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Hundreds of visitors over the four-day event featuring pitches from 50 startups and insights into the Italian innovation ecosystem. And a sold-out Italian Pavilion for the Investor Night that captured the attention of more than 300 guests. The Italian delegation at CES in Las Vegas, the world’s most important tech event, enjoyed great success in te...

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Estrema Fulminea is a new electric supercar from Italy that will reportedly use solid-state battery technology, as well as ultra-capacitors. It sounds like a direct rival to the Rimac Nevera, with four individual electric motors that give a combined power output of 1.5 megawatts, enough the startup hopes for the vehicle to take the Nurburgring lap...

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Pininfarina is no stranger to visual experiments that may or may not become actual vehicles. At CES this year, the Italian design firm and coachbuilder's design touches could be found throughout the transportation area with design collaborations that explore the ways people might move around tomorrow or the day after. Two previously unveiled vehicl...

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On a global scale, Italy emerged fourth in mobile wallet adoption, behind Japan (25.7%), Germany (22.2%) and Singapore (21.3%), according to the PYMNTS Connected Economy report, “How The World Does Digital: Different Paths To Digital Transformation,” Locally, about a fifth (20.4%) of Italian consumers surveyed reported paying for their last in-stor...

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Star Italia Accelerator, the new Accelerator for Startups and Innovative SMEs, 100% under the management of De Furia Group is born with the aim of creating qualified access to the U.S. market, stimulating entrepreneurial skills and accompanying the entry and growth of the best Italian innovation talent. Star Italia Accelerator, based in Miami, open...

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The metaverse, a 3D immersive world that is the combination of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), will soon be a digital space where Fiat sells its cars to North American customers. The company's Fiat Metaverse Store made its North American premiere at the CES trade show today. Fiat is already employing the technology in Europe. It la...

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Not many know that the invention of the typewriter as we know it comes from the ingenuity of an Italian attorney from Novara (Piedmont), Giuseppe Ravizza (1811-1885). Because its keys were reminiscent of those of a piano, another famous Italian invention, Ravizza called its creation cembalo scrivano, orwriting clavier. In fact, the very mechanism R...

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A remarkable innovation is changing the way timeless art is created. For centuries, Italy's world-famous Carrara marble has been used to make some of the most iconic sculptures in history. It was the marble that iconic artists include Michelangelo and Canova spent hundreds of hours turning into masterpieces. Now, it is also the marble wrought into...

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Solar panels disguised as ancient Roman tiles or terracotta bricks to match the city skyline. The innovative solutions adopted by the archaeological park of Pompeii and the Portuguese city of Evora pave the way for an inspiring model: turning architectural constraints into assets, boosting heritage and sustainability. Each year over 3.5 million tou...

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The Italian Innovation Centre in San Francisco at INNOVIT is inaugurating Call4INNOVIT, an acceleration program designed for innovative startups and SMEs. Applications are open now. The first Call4INNOVIT specializes in Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse technologies, and Cultural and Creative Industries. The goal is to help boost the success of It...

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