WTI Magazine #38 2014 July, 9Author : folclore.it Translation by: The bridge competition is a reminiscent an event organized in two highlights: the historical parade and the battle. It takes place in the summer in Pisa, Tuscany, and it reflects an ancient and bloody game of the time of the maritime Republic of Pisa.
READ MORERipartono anche quest'anno i collegamenti stagionali di Delta Airlines che dall'Italia collegheranno con voli diretti gli Stati Uniti. Domenica sono iniziati i collegamenti non-stop tra Milano Malpensa ed Atlanta, tra Roma Fiumicino e Detroit e tra Venezia ed Atlanta. Ieri invece il primo volo estivo da Pisa ha collegato l'aeroporto JFK di...
READ MOREThe black tomato is an Italian creation now ready to be commercialized. It was registered as "Sun Black" in 2009 and in 2014 its distribution to the public started. Sun Black was born from a project coordinated by Prof. Gian Piero Soressi, teaching at University of Tuscia in Viterbo. Other institutions involved in the research were the Uni...
READ MOREFino al prossimo mese di febbraio, sarà possibile osservare proprio nel cuore della Città sulla Baia la riproduzione di uno dei simboli più noti della storia e dell'arte italiana, la celebre Torre di Pisa. L'opera magistrale "La Torre Pendente in Alabastro di Volterra" è stata, infatti, inaugurata lo scorso 13 gennaio come evento principal...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #64 2015 July, 10Author : folclore.it Translation by: The bridge competition is a reminiscent an event organized in two highlights: the historical parade and the battle. It takes place in the summer in Pisa, Tuscany, and it reflects an ancient and bloody game of the time of the maritime Republic of Pisa. Repeatedly suspe...
READ MOREThe first bionic hand to let amputees physically "feel" what they are touching will be transplanted onto a human later this year. An Italian man who lost the lower section of his arm in an accident will have the hand attached, via electrodes clipped on to two of his main nerves, directly to his nervous system. Scientists say this should let him c...
READ MOREdi Flavia Gamberale Fraticelli Anche gli italiani entrano nell'ambito mercato delle connected car. È tutto made in Italy il progetto Smart tyre, nato dalle menti di Arash Golamzadeh Nasrabadi, Alessandro Biondi, Alessio Balsini e Davide Calvaresi della scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa. La loro startup, Wriggle Solutions, ha infa...
READ MOREBy Thomas D'Addona As Staten Island and America celebrate Columbus Day, I wanted to offer an Italian's perspective on what is a deep-rooted, historical friendship between two great countries: Italy and the United States. Maybe it was because the Genovese Cristoforo Colombo risked it all to set sail for the "New World" or because millions and mill...
READ MOREBy Guy D'Astolfo The Youngstown Connection has made a lot of amazing trips over its 28 years of existence, including a few visits to Europe. But its recent trip to Italy topped them all, said Carol Baird, the founder and director of the city schools' song and dance troupe. The 14 high-school age members, plus Baird and three...
READ MORE"It can even incline five steps more without falling": the history of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is full of anecdotes and legends, which come along with interesting researches and studies. One of these stories, from which the quote has been taken, dates back to 1728: when Charles Louis de Secondat, the Baron de Montesquieu visited the Piazz...
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