Cloud computing and cloud innovations was main topic for November 29 IT cluster club meeting, which was attended by more than twenty experts from leading IT companies and Skolkovo residents. The round table was initiated by the IT cluster of the Skolkovo...
Skolkovo is to become a testing centre for driverless buses with the setting up of a research and development centre by innovative bus-maker Volgabus . The driverless bus developed jointly by Bakulin Motors Group and Skolkovo resident KB Avrora. Photo...
Wallarm , a Skolkovo resident cybersecurity startup, has attracted $2.3 million in investment upon completing the prestigious Silicon Valley seed accelerator programme Y Combinator. Three quarters of the Wallarm team pictured at Y Combinator in Mountain...
Three Skolkovo teams – WayRay, “NPO Sodis Laboratory” and 3D Bin – participated in the semi-final pitches and demo show on the Slush. Vitaly Ponomaryov, CEO of WayRay, became a real star – he has achieved the finals, and an international...
Russian teams took part in five of six disciplines at the Cybathlon in Zurich at the weekend, in the world’s first international competition for disabled people who use hi-tech devices to help them in their everyday lives. A contestant taking part...
Moscow will see its first ever Cybathlon on August 13 for users of bionic prosthetic hands and arms, organised by Skolkovo resident Motorica , which makes roboticised prosthetic hands for children and adults. The official trailer for the Cybathlon 2016...
A Russian company is hoping to revolutionise the treatment of HIV patients around the world with the help of a grant from the Skolkovo Foundation. Currently, Russia's one million HIV patients take a daily cocktail of tablets. Viriom is working on...
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, the U.K.'s main telecom companies joined forces to launch a mentoring programme aimed at encouraging women to pursue STEM careers, as professions based around science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
When tech startups are being considered for resident status at the Skolkovo innovation centre, one of the conditions for acceptance is that their product or service must have potential for export. Skolkovo’s mission is not import substitution; on the...
Even before Pokemon GO fever struck the world, 2016 had already been dubbed the year of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) by tech-watchers due to the number of new devices hitting the market this year. Then Nintendo’s Pokemon-themed AR game took the...
Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest lake, is in danger. For several years now, the water near the shores of the vast Siberian lake has been turning green with algae, and satellite images reveal that that is only a small part of a much bigger problem...
As the world discusses the ethics of growing human organs in pigs , scientists gathered at the Skolkovo Foundation last week to discuss an equally divisive topic: that of human genome modification. Scientists in the U.S. are currently making headlines...
Konstantin Deblikov deftly extends one black, bionic finger to rub the side of his nose as he talks. The casual observer might think that the young journalist from Voronezh has complete mastery of his bionic hands, but his dexterity belies the struggle that...
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...
The Skolkovo Business Angels Club (SCBA) meeting took place on November 26 at the World Trade Center in Moscow. Eight startups, which carefully prepared themselves to meet investors, finally got an ovation for their talented presentations. For the first...
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...
Novas USA, Novas Sk , Skolkovo resident US subsidiary won a prestigious award in Texas Reuters wrote (сut version): HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Propell Technologies Group Inc., (OTCQB: PROP) yesterday was presented...
For any Russian company with international aspirations, the Asian markets are the modern Klondike - and not just because strained relations with the West have made it more difficult for some Russian enterprises to do business there. Asia will be the future...
The Moon Village – a permanent lunar base station – should be a truly international affair, and Russian villagers are more than welcome, European Space Agency director general Johann-Dietrich Woerner told professors and students of the Skolkovo...
Nine innovative resident startups of the Skolkovo Foundation are heading to London next week to exhibit their products at Bett , a major international EdTech trade show taking place from January 25 to January 28. The giant education trade fair is attended...
The Skolkovo innovation centre graduated to the status of a true city on Tuesday with the arrival of its first residents, who received the keys to their brand new homes at a celebratory housewarming event. Two of Skolkovo's youngest new residents...
The Skolkovo Foundation is preparing to expand beyond planet Earth this autumn, when its subsidiary, the Skolkovo Orbital Launch Centre (SOLC), is set to send satellites into space. “Our first launches are planned for October this year,” said...
Skolkovo’s resident cybercrime sleuths Group-IB have helped Russia’s Interior Ministry catch a gang of hackers suspected of using a Trojan virus to steal money from more than one million bank accounts via mobile banking apps, the ministry said Monday...
The 8th All-Russian Conference Molecular Diagnostics – 2014 was held in Moscow on March 18-20. The conference was attended by foreign participants, and included relevant Skolkovo projects for the first time. Evgeny Imyanitov, Doctor of Medical Sciences...
If scientists invented an anti-ageing pill that would help you live to the age of 120, would you take it? Think carefully, because if it sounds like science fiction, it’s not. Ageing is a treatable disease like any other, according to some scientists...