Engineering
Economics
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Good news for sugarcane
Increase in ethanol production improved people’s lives in the countryside
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
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Drones over the field
Advances expand the possibilities for using unmanned aircraft in agriculture
Aerospace engineering
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A Brazilian satellite
Amazonia 1 will monitor natural resources and help fight deforestation
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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Vinasse to generate energy
Ethanol waste can be used to produce electricity
Carlos Moedas
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Carlos Moedas: Diversity is required for excellence
European Commissioner talks about partnerships and Big Data
TRANSPORTATION
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More sustainable buses
A Brazilian company launches a cleaner hybrid electric vehicle
Corporate Research
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Advanced Testing
Spectra designs and builds flight simulators and testing laboratories
Memory
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The first shapes of the province
The first large map of São Paulo facilitated the layout of streets
Concorde 2
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A successor for the Concorde
A supersonic plane would reach a 5,500 kilometers per hour
By Redação
Astrophysics
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Made in Brazil
Mechanical quadrupod for telescopes to be installed in gamma-ray observatory
SANITARY ENGINEERING
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Recycled water
Treating wastewater is an alternative in the fight against water shortages
Euler computer cluster
High-performance computer cluster
Computer system is the fastest operating at São Paulo universities
By Redação
Cover
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The aircraft nursery
Manufacturers of small aircraft invest in collaboration with universities
BIOENGINEERING
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Made-to-measure prostheses
Titanium implants for patients who lost skull or face bones
Freightliner Inspiration Truck
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Self-driving truck
First autonomous semi truck is granted road use license in USA
By Redação
Smart tags
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Smart tag for metals
A tag identifies metallic objects through radio frequency
By Redação
Data
Training for engineers in Brazil
Undergraduate engineering programs in Brazil: courses, incoming and graduating students, public and private networks and total (2000-2013)
By Redação
ink-jettable
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Flexible connectors
New method contributes to the production of flexible electrical conductors
By Redação
Energy and Materials
New Director for the CNPEM
Carlos Américo Pacheco takes over as general director of the CNPEM
By Redação
COMPETITIVENESS
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The career path for engineers
Structural problems and economics are holding engineering back as a profession
BIOENGINEERING
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Tiny machines of the future
Brazilian research projects win awards in international contest