Few Russian startups experience the emotions that the winner of the Startup Village competition feels, and there have only been two and a half dozen of these over the eight years of the conference’s existence. However, a two-time victory in the startup...
The startup competition, a part of Startup Village Livestream’20, has ended with winners from four tracks: IT, BioTech, Industrial Tech, Energy Tech. The winners walked away with cash prizes from a prize pool valued at 24 million rubles For the first...
Exactly one week remains before the launch of Startup Village Livestream'20 , which the organizers call “one of the first virtual conferences in Russia and the major free technology event of the year”. In the year of the 10 th anniversary of...
The final phase of the corporate acceleration program that has been co-run by Skolkovo Foundation and international biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is now complete The representatives of six corporate winners speak about their developments. Natalia...
Applications for this year as part of Skolkovo Foundation's competition to identify the best projects for end-to-end digital technology are now closed. Several dozens of applications were submitted. What makes the competition remarkable is not only its...
Fifteen companies selected by the board of experts to participate in Build UP accelerator project will demonstrate their solutions in the field of construction and development The presentation of these projects will consummate the Build UP accelerator project...
Every day, the headlines warn us that robots will soon replace humans in more and more jobs. But in many areas of industry, experts believe that the best work is a joint effort by man and technology. This is the thinking behind a competition held at the...
Apis Cor, the parent company of Skolkovo resident Apis-Cor Engineering , has won fourth place in a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed habitat that could be built on Mars. SEArch+/Apis Cor's design provides maximum radiation protection from galactic...
The U.S. may be streets ahead in the development of driverless cars, but there is one area where Russia could still overtake, Russian technology experts believe. Their secret weapon? That tried-and-tested historical ally, General Winter. For it’s one...
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...
If you’re stuck for ideas of where to go on holiday this summer, how about visiting a mythical world you once saw in a dream? Or how about spending some time on Mars? If you’re looking for something more earthly but can’t face a long-haul...
Galina Balashova, the Soviet architect who designed generations of Soviet spacecraft interiors, will give a talk at the Skolkovo Technopark on Thursday as part of the annual Days of Industrial Design festival. Archive designs of spacecraft interiors by...
The world’s best face recognition algorithm is made by Skolkovo resident Vocord , according to the MegaFace platform, which rated it above Google in one of its rankings this week. Vocord's algorithm was developed to identify faces in crowds...
HelgiLab , a resident of Skolkovo’s space technologies cluster, is set to create a 3D map showing heat leaks from buildings and heating systems in Moscow after winning the Open Innovation Marketplace competition , which laid down 10 industry challenges...
The face recognition algorithm of Vocord , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, has been named the world’s most effective in its category, beating competitors including Google. In the ranking to test various facial recognition...
Dnevnik.ru , an educational social network made by a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, is among the winners of the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Rise 20 awards for education technology. The winners of the EdTechXEurope All Stars Awards...
The Internet of Things: IT Challenge competition reached its grand finale at the Skolkovo innovation centre Friday, with prizes of 5 million rubles ($78,000) awarded to the winners in several categories. Skolkovo resident THRONE Systems scooped first prize...
The 2016 Startup Tour , Skolkovo’s roaming search for promising science and tech startups around the country, has visited its final destinations for this year. The winners from all the 13 cities visited by the tour will meet at the Skolkovo Innovation...
A 3D printer that prints buildings, a system for destroying toxic algae using an electrical current and a method of monitoring employees' health via a device worn on their clothes were among the futuristic industrial startups competing for prizes at the...
Two underwater robot projects were among the three winners of the Degree of Freedom competition for unmanned vehicles and driver assistance systems that will now be awarded mini-grants from the Skolkovo Foundation. GNOM's underwater robots are designed...
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...
Alan Turing may have died 61 years ago, but the legendary British wartime code-breaker will take his place alongside Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and F1 driver Mika Hakkinen as star guests of Startup Village on June 2-3. A computer-aided image of Alan...
In business, they say, failure is the first step on the ladder to success. If that’s true, Daria Kaftan is headed in the right direction. Daria Kaftan, the 24-year-old rock-chick innovator and familiar face in the Skolkovo ecosystem. Photo: sk.ru...
The second stage of the Russian Startup Tour began this week in the Siberian city of Tomsk, a renowned innovations hub. One of the facilities at Tomsk's Special Economic Zone. Photo: Investment Portal of the Tomsk Region The tour is Russia’s...
Adaptive toys for rehabilitation and a robotic assistant surgeon were among 13 winning innovations at the first stage of the Russian Startup Tour in Rostov-on-Don. More than 100 projects from the southern city and surrounding region competed for a place...