The Italian Army Started its Own Weed Farm — Here’s Why
by Eric Pfeiffer Italy once had the most powerful military in history, with the Roman Empire wielding its sphere of influence across most of the known world. Today? The Italian Army is growing weed to help keep costs down fro medical marijuana patients. The country's military officially debuted its first "cannabis farm" this wee...
Italiani nel mondo, una presenza imponente, accattivante, geniale
di Riccardo Giumelli Se c'è un testo che meglio di ogni altro ci racconta ogni anno la situazione degli italiani fuori d'Italia e la loro mobilità nel mondo, quello è sicuramente il Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo. Si tratta di lavoro qualitativo e quantitativo, come pochi altri si possono trovare su questo tema, promosso ed edito dalla Fondaz...
Gondola Glasses: The first sunglasses in history invented in Venice
by Claudia Baroncelli As an unmissable piece in every fashionista's (and not only) handbag, sunglasses are nowadays synonymous with fashion and glamour, the accessory all of us love to wear and show off especially on sunny days. But did you know the history of the universally used and glamorous sunglasses was strictly linked to that of the...
Expo site to be turned into a technology park in the health, nutrition and sustainability sectors
by Sara Monaci The project for the future of Expo Milano 2015 is taking shape, starting from the public funds to be made available: €150 million every year for 10 years. The announcement came from Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who was in Milan to open the second phase of Expo and discuss the future of the site of the Universal exhibition wh...
Brunello Cucinelli Is Probably the Best Boss Ever
By Justin Fenner No offense to your boss, but Brunello Cucinelli sounds like the greatest person on the planet to work for. To wit: The king of Italian cashmere makes his employees take a 90-minute break every day at 1 P.M., when many of them eat a subsidized lunch in the company cafeteria. (And this isn't your standard break...
Ecco Goldfinger, il guanto italoamericano per controllare le macchine
Il Politecnico di Torino e il Mit di Boston hanno sviluppato un'interfaccia indossabile che potrà trovare applicazioni nell'industria, nella medicina e nella realtà virtuale. Il controller riesce ad autoalimentarsi grazie all'energia elettrica generata dal movimento delle dita e i componenti tecnologici sono integrati nel suo supporto tessile. &nb...
Uno pneumatico intelligente per dimezzare gli incidenti
di Flavia Gamberale Fraticelli Anche gli italiani entrano nell'ambito mercato delle connected car. È tutto made in Italy il progetto Smart tyre, nato dalle menti di Arash Golamzadeh Nasrabadi, Alessandro Biondi, Alessio Balsini e Davide Calvaresi della scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa. La loro startup, Wriggle Solutions, ha infa...
Ten stunning Italian libraries
The books inside a library probably contain countless libraries as well. Think about the "very stately and magnificent" library of Saint Victor, described in "Gargantua and Pantagruel" as the novel's protagonist makes a long and hilarious list of absurd book titles. Or think about the one in "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, where books "gu...
Made in Italy app will fight €60 billion industry of 'fake' Italian food, say creators
The creators of Italcheck, an app to verify genuine Italian products for shoppers and aid manufacturers fight food fraud, will help fight against the €60 billion fake Italian products black market. Marco Masselli, founder of Italcheck, said he designed the app to detect fake Italiansounding names that undermine genuine manufact...
'Extinct' volcano near Rome is waking up and entering a new eruptive cycle
A volcano near Rome thought to be extinct appears to be waking up and entering a new eruptive cycle, geologists have said. While Colli Albani is not expected to erupt for at least another 1,000 years, when it does it could be as destructive as Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 DA. The team, led by Fabrizio M...
Industria 4.0 business investment incentives package swells to €13 bn
by Carmine Fotina When he finished his presentation of a €13 billion public spending plan designed to stimulate business investment yesterday, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi turned to his audience of entrepreneurs and said jokingly he imagined they "want to hurry back to work to generate GDP growth, something which we certainly need." In his...
Inside Issnaf Scholarship Opportunities For Engineers Born After 1978
The Italian National Engineer Council, in collaboration with ISSNAF, just announced a contest for the assignment of 9 scholarship opportunities reserved to the engineers enrolled in the Italian professional roster who were born after 1978. The announcement will be fully presented in Cernobbio on April 30th during the conference about the training o...