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The Party - Super Bock Hitchhike

Participation in the “Super Bock Hitchhike”. We won the casting at Curto Circuito! :D

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Modular Robots Regroup

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Pico Island

A video I found on the great Vimeo, featuring only original content, about our fantastic Pico island — produced by a fellow Portuguese.

PICO ... A very special mountain...

Pico, the most southerly island in the central group of the Azores, lies east of Faial and southwest of Sao Jorge, from which it is separated by the 18km/11mi wide Canal de Sao Jorge.

Topography: The rugged and mountainous island of Pico, 48km/30mi long and up to 15km/9mi wide, with an area of 433sq.km/167sq.mi, rises at its western end to the prominent Pico Alto (2,351m/7,714ft), the highest peak not only in the Azores but in the whole of Portugal. The highest point in the eastern half of the island is the Pico Topo (1,633m/5,358ft)…

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Animal Behavior: Baby Schema

[Konrad Lorenz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lorenz) was the one who introduced the concept of Baby Schema (or [Kindchenschema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness)), relating it to a set of characteristics displayed by some animals and by all young in general — small body size, disproportionately large head, large eyes positioned low on the face, wide forehead and prominent cheeks, short and chubby limbs, and uncoordinated movements — which also constitutes a verification of the Heterogeneous Summation Law (stimuli acting cumulatively in the same direction).

These infantile features, universally recognized — even across species — reduce the aggression of others and, additionally, enhance epimelectic behaviors, increasing individual fitness. This may ultimately underlie most humans’ preference for animals that retain these characteristics throughout their lives — such as the Giant Panda and the Koala. This video attests to the power of Kindchenschema in a concrete situation. Many thanks to Sofia for the video =)

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Britain From Above: Motorways off the Coast

A BBC tem agora uma nova experiência não só para os britânicos mas para todo o mundo. Videos e imagens de zonas modernas e históricas do Reino Unido estão agora disponíveis e deixo-vos aqui uma delas.

No Estreito de Dover, incluído no Canal da Mancha, passam diariamente mais de 400 embarcações entre cargueiros, petroleiros ou os simples ferrys que fazem a ligação entre França e Inglaterra.

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