Ecco Goldfinger, il guanto italoamericano per controllare le macchine
Il Politecnico di Torino e il Mit di Boston hanno sviluppato un'interfaccia indossabile che potrà trovare applicazioni nell'industria, nella medicina e nella realtà virtuale. Il controller riesce ad autoalimentarsi grazie all'energia elettrica generata dal movimento delle dita e i componenti tecnologici sono integrati nel suo supporto tessile. &nb...
Uno pneumatico intelligente per dimezzare gli incidenti
di 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...
Authentic Italian right in our backyard
by Danielle Gomes There is nothing that matters more to Italian-born chef Franco Raimondo than preparing and serving only the freshest food possible at Marco Polo in Ocean City. "I never serve food that was made yesterday," Raimondo says. Each day, Raimondo makes the sauces and soups fresh and at the end of the night, if ther...
The Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi (SIEF) is pleased to announce exciting news: the inauguration of its Chicago location in Wicker Park
The Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi (SIEF) is pleased to announce exciting news: the inauguration of its Chicago location in Wicker Park, Toddlers playgroups, Saturday classes and the first Italian Summer Camp in Chicago. The Scuola (SIEF) will open its doors on April 2nd, 2016 for Playgroups and Children Courses on Saturdays at the Monsigno...
Fabio Luisi, Opera’s Grand Maestro, Shows No Signs of Stopping
by Wayne Lawson The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, directed by Richard Eyre with Kristine Opolais in the title role, which premieres on February 12, will be conducted by Fabio Luisi, the lean, elegant Italian who for the last decade has been steadily delivering great sound from the pit. Enlisted by...
Trasformare la mano in uno strumento musicale: il sogno di due italiani negli USA
di Alessandro Frau Sono le 8 di mattina, ad Austin, in Texas. Davanti allo schermo del mio computer ci sono due ragazzi, Andrea Baldereschi e Andrea Bulgarelli. Hanno la faccia assonnata, tipica di chi ancora non ha smaltito il jet lag. Sono arrivati in America solo da qualche giorno e non hanno mai smesso di lavorare al loro prodotto. &n...
Belleville UNICO and their ACES Club collected donations for the needy at 28th annual St. Joseph’s Altar
The Belleville Chapter of UNICO Celebrated their 28th annual St. Joseph's Altar at St. Thomas R.C. Church, Bloomfield, NJ. The name UNICO, in Italian, means "One" or "Only One of a Kind". Additionally, the letters are interpreted as U-unity, N- neighborliness, I-integrity, C-charity, and O-opportunity. For 28 years the UNICO A.C.E.S. (Athleti...
N.J.'s best Italian restaurant finals: A place worth flipping for
You wouldn't think that LuNello in Cedar Grove, with its valet parking, hushed main dining room, well-mannered bar and black-jacketed head waiters, would be the kind of place where they'd allow people to throw things around. You'd be wrong. The high-end restaurant, one of ten finalists in our search for N.J.'s best Italian restaurant,...
Michigan State's Tom Izzo elected to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
The achievement Tom Izzo said he never dreamed of is upon him. Izzo was announced as a member of the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class during a Monday morning unveiling here in Houston. The honor, regarded as the highest achievement a college basketball coach can attain, comes after Izzo took Michigan State's basket...
Pele was the face of the Cosmos, but in many ways Chinaglia was their real star
Ah, the 1970s! When all lads had long hair, sideburns and wore flared trousers. Oh and treated disco dancefloors like John Travolta did in Saturday Night Fever to the sounds of the Bee Gees. Those first two sentences are of course all factually incorrect but either way the '70s was an interesting time if you were a soccer fan in the US du...
Italian Hotspot Osteria Langhe Opening Fast-Casual Animale in May
When Osteria Langhe opened on W. Armitage Ave. in 2014, it was a pioneer of the now-booming new restaurant row in southern Logan Square. The team, made up of owner Aldo Zaninotto and chef Cameron Grant, hopes to now change the fast-casual game with their second Italian concept, Animale, slated to open in late May at 1904 N. Western Ave. ac...
Italian traditions: The Armata di Pentecoste festival Sciò la Pica
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Terre del Piceno Translation by: When spring is at its height, on the feast of Pentecost, the historical festival of the Armata di Pentecoste takes place in Monterubbiano. Though it is difficult to date the origins of this festival accurately, there are 16th century documents which attest to its h...