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hackers
Hackers Going Full Brazilian on U.S. Satellites
The Brazilian Federal Police are trying to crackdown on the hijacking of U.S. military satellites—an illegal act that is so well entrenched that it has become something of a "national phenomenon." More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Darrone: And yet I have no live-streaming footage of Carnival. This is a travesty. 6 Responses | Other threads
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cellphones
Cellphone-Smuggling Pigeons Are a Jailbird's Best Friend
Hey you jailkeepers, you know how the inmates been asking about keeping harmless little pigeons around? Well, it's a con: They're using them to smuggle in cellphones. More » -
game consoles
Zeebo Cheap 3D Game Console Launched, Gets Actual Publishers Support
Just when you thought nothing could happen in the console gaming world beyond Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, here comes the cheap and cheerful Zeebo and launches in Brazil with actual titles from some big labels: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Kyonko wants a preview button.: Ooh. Free 3G connection and *maybe* cheap titles? Good stuff. That controller doesn't look ergonomic though. Hope these kids don't end... 6 Responses | Other threads
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noisy
Spider Drill Piano Produces Symphony of Cacaphony
Brazilian artist Paulo Nenflidio, who's currently showing off his work in Arizona, creates weird noise-producing sculptures like this robot drill spider, which ends up sounding as frightening as it looks. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by mikekearn: That's not a spider. Spiders have eight legs. This is clearly some sort of insect piano, not an arachnid piano. 8 Responses | Other threads
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hax0rs
Hackers Help Loggers Smuggle 1.7 Million Cubic Meters of Wood Out of Brazil
Hackers in Brazil have managed to break into the computerized system that tracks quotas for logging companies, allowing for the illegal logging and smuggling of nearly 1.7 million cubic meters of wood.
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By Adam FrucciComment by LoganSix: Well, the trees are still cut down. 13 Responses | Other threads
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carbon fiber
At the End of the Day, $15,000 Carbon Fiber Biometric Door Is Still Just A Door
Carbon fiber is pretty, and it's a cool technique to implement with car design... but what about doors? Who cares, you say? I agree, but it still didn't stop this door from becoming a reality.
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By Jack LoftusComment by pettiblay: Uhhhh... Am I seeing right??? Is that 15,000$ door sitting next to two panes of glass??? Probably are bulletproof but... 13 Responses | Other threads
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steve ballmer
Ballmer Doesn't Think World Is Ready For Cloud Computing
Added to the list of things that Steve Ballmer and Google have polar opposite opinions on is “cloud computing,” which Ballmer argues consumers don't really want. In an interview with a Brazilian news source, the Microsoft CEO contended that even the best cloud computing applications would still have to be based on some pretty great software, a.k.a. Windows. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by vgart: GOODDD every-time I see his face is like October 31. 5 Responses | Other threads
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coffee
Coffee Tastes Sweeter with Giant Mechanized Beasts
We down 2-3 cups of coffee a day at Gizmodo Midwest HQ (my tiny apartment consisting of just me), but rarely do we put thought in the labor that brings us beans (fair trade, I swear!). Luckily, BoingBoing corresponded with the 2008 US World Barista Champion to take a look at coffee harvesting in Brazil. Because otherwise, we'd never have known about giant harvesting vehicles that engulf whole trees or the juxtaposition of automated and traditional drying, roasting and packing techniques that follow collection. If you like coffee, you'll enjoy the 6-minute clip. [boingboing] More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by closhedbb: That would be nice if they had those things in a large number of coffee plantations in Brazil, or maybe... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Holy Flying Penguins
Penguins Flying in Military Planes from Brazil's Beaches to the South Atlantic
Get ready to fight to the death for this one, Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks: More than a thousand penguins have suddenly appeared on the beaches of Brazil. The scientists can't explain why this is happening. Some say they are somehow confused. Knowing the view on Brazil's beaches, I personally think they are not confused at all. Brazilian National Institute for Space Research climatologist Jose Marengo thinks the penguins—who are being airlifted back to its origin by the air force—got lost because of changes in the ocean circulation in the South Atlantic: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Ambiguous Blob 2.0: That's some scary shit, kind of lends some credence to what Al Gore was saying in "An Inconvenient Truth"... ... 6 Responses | Other threads
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music
Solenoid Steel Band Makes Me Want to Go to Brazil and Dance
A music aficionado/engineering genius has created this wonderful musical piece using just electromagnetic solenoids—devices that convert electricity into linear motion—placed next to different objects around the office, and a computer control program. The result is so good that it makes me want to drink caipirinhas, dance samba, or move to Rio de Janeiro. But since I just moved to New York and it's 11:30PM already, I will just do myself a caipirinha and watch the episode 1 season 2 of Californication. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by ShobhitaQuail: The platform he/she was using is called arduino. It's being controlled by Max/MSP. You can buy all of the pieces... 1 Responses | Other threads
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notes
Notes: Gizmodo Brazil Live
Between the tech culture and vibrant sense of life, Brazil is one country that should have a native version of Gizmodo. And now they're live, with a combination of Gizmodo US posts translated into Portuguese and their own local news. I took this shot with a camera phone on the beach several months back. But Rio is so beautiful a city, I wish I'd brought the capable Nikon D300 DSLR along for the ride. Not sure where I'd tuck that 18-200mm in my speedo, though. [Gizmodo Brazil in Portugese and translated into English] -
what?
Software Pirates Fined Four Brazillion Dollars
If you thought those greedy mom-assaulting vampires from the RIAA or the BSA were bad, you haven't seen their Brazilian cousins yet: they sued a shopping mall and its retailers for selling pirated software to the tune of four billion dollars, winning every single cent of it. Nothing bad with that, until they tell you how they came up with that crazy sum. More » -
rip
Sad Ending: Flying Priest Found Dead in the Atlantic, God Positioning System Still Missing
Father de Carli, the flying priest who got lost last April, has been found dead in the middle of the Atlantic. In an effort to raise funds for a local charity organization, De Carli planned to stay for more than 19 hours up in the air using a thousand party balloons, taking a GPS with him to communicate his position in case of emergency. Unfortunately for the generous man, the trip ended in disaster. More » -
notes
My Birthday Wishes For 2008
I'm still traveling, and today on the beach in Ipanema, I got into a bit of an argument with the tide, which swept me out a bit. I waved to friends for a bit of help and they just waved back, I think. (Had already lost both contacts at this point, so couldn't see.) I made it back to shore by swimming parallel to the beach to weaker currents and planting my tippy toes in the sand when the tide pulled back out, and making it back in slowly. The Sea is mighty, even on a leisurely beach day! I'm not supposed to be posting, but I figured I'd pop in to do my usual birthday wishes. More »
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By Brian LamComment by JaymzThePooh: Firefly Season 2 would be great. So would another season of Enterprise (I'm not the only one that watched that... more » | Other threads
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notes
Notes: The Brazilian Band Called Inimigos da HP (Translation: Enemies of HP)
On my last day in São Paulo, the good people we were working with on an upcoming Portuguese version of Giz with took us to some nightclub with an open roof and lots of beautiful younger people dancing and making out. Anyhow, here's the gadget party of this story: There was a band there playing called Inimigos da HP, or Enemies of HP. Yes, that HP. Apparently the members started playing together in college, but are mostly former engineers and industrial designers who were forced in their previously not-rockstar life to use HP calcs every day. I like their music. Now I'm in Rio, taking a long weekend. Going to the beach. I should have played more Wii Fit. [Wiki, Amazon] More » -
bad luck or bad design
Priest Takes Off Using Party Balloons, GPS to Find God (Literally)
When he was a boy, Father de Carli had the same dream that most kids have: jump off the ground and reach for the sky. But when he grew up, instead of taking flight lessons, he literally did that. He jumped and flew with the help of a thousand party balloons. His first try was a success, traveling 68 miles for 4 hours and 15 minutes. His second, however, has probably ended in disaster—after he took off with a GPS that he didn't know how to use. More » -
frozen ipods
Images of the iPod Frozen Popsicles Don't Excite Our Tongues But Tickle Our Ears
Remember that Unilever promotion that is giving away 10,000 iPod shuffles frozen inside $1 fruit popsicles? Well, we just got the pictures of how it actually looks inside:
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By Jesus DiazComment by Maxwell's Nylon Hammer: Is the world really a better place now that we can package consumer electronics in food to survive -20°C temperatures? Do... more » | Other threads
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frozen ipods
Ice Cream Company Gives Away 10,000 Frozen iPods Inside Popsicles
After decades of popsicle promotions that included prizes printed on the stick, Brazilian ice-cream company Kibon has taken it to a new level by including the actual prize inside the popsicle: they will manufacture 10,000 specially made propsicles, identical in size and color to the actual thing, frozen with iPod shuffles inside. We talked to Mentor Muniz Neto—creative director for Bullet Brazil, the company who got the idea—about how they worked with Apple to achieve this.
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mother nature plays too
Brazilian Gamer Gets Struck By Lighting... With Joystick in Mouth?
Following last week's RPG kidnapping, a 18-year-old brazilian near Sao Paulo has been hospitalized after being struck by lightning while he had one joystick in his hand and another in his mouth. I know, weird. The proof that Mother Nature can be a bitch sometimes was left in the teen's bedroom wall, as you can see here. More » -
laptops
MacBook Pro Takes a Cap for its Owner, Still Boots Up
Can't afford to splurge on a Halliburton case for your shiny MacBook Pro? Turns out you may not have to. This Brasilian MacBook Pro over here took a bullet that was intended for its owner over the weekend during a mugging gone wrong and surprisingly, it still worked after being shot. So either that was a crap gun they used or the MacBook Pro is one tough lappie that doesn't need babying. More » -
cellphones
LG MG810 Sapphire Clamshell: It's Chocolatey
The LG M810, which we mentioned before but with only sparse details, has been confirmed as a member of LG's Chocolate brand. Apparently, it's on sale right now in Brazil, the happiest place on Earth, for something like $465. More »
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