Here’s a project worth mentioning, executed by our friends at Artica and IDMind. “SapoBot is a robot that wonders through spaces avoiding obstacles detects holes on the ground, follow walls and follow lines, to change between behaviors you only need to press the shell, and when he detects a collision gives a frog sound. This project was comissioned by Sapo, means frog in portuguese.” Read the story…

Once in a while at SAPO we cross our path with extraordinary people with uncommon ideas and unlimited motivation. Ideas to which we just can’t say no, those with the right amount of usefulness, awesomeness and uniqueness, you know what I’m talking about. The Panoramas SAPO project was one of those moments. When Basílio and Pedro came to us and the thought of making a record Tera pixel panoramic photo of Lisbon took shape, we sank our energy and resources into the project and put up an elite team working together in no time.…

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Here’s a story by this guy who enjoys a good hack, crazy for all things tech vintage, who needed a new computer. He wanted a new OSX based system, he decided to build his own. Yes, it’s yet another hackintosh how to guide and yes, it’s me. I have a ton of Appleish gear in my life. You name the device, I probably have it. Call me a fanboy if you need to.…

É público e sabido que eu sou um grande tarado por relíquias informáticas. Fui um orgulhoso dono e utilizador obsessivo e compulsivo de uma mão cheia de pérolas que já só fazem parte do imaginário geek da minha geração, e uns quase 30 anos depois continuo a lembrar-me com saudades desses loucos e indiscritíveis tempos. A prova disso é que na mesma sala aonde escrevo este texto estou rodeado de um Commodore 64 e um Commodore Amiga 1200, completamente operacionais (montados e ligados à televisão) e de uma réplica de uma Arcade Machine.…