Portuguese avant-garde architect, Tiago Barros, is proposing to install a multi-layered “Sky Network” of walkways to connect buildings high up in New York City. According to the plan, the multi-layered bridge system would be attached to surrounding buildings, allowing the city to grow vertically with time. While improving pedestrian flow, the lightweight structure would have […]
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Sky Network: Architect Tiago Barros reaching for the skies – New York City
Posted on 05 April 2012.
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Robotics: Portuguese team wins Gold Medal at the TCFFH Robot Contest – Hartford, CT
Posted on 03 April 2012.
A team of students from the University of Coimbra and the Coimbra Polytechnic Institute won the Gold Medal at the 19th Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest, an international robotics competition held last week at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, USA. The Portuguese BeFree NewTech team was formed by Ana Figueiredo, Catarina Mendes, Paulo França, Rita […]
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Award: Helder Guimarães named “Parlour Magician of the Year” – Hollywood
Posted on 02 April 2012.
Helder Guimarães, 23, one of the best card magicians in the world, was named “Parlour Magician of the Year” at 44th Academy of Magical Arts Awards show taking place Sunday at the Saban Theatre in Hollywood. Born in Porto, Portugal, and now based in the United States, Guimarães has won numerous international awards including the […]
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SATA: Maria João Ávila denounces abusive airfare costs – Travel
Posted on 31 March 2012.
Maria João Ávila, one of the two elected Representative in the Portuguese parliament for the Portuguese citizens residing abroad, accused SATA Air Azores of refusing to address the issue of “abusive airfare costs” charged by the airline to the Azorean resident communities in the United States and Canada. Ávila made the remarks to Portuguese reporters […]
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Survey: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown ranked best international research institution – Portugal
Posted on 30 March 2012.
Lisbon-based Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown was ranked the best international research institution to work, according the results of the “Scientist’s Best Places to Work” survey released Thursday by the The Scientist Magazine online. Outside the United States, the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown ranked ahead of the prestigious Vienna’s Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (Austria) […]
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Car racing: WRC’s Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012 is underway – Portugal
Posted on 28 March 2012.
The fourth round of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championships has brought the best rally drivers in the world to the “Vodafone Rally de Portugal” from Wednesday, March 28, until Sunday, April 1. The Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012 is the fourth event of the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar for 2012. The 13 leg […]
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