eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, July 22, 2026 – For decades, the flying car was science fiction’s favorite broken promise. In 2026, China is trying to make good on it — not with a single prototype, but with actual assembly lines. Backed by a national policy push around what Beijing calls the “low-altitude economy,” a handful of Chinese…
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Inside India’s First Hydrogen Locomotive eyesonbrasil From Sketch to Steel Amsterdam, July 21, 2026 – On July 17, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood at Jind railway station in Haryana and flagged off a train unlike any that had ever moved on Indian rails. Its name: NaMo Green Rail. Its fuel: hydrogen, stored in onboard…
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How Brazil Learned to Watch the World Cup Final From the Couch eyesonbrasil There is a very specific kind of pain reserved only for Brazilians this July 19th. It’s not the pain of losing a final. It’s the pain of not even being in one — and watching your oldest, most beloved, most insufferable rival…
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Inside Brazil’s CBF Conflict-of-Interest Storm eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, July 15, 2026 – Brazilian football has never been short of controversy, but the latest one doesn’t involve a coach, a referee, or a scandal-plagued president. It involves a sitting justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) — Brazil’s Supreme Court — and questions about how close his…
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eyesonbrasil For 54 straight years, watching the World Cup in Brazil meant watching Globo. The network had aired every tournament since 1970, building a viewing ritual so entrenched it barely registered as a choice. In 2026, that streak ended — not because a rival network finally out-bid Globo, but because a 31-year-old from Rio de…
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How EllaLink Rewired Brazil’s Connection to the World eyesonbrasil Six thousand kilometers beneath the Atlantic, a bundle of glass fibers no thicker than a garden hose is quietly reshaping how Brazilians reach the internet. It has no name most people would recognize, no flashy headquarters, and no consumer-facing app. But EllaLink may be one of…
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Within Mature and Emerging Economies eyesonbrasil Rio de Janeiro/ Amsterdam, July 12th 2026–Traditional educational models in emerging markets often struggle with a severe lack of physical infrastructure, outdated learning materials, and a chronic shortage of trained teachers. The rise of AI native technology now offers a historic opportunity to leapfrog these long-standing challenges. Instead of simply digitizing…
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Brazil: Real Estate, Investing and Fun eyesonbrasil São Paulo/ Amsterdam, July 12th 2026– São Paulo’s real estate market presents a nuanced but telling picture in 2026. According to the June 2026 FipeZAP report, the average price per square metre in the city stands at R$ 12,055. Notably, Vitória (Espírito Santo) recently overtook São Paulo as…
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Inside São Paulo’s Downtown Reinvention eyesonbrasil New York isn’t the only city racing to turn empty office towers into apartments — and São Paulo’s version of the story looks nothing like Manhattan’s. There are no new floors being stacked on top of century-old frames, no columns buckling under fresh residential loads. Instead, Brazil’s largest city…
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What the Pfizer Building Scare Reveals About New York’s Office-to-Apartment Boom eyesonbrasil For a few tense hours last week, a chunk of Midtown Manhattan went dark. Streets closed. Nine buildings evacuated. A “frozen zone” stretched from 40th to 45th Street between First and Third Avenues. The cause: two buckled steel columns on the 21st floor…
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