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Drones in Portugal in 2026: registration, insurance, filming permits and where you can fly
Flying a drone in Portugal has three layers of rules: ANAC registration and training, compulsory insurance above 900 g, and the AAN authorisation to capture aerial images, ten days ahead. What each one asks, and what to check before hiring aerial filming. Journal · · 6 minDigital twins in Portugal: what they are, what they are for and what they cost
A digital twin is a model connected to the real thing and kept up to date. What separates it from BIM, a 3D survey or a virtual tour, real examples in Portugal from Lisbon to the Escoural Cave, uses, costs and where to start. Journal · · 6 minPhotography for car dealerships: a system for everyday stock, special content for special cars
Everyday cars get photographed in-house, with a system of your own; only special cars call for special content. The 15 photos, in order, the spot, the rules, and a printable A4 guide. Journal · · 6 minPhotography agency or freelance photographer? How to choose, and when it isn’t worth paying more
There are photo shoots for €30 and for €600 or more, and both exist for a reason. When a freelancer is enough, when an agency pays off, who owns commissioned photos in Portugal, and what to ask before you hire. Journal · · 6 minProperty virtual tours in Portugal: what they cost, how long they take and where to publish them
A practical guide for estate agencies: what a virtual tour of a property costs, how long it takes, how to add it to Idealista and Imovirtual, and what the law asks of the images. Journal · · 7 minVirtual tours on construction sites: 8 ideas, from the crane cab to seeing through walls
Construction companies want to show their sites as modern work. The same 360° capture also gives a walkable timeline of every phase, design versus as-built, tours from the CAD, and five more ideas. Journal · · 5 minOpenAI Dots and the AI agents that keep working when you close the laptop
OpenAI’s new Dots run on their own cloud computer and keep going after you log off, joining Meta’s Muse, Google’s Gemini Spark and Microsoft’s Scout. What they do, why individual users in Europe can’t get them yet, and what to delegate, and never delegate, to one. Journal · · 5 minAMD is buying World Labs: what AI world models mean for 3D, VR and virtual tours
AMD will pay about $8.2 billion for Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs, the startup that turns photos and text into walkable 3D worlds. Why a chipmaker wants it, and what generated worlds can and cannot replace in 3D capture, VR and 360° tours. Journal · · 4 minRadar: every public tender in Portugal on one free page
Every public tender in Portugal on one free page: notices from BASE, Diário da República and TED, searchable by sector and district, on a live map. We built it so we would stop missing the ones that fit us. Now it is yours.— The journal, by email
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