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  • Update available for Startup Village

    Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...

    26 May, 13:03 Nowak David
  • Drone training for the Emergencies Ministry

    A Skolkovo startup is training Russia’s Emergencies Ministry in the art of drone piloting as the government seeks innovative new ways of responding to disasters in hard-to-reach areas. Aerob CEO Andrei Mamontov delivers the training package to the...

    19 May, 15:14 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo Scientific Advisory Council holds court at Stanford

    Skolkovo’s Scientific Advisory Council ended a whirlwind tour of American educational institutions this week by holding its quarterly meeting at Stanford University, where the prospects for Russian science, education and business came under scrutiny....

    06 November, 10:23 Nowak David
  • Stratospheric science, Skoltech-style

    A Skoltech team led by assistant professor Alessandro Golkar is analyzing the results yielded by four research balloons launched to the edge of space. The view from a Skoltech research balloon. Photograph: skoltech.ru The helium balloons carried...

    30 October, 12:51 Nowak David
  • Skoltech students launch science balloons to the edge of space

    Deep in the Russian provinces on Tuesday morning, a team of Russian students launched four helium balloons into the stratosphere with scientific experiments designed to advance our understanding of how composite materials, new batteries and other technology...

    21 October, 13:21 Nowak David
  • Taking cloud computing beyond the clouds

    Imagine a future in which all things launched into space – from the tiniest nano-satellites to hulking multi-modular planet probes – could communicate with one other. One in which mankind could harness the collaborative potential of thousands...

    06 October, 13:20 Nowak David
  • Lin Industrial: A slingshot into space

    Lin Industrial is a Russian startup business that believes sending satellites into space should be less epic blastoff and more paper airplane. Only recently entering the Skolkovo fold as a resident, the company already has a co-investor and is filing for...

    16 September, 9:15 Nowak David