Few countries in the world can benefit from telemedicine and the remote diagnosis and monitoring services it offers as much as Russia, with its enormous territory and multitude of sparsely populated and hard to reach areas. Yet currently, digital healthcare...
How can traditional intellectual property protection institutions such as patents continue to function in a world where new technologies are developed and go out-of-date in the space of a few months, if patents can take five years to obtain? If a robot creates...
A large section of the Skolkovo Technopark was turned into an obstacle course with a difference this week, as people of all ages raced to complete a course that included walking up some steps while holding a tray of apples, opening a door at the top of the...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the Skolkovo innovation city that he founded in 2010 during his tenure as president on Tuesday, where he inspected some of the tech startups supported by his brainchild project. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
Amid the satellites, virtual reality headsets, 3D printers and other hi-tech products on show at Skolkovo’s recent Startup Bazaar, the stand housing a cage of buzzing flies and jar of writhing maggots stood out. Also on the table were jars of dried and...
CosmoCourse , a private Russian space exploration enterprise, has become the first company to get approval from federal space corporation Roscosmos for its space tourism project. The company, one of a slew of up-and-coming space startups that have resident...
The ears of U.S. space entrepreneur Elon Musk should by all rights have been burning furiously on Thursday, when he became one of the most discussed topics at the InSpace forum and conference in Moscow. At the opening discussion, devoted to the relationship...
With a proposed $4 billion boost and new regulations facilitating the introduction of driverless cars, the U.S. may be leading the headlines in the race to get fully autonomous transport on the road. But Russian projects are well underway, and last month, Rusnano...
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...