The book and the documentary are products of the Vessels of Brazil Project, which has been conducting careful research work for over 10 years about artisanal boat-building traditional knowledge in Brazil.

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Drawing heavily on the latest research in neuroscience, Pirozzolo is working with Steven Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and the co-author of "Freakonomics, " on a golf research project to determine which transfer techniques work and which don't.

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Robots that emerge from the research project could help in search and rescue missions or work on farms mechanically pollinating crops.

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