Geek Out

Man’s Dentures Deflects Bullet, Saves His Life

I always thought that there was nothing good about dentures. Zacarias Pacheco de Moraes, an 81-year-old man, would disagree since wearing dentures is the reason he’s alive. No joke, Moraes was shot in the face but the dentures deflected the bullet.


May 26, 2011
Geek Out

Watching Power Lines Explode Is A Bit Like Watching Fireworks

Daniel Bean, a filmmaker, captured power lines exploding like fireworks in Brazil. It’s scary because the town has been experiencing a ton of problems with their electricity and the company hasn’t stepped up to fix it. That. Shit. Ain’t. Safe.


April 15, 2011
Gadgets

Brazilian Police To Wear Glasses That Scans Faces To Find Criminals

In technology that is lifted straight from Robocop, Brazilian cops will be outfitted with glasses that can scan faces in a crowd and automatically pick out criminals. The glasses use advanced facial recognition technology that can scan 400 faces a second at 50 yards away.


April 12, 2011
Geek Out

What Are You Supposed To Do With The World’s Largest Lego Tower

Forget the ’60s Space Race between Russia and the US: the current Lego tower pissing match between Brazil and Chile is waaaaaaaaay more compelling.


March 26, 2011
Cars

Homeless Man Builds His Own Car Out Of Junk

This is Orismar de Souza, a homeless man in Brazil, who decided to build the car he couldn’t buy using junk, spare parts and a hammer and chisel. Four years later, the “shrimpmobile” has him back on his feet.


November 23, 2010
Cars

Teensy VW Car Is 30% The Size Of The Original

It looks like you can fit more people in VW’s car than you can in the Guinness Book of World Records’ smallest legal street car, but it’s still 30 per cent the size of an original VW Gol.


November 9, 2010
Science

Two Guys Use Excavator In Wrong Place And Destroy Entire Port

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The sinkhole that opened the Gates of Hell in Guatemala is nothing compared to the astonishing landslide that destroyed Manaus port, on the Rio Grande riverside. Land liquefied and the river drank it all, humans and their industry included.


September 28, 2010

The Boardroom Of The Future Is Bright, White, And Pretty Tron-Like

The illuminated, pod-like Youturn Pavilion looks like it belongs in a space ship. Or maybe it’s better suited as part of the Tron: Legacy set. Out-of-this-world and video-game-world are pretty interchangeable, right?


August 6, 2010

Skype – As Seen Through The Imagined 1960s Mad Men Advertising Looking-Glass

Trying their hand at conjuring up vintage advertising for Facebook, YouTube and Skype, Brazilian advertising firm Moma created these ads for newspaper Meio & Mensagem. Don Draper could only dream of their marketing power. [AdsOfTheWorld via Urlesque via Defamer]


February 4, 2010
Mobile

Mystery Motorola Android Prototype Spotted Hiding Out In Brazil

Our colegas at Gizmodo Brazil got themselves a nice little get: A previously unseen Motorola Android prototype, which was apparently shown to employees of the company last week. So, what is this thing?