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Shopping cart-mounted tablet detects nearby items and offers recipes in real time image

Brazil Shopping cart-mounted tablet detects nearby items and offers recipes in real time

on May 15, 2013 and filed under: Food & Beverage, Marketing & Advertising, Retail

Hellmann’s Recipe Cart campaign used NFC technology to immediately suggest meal ideas to shoppers as they walked past other ingredients. Sales rose by almost 70 percent.

In Brazil, vacant classroom spots offered at reduced cost to poorer students image

Brazil In Brazil, vacant classroom spots offered at reduced cost to poorer students

on May 3, 2013 and filed under: Education

The Mais Estudo scheme is hoping to get more young people into university by offering discounts on vacant classroom spots.

Accessible routes for disabled people in São Paulo outlined through app image

Brazil Accessible routes for disabled people in São Paulo outlined through app

on March 25, 2013 and filed under: Life Hacks

The Accessibility View project aims to use Google Maps and Street View to help disabled people find the most accessible routes through São Paulo.

At Brazilian café, cyclists get a free meal image

Brazil At Brazilian café, cyclists get a free meal

on March 14, 2013 and filed under: Eco & Sustainability, Food & Beverage

Le Repas bistro in Brazil is offering a free salad for any diner who rides their bike to the café as a reward for being green.

Truck takes free catering and business training to the Brazilian favelas image

Brazil Truck takes free catering and business training to the Brazilian favelas

on March 13, 2013 and filed under: Food & Beverage, Non-profit, Social cause

Eu que Fiz – which translates as ‘I Made That’ – is providing mobile training in chocolate-making and food business management to those in the country’s poor areas.

In Brazil, service offers translated TV subtitles in real-time image

Brazil In Brazil, service offers translated TV subtitles in real-time

on February 18, 2013 and filed under: Education, Life Hacks

Easy Way Subtitles allows those who can’t speak Portuguese to enjoy Brazilian television by running hard-of-hearing captions through Google Translate.

Government-created app suite aims to improve experience of Brazilian city image

Brazil Government-created app suite aims to improve experience of Brazilian city

on January 25, 2013 and filed under: Government

Passaporte Curitiba features a range of apps that aim to improve users’ experience of the city.

At Brazil-based fast food chain, packaging is edible image

Brazil At Brazil-based fast food chain, packaging is edible

on December 18, 2012 and filed under: Eco & Sustainability, Food & Beverage

A marketing campaign for Bob’s fast food chain in Brazil has come up with a way to avoid litter and waste – by making its packaging edible.

In Brazil, surgeons use Kinect to control x-ray displays image

Brazil In Brazil, surgeons use Kinect to control x-ray displays

on October 23, 2012 and filed under: Health & Wellbeing

The Intera project at the Hospital Evangélico de Londrina is helping surgeons to control vital on-screen imagery with gestures to save precious time in the operating room.

On Brazilian site, anyone can create an online store for commission-based sales image

Brazil On Brazilian site, anyone can create an online store for commission-based sales

on September 13, 2012 and filed under: Retail

Genstok not only enables users to build a virtual store but also helps them to source stock by connecting product suppliers with the would-be sellers.

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