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JP Sá Couto negotiates sale of Magalhães laptops to Peru

According to the news portal Tek Sapo, the company that produces the Magalhães computer is in negotiations with the Peruvian government to sell 40 thousand laptops, said yesterday the director João Paulo Sá Couto to Lusa Agency. According to the news, … Continue reading

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Chavez is preparing to export Canaima laptops

According to Diário Digital, the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, said that he is preparing agreements to start exporting to several countries, the computers Canaima (local name for laptop Magalhães). The announcement was made this Saturday at the Miraflores presidential … Continue reading

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Nuno Crato named the sundial “a Magalhães of the past”

In a visit to the School André de Gouveia, in Évora, the current Minister of Education and Science, Nuno Crato, helped the students to build a manufactured sundial which he called “a Magalhães of the past”. According to Correio da Manhã, the minister has said that the sundial “is cheap” and that it just require the “tiles, a bit of chalk, cement and time”. Quoting … Continue reading

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61 thousand more Magalhães laptops in schools of Uruguay

For the third consecutive time, the company thta produces Magalhães laptops, JP Sá Couto, won a competition in Uruguay for the distribution of 61 thousand computers in schools of that country. According to the newspaper SOL, the contest launched by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay is part of … Continue reading

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Expected the highest concentration of Magalhães laptops in National Science Competitions

Over two hundred of Magalhães computers will be available to all participants of the National Science Competitions that will take place over the next days 23, 24 and 26 of April, at the University of Aveiro. According to the blog Escola Digital, the event is for young people, aged between 7 and 18 years, and aims to “create and develop culture and science … Continue reading

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