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Once upon a time, we had products that were colorful, in shapes that were quirky, whimsical, and expressive. Interesting! And then, almost every tech product became white, silver, gray, black, flat, square, round, and minimalist. Boring. But there are hints that this is changing. And one of the leaders of this change is, somewhat improbably, Google...

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Bodyfriend’s Lamborghini-themed massage chair is expected to see light in the US during the first half of 2018, according to company officials.“We expect the chair to be introduced at the Las Vegas flagship store in the US, possibly as early as next year,” a spokesperson for the Korean massage chair firm recently told The Investor. Bodyfriend signe...

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Adriano Olivetti was a multitasking person indeed and everything he did he was quite successful. He was not “only” an urbanist, editor, writer and entrepreneur but he was also a great supporter of technology and corporate social responsibility. Adriano Olivetti was also one of the strongest opponents of Fascist Regimein Italy and he converted his c...

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Symbola Foundation – a group committed to promote Made in Italy abroad- has recently issued a report called I.T.A.L.I.A. 2017 revealing very interesting data. Italy can be innovative, creative and competitive on global markets. To give an idea, the report points out how between 2014-2017 Italian exports have increased up to 26,7 billion Euros, achi...

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You’ll hit a million obstacles before you can even dream of becoming a millionaire. Roadblocks were the very things that kept Joy Mangano, the inventor of the Miracle Mop and more than $3 billion worth of successful products, moving forward. She details her journey in her relatable new book “Inventing Joy,” out Nov. 7. “I wasn’t wealthy in any form...

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The Piaggio Group with Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), the Boston-based company that runs the group’s center for research into mobility for the future, has taken part in the World Frontiers Forum being held in Cambridge and at Harvard University (October 1-3), and is the only Italian organization at the debate. Founded by Dennis Ausiello (Harvard Medic...

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An Italian technology startup called Eyra Ltd will soon release a wearable device known as the Horus that allows the visually impaired to explore public space beyond the limitations of the walking cane. "The white cane is not enough because it only solves the issue of detecting obstacles touching the ground," said Saverio Murgia, CEO and co-founder...

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Scientists at the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Rome celebrated on Tuesday when the Nobel Prize in physics went to the “LIGO-Virgo detector collaboration” that discovered gravitational waves. Italian scientists were the driving force behind the Virgo detector. “This time the whole of the science world has been rewarded,” Federico...

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When: Saturday, October 21, 2017 From 8:00 am To 7:00 pm -  Where: Department of Italian, Georgetown University, 37th & O Streets NW, Washington, DC 20057 Join us on October 21, at Georgetown University, for the third iteration of the Italian Language and Culture Conference which this year focuses the discussion on pedagogical innovations to increa...

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La comodità di non dover cambiare le pile per vent’anni. L’idea è diventata realtà grazie a un ricercatore dello Iuss di Pavia, Gianni Lisini. Vogherese, 40 anni, Lisini ha brevettato l’accumulatore ibrido, la cosiddetta pila eterna: «Ho pensato di creare un prodotto che risolvesse il problema di dover cambiare le batterie», ha spiegato. Ingegnere...

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