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Terna Spa announced Thursday that it has signed two new agreements with as many institutional partners in the U.S., in San Francisco, to promote and enhance the Italian innovation ecosystem abroad, "supporting the development of innovative startups and SMEs in our country and facilitating their access to the U.S. market," as the company explained. ...

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There's a buzz of excitement in the air as the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), under the leadership of Trade Commissioner Fabrizio Giustarini, takes a monumental step in bridging the divide between Italian jewelry artisans and the North American market. The launch of their cutting-edge E-Shopping Website promises not just a commercial interface but an...

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To promote the growth of contacts between American and Italian space industries, as well as to reinforce the long-standing relationships between the Italian Space Agency and NASA. This was the goal of a large number of large companies, SMEs, and start-ups visiting the US, accompanied by a delegation led by ASI President Teodoro Valente and Internat...

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Have you ever wished you could avoid AI technology? Look no further because one local store is selling specialized items that can help you do just that. Italian start-up company Cap_able has selected Philadelphia as the first city in the world to sell its Manifesto Collection. This clothing line can block AI facial recognition and protect a wearer'...

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The “cool factor” surrounding startups is largely gone (finally!). We need to start looking at startups as a backbone of our economy. The first immediate question is how large is Tech Scaleup Italy? What is its actual contribution to GDP and employment? As of December 2022, Italy is home to 557 mature tech companies, able to raise $7.3B in capital...

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In the annals of automotive history, few names are as enigmatic and yet profoundly impactful as Elio Trenta,  a prodigious talent who, at the tender age of 20, patented the concept of the automatic shift—a technological marvel that would later become ubiquitous in modern vehicles. Trenta’s journey into the world of engineering was nothing short of...

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The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman with the exquisitely enigmatic smile. The research, published Wednesday in t...

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Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has it all wrong. The eponymous Robert Oppenheimer, who served as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the development of the atomic bomb, did not usher in a new technological age Enrico Fermi was the true architect of that epochal era. About Enrico Fermi September 29, 2023, marks the 122nd birth date o...

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Four billion dollars to challenge ChatGPT, OpenAI and Microsoft. Money that will be invested in Anthropic, an ambitious startup founded by two Italian American siblings-Dario and Daniela Amodeo. Anthropic's Claude and Claude 2 chatbots, based on large language models, are similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard in the sense that they can tran...

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For Steve Blank, one of the great sages of Silicon Valley, innovation is born where there is a concentration of money and crazy people. In Italy, people are trying to create an ecosystem based on the same principles. It is MIND - Milano Innovation District, the innovation district that is being developed less than half an hour by subway from the ci...

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