Category: Communication & Hi-Tech
Infrastrutture: le vere rivoluzioni. Lo spiega il Prof. Massimo Merlino
Negli ultimi anni della mia docenza a Genova, verso la fine del decennio ’90, mi recai in visita per il locale Parco Tecnologico al Politecnico di [...]
Limerick firm Teckro raises $6m in funding
An early investor into Facebook and AirBnb has led a $6m (€5.4m) investment round into Limerick-based life sciences firm Teckro.
Teckro, which de [...]
Designers come out for Apple in patent fight with Samsung
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) deserved the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) paid for infringing patented des [...]
La cinese Hanergy indica la strada per l’auto solare?
Hanergy, azienda produttrice di fotovoltaico a film sottile, ha presentato al salone dell’auto di Pechino la "Hanergy Solar R", un modello che, second [...]
Dublin software firm sold for €2.15bn
Dublin-based software company Fleetmatics is to be bought for $2.4bn (€2.15bn) in cash by Verizon, the US telecoms giant.
The deal comes weeks af [...]
Fail-Safe Nuclear Power
Cheaper and cleaner nuclear plants could finally become reality—but not in the United States, where the technology was invented more than 50 years ago [...]
Uber e Didi fanno un accordo miliardario: finisce la guerra di Cina
Dopo mesi di lotta e 2 miliardi di dollari investiti per imporre il proprio marchio, l’azienda californiana si arrende e fonda una società coi rival [...]
3D printing and blockchain could change world trade as we know it
3D printing, blockchain technology, and decentralised production. There is a new world order out there and it is changing the trade world as we [...]
This solar-powered plane just flew 40,000km around the world with no fuel
A solar-powered aircraft successfully completed the first fuel-free flight around the world on Tuesday, returning to Abu Dhabi after an epic 16- [...]
Norway to build world’s first floating underwater traffic tunnels
Norway has hatched ambitious plans to install the world’s first floating underwater tunnels to help travelers easily cross the nation’s many fjords. A [...]