler and have far fewer parts than internal combustion engines Battery-powered cars are already a reality on the streets of Europe, the USA, China, and Japan,...
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