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To develop the first generation of implantable microrobots that can navigate the human body in a controlled and noninvasive manner. This is the main goal of I-BOT (Implantable microroBOT), the new project of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa funded by the European Research Council (Erc) with Erc Starting Grants. The project will officially sta...

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Italy is set to make a remarkable impact at GlassBuild America 2024, taking place in Dallas. The Italian Pavilion, located at Booth #51006 and beyond in the Hutchinson Convention Center, will showcase the finest in Italian glass machinery and innovation. For the seventh consecutive year, this Pavilion serves as a premier platform to highlight the e...

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Researchers are using cutting-edge AI models to “read” ancient scrolls superheated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, which covered much of the Bay of Naples in ash—including the now-famous towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Though the work to decode the scrolls began centuries before the artificial intelligence revolution emerged, myriad new...

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Europe and the United States have allied very often, on various issues and challenges. One fine alliance is the one we present that concerns innovation in education. In Europe, pedagogical structures and methodology went through several reforms since the beginning of the last century in the direction of making education more active and putting stud...

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WeDo Academy is the Italian association for youth entrepreneurship education, and as many as three editions of the original and innovative Summer Camp for girls and boys aged 10 to 19 who want to learn about, acquire and experience the entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, better known as Entrepreneurial Mindset, have been planned for 2024. The first...

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Sofidel, a global leading manufacturer of paper for hygienic and domestic use, is partnering with the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Chapter of the Italian Scientists & Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) to launch the 2024 ISSNAF-PND/Sofidel AI Innovation in Marketing Award. The winner will receive a $3,000 grand prize. This award...

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Suffering from insomnia is, sometimes, not a bad thing. I recently had a bout of it and ended up spending late nights reading and surfing the web. That’s how I came across an interesting article published by Meseuro on their webpage, about lesser-known Made in Italy ventures. Meseuro is an Italian think tank focused on addressing and analyzing the...

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An Italian company has found a way to take recycling to a much higher level: collecting mussel shells and other bivalve mollusks derived from waste in manufacturing to turn them into an environmentally sustainable cement. The step is not direct (mussels do not directly become cement) but the project works. The startup is called W3DS (an acronym for...

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Genoa in Liguria hosted the presentation of the new made in Italy prototype artificial foot called “SoftFoot Pro”. This device, developed by the Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation Unit of the Italian Institute of Technology, represents an important innovation in the field of technological prostheses for people with disabilities...

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The hydrofoil is a type of fast watercraft that rises above the water on wing-like foils as it gains speed, reducing drag and allowing for higher speeds. This innovative vessel was invented by Italian engineer Enrico Forlanini, whose work significantly impacted maritime travel. Forlanini (1848-1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor, and aeronautic...

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