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Author Archives: Carol Beatriz

Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation with IDEO.org and +Acumen

+Acumen Chapters is one important part of Acumen‘s work.  Is a community of global citizens equipped with the moral leadership needed to meet the complex challenges of our time. Using the … Continue reading

June 28, 2013 · Leave a comment

LEGO and NASA developing innovation for future generations

It is a fact that Lego is one of the coolest companies in the world. If you don’t agree, I’m sorry, but you had no childhood. Besides producing one of … Continue reading

June 20, 2013 · Leave a comment

Next stop: Mars

This is no wonder that NASA is seeking a way to take a spacecraft to Mars crewed by humans. But what the Dutch Mars One wants to do goes far … Continue reading

June 13, 2013 · Leave a comment

Nós.vc and Cinese.me: Brazilian Crowdlearning Projects

We’ve talked here at 3Sixty about the Coursera crowdlearning project, where anyone can learn from the best professors at universities around the world. But these two projects in Brazil have a … Continue reading

June 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

Tuboteca – Making better bus travel in Curitiba

People from Curitiba who enjoy reading can rely on another library in central area of the city. The Tuboteca (tube + library in portuguese), inaugurated to commemorate the anniversary of … Continue reading

May 21, 2013 · 1 Comment

ChatSOS: A social network for those women that don’t have girl friends

The slogan of this new brazilian social network venture is simple: “The guy sent you a message and you didn’t get what is his deal? We help you”. That’s how … Continue reading

May 7, 2013 · 1 Comment

With special glasses, telecenter users have internet privacy

Terra has just launched in Paraisópolis slum in Sao Paulo the project VIP – Visão de Internet Protegida (Protected Internet Vision). Made by DM9 (brazilian publicity agency), the action aims to promote … Continue reading

April 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

Two initiatives for fairer prices

SP Honesta and Boicota SP, two tools to find fair and good food in São Paulo. São Paulo is among the 50 most expensive cities in the world. In practice … Continue reading

April 29, 2013 · 1 Comment

Thunderboy – Brazilian design for Giugiaro’s Italdesign

During February and March 2013, the Museu da Casa Brasileira (Museum of The Brazilian House), in São Paulo, hosted the exposition  “Giugiaro: 45 years of italian design”, to celebrate the … Continue reading

April 26, 2013 · 3 Comments

Programming is something that is learned in the cradle

It is a fact, we live in a time when babies learn how to use the phone or tablet before even start talking. So it is normal to think that … Continue reading

April 25, 2013 · 1 Comment