Skolkovo startups won two out of four categories at the Startup of the Year awards at Moscow’s Digital October centre on Wednesday. Koshelek (CardsMobile), an app that allows users to compile all their bank, transport and discount cards into one electronic...
Guide dogs have been used by blind people for nearly half a millennium, and in that time, no more trustworthy solution has been found to reliably lead a blind person through the numerous potential hazards that surround them. But training a guide dog is a slow...
Крупнейший в РФ продавец электронной литературы «Литрес» уже в этом году собирается вывести на рынок новый формат книг. Его разработкой занимается сколковское подразделение компании – «Литрес Инновации» Формат fb3 будет предназначен...
A robotic pet sitter designed by an offshoot of a Skolkovo resident startup has raised more than double the amount it was seeking, just a few days into its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Pebby consists of a smart collar and a remote-controlled...
The world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organised by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, 27 February - 2 March 2017. Location: Fira Gran Via and Fira Montjuïc, Barcelona. For more information, see the event...
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...
Skolkovo resident Cloudike ( ASD Technologies ) has entered the Indonesian market with the launch of its mobile cloud service on the country’s mobile carrier Indosat Ooredoo. The network’s customers will now be able to use incloud to upload,...
Интернет-ресурс «Шахтерская мини-энциклопедия» утверждает, что «даже в наши дни ещё не существует прибора, так же тонко и быстро реагирующего на присутствие газа, как организм канарейки». Известно, что канареек с давних времен шахтеры...
Hackers may be associated around the world with Russia above any other country, thanks to news reports that often describe cybercriminals as Russian, and to accusations this year that Russian hackers were behind attacks on the U.S. Democratic National Committee...
The Skolkovo Foundation has awarded its first invitations to next year’s Startup Village in Moscow, selecting two Asian startups from the finalists of the Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena competition. The winners of Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena, including...
A Skolkovo startup that has designed a smart clock that shows users notifications as they need them has raised more than eight times the amount it was seeking on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website. Glance Clock, which is being promoted under the tagline...
Skolkovo resident SensArt , whose product Surfancy turns any surface into an interactive touch screen, has reached an agreement with Sberbank Technologies to introduce its technology to branches of Russia’s biggest bank. Surfancy's interactive...
Mobile devices, the Internet of Things and outdated legislation were put under the microscope last week at the annual Business Information Security Summit in Moscow, as international IT security experts agreed on one thing: business technologies are growing...
The parking gods can be cruel and capricious, as anyone who has ever spent half an hour or more circling their destination in a city centre looking for a space knows. A new app aims to relieve drivers in Moscow of this particular stress by not only showing...
Компания ComfortWay объявила о старте продаж SIM-карт CwSim. Новый продукт даст пользователям возможность подключаться к мобильному интернету по локальным тарифам в 140 странах мира. ComfortWay — резидент кластера информационных технологий Фонда «Сколково»...
Skolkovo resident startup ComfortWay has launched sales of a SIM card that allows travellers to make use of the best local mobile internet deal available, wherever they might be. The CwSim card uses the Remote SIM Provisioning technology released earlier...
The Skolkovo Foundation is on the hunt for promising virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) projects and has launched a search that will culminate in St. Petersburg next month. The competition will be held as part of Unreal Fest , an international open-air...
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...
Young IT specialists will turn their hand to battling the forest fires that have ravaged Russia in recent summers by gathering this weekend for a hackathon aimed at developing technology to monitor their outbreak. An emergency worker battling a blaze...
Surfancy, a project designed by Skolkovo resident SensArt to turn any surface into an interactive touch screen, has been named the winner of an accelerator programme run by MEGA, the chain of giant malls across Russia owned and operated by IKEA. As well as...
Российские компании ComfortWay и AVO объявили о партнерстве в создании универсального решения для роуминга. Новый продукт совместит в себе доступ в интернет по локальным тарифам и дешевые телефонные переговоры во время международных поездок. Фото: AVO...
Hong Kong’s startup scene is one of the fastest growing in the world, and the global financial centre has been dubbed Asia’s FinTech hub for the explosion of tech solutions for financial services seen there during the last few years. A delegation...
Разработчик систем трехмерного машинного зрения компания 3DiVi получила от Фонда «Сколково» минигрант в размере 4,8 млн рублей на развитие проекта VicoVR. В рамках гранта планируется подготовка к серийному производству сенсора виртуальной реальности...