Made-in-Italy technology conquers America and flies to Boston. As of early 2024, in fact, the avatar named Katherine created by QuestIT will be a new employee at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Katherine is the first avatar in the healthcare industry to be equipped with Large Language Model and thus able to understand and communicate medi...

Neapolitan scientist Francesca Santoro, a researcher and lecturer in Germany, leads a team of scientists that has developed "an 'organic' microchip that among its functions mimics the retina's ability to 'transform' light into electricity." In essence, the bio-chip mimics the functioning of the human eye and also the brain's memory. The study, carr...

INNOVIT, the strategic hub established in San Francisco to support and promote the Italian economic, scientific and cultural ecosystem in the United States, is celebrating its first year of operation. The activities of the Italian Innovation and Culture Center were entrusted in October 2022 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ICE Agency to Fonda...

Until 2004, an important archaeological area of more than 1,800 square meters lay hidden in the basement of Palazzo Valentini, a testament to Rome's unceasing ability to hold priceless surprises. Almost two decades later, the archaeological area of the Roman Domus of Palazzo Valentini confirms its attractiveness for the many local and foreign visit...

Italy, a country renowned for creating masterpieces in art and culture, as well as for its relentless innovation, marks another presence at the upcoming CES in Las Vegas, featuring 50 innovative Italian startups in a pavilion organized by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), the governmental entity responsible for promoting and internationalizing Italia...

Italy's Carabinieri military police on Tuesday unveiled Saetta, a remote-controlled robotic dog which initially will be assigned to the bomb squad in Rome. The four-legged robot can be operated to a maximum distance of 150 metres and will be used for high-risk reconnaissance activities and hostile operational situations. Saetta can traverse rough t...

Michigan State University in East Lansing is teaming with Politecnico di Milano in Italy to field a car in the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) next year. MSU is the first and only team from Michigan to race in the IAC series, which officially launched in 2019 and brings together academic institutions and public-private partnerships to challenge uni...

Food waste, scarcity of resources and raw materials, and global warming are challenges that also involve what is one of the sectors par excellence of Made in Italy, food. Bringing innovation with projects that can have positive effects in the Food- and Agri-Tech sectors is one of the goals of the FoodSeed accelerator by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Ve...

It's official: FIAT is electrifying North America with its sustainable mobility mission. The brand debuted the 2024 FIAT (500e)RED as the first FIAT 500e product drop for North America virtually with a video reveal featuring Olivier Francois, CEO of FIAT and global chief marketing officer of Stellantis, and Bono, lead singer of U2 and Co-founder of...

The world's smallest pacemaker has arrived at the Bufalini Hospital in Cesena and has been implanted in a 94-year-old woman, Mrs. Iolanda, who suffers from cardiac conduction system disease.to, thus preventing the patient from coming to the hospital." "Thanks to this surgery, the patient was able to return to a normal heart rate - Dr. Andrea Santar...