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Students at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez excelled in Brazil

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A group of mechanical engineering students at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez excelled in several categories at a competition in Brazil.

Modelo del Vehículo REVO. (suministrada)

Modelo del Vehículo REVO. (suministrada)

 

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Promoting Puerto Rico in Brazil

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A group of Puerto Rican government representatives and entrepreneurs recently went to Brazil to promote business between Puerto Rico and South America's biggest economy.

 

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Puerto Rican ingenuity at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

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Puerto Rican neuroscientist and graduate student David Schwarz is part of Walk Again (Andar du Novo), a project that will allow a paraplegic Brazilian teen to control a robotic exoskeleton with their mind to execute the inaugural kick at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

This event will be historical for many reasons. First, it is the culmination of years of research and the collective work of hundreds of scientists around the world, from engineers, to computer scientists, to neuroscientists.

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