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While you can’t ditch your passport just yet, advances in facial recognition technology are slowly but surely making physical identity documents obsolete. Case in point: Two Italian airports, Milan Linate and Catania airports, are currently trialing FaceBoarding, a facial recognition system that allows travelers to go through security checkpoints w...

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Nobel Laureate in Physics and father of long-distance radio transmission  Guglielmo Marconi, was born on April 25, 1874, in Bologna. Italy began celebrating his 150th birthday last week. There is no need to explain why Marconi is important for the history of Italy and the world: his pioneering work laid the foundation for modern wireless communicat...

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Event date: From May 21 2024 To August 30 2024 Place: Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles For a fee: No A traveling exhibition that tells the story of contemporary Italian fashion through the vision of 10 brands – ACT N°1, Gisèle, Cormio, Lessico familiare, Magliano, Marco Rambaldi, Medea, Panconesi, Niccolò Pasqualetti and SSHEENA – chosen for...

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The Research "Startups, scaleups and employment in Italy: impact and trends" is conducted by the Hi-tech Osservatori Digital Innovation of the Politecnico di Milano on behalf of the Italian Tech Alliance. The main objective of the Research is to investigate and photograph the state of the art of the Italian startup ecosystem from an employment pers...

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The search for more responsible use of natural resources, alternative solutions to (hyper)consumption of food, and ways and methods of reducing waste production inspired participants in the “Io ci credo”(I Believe) call, organized by In Cibum Lab, an incubator of projects in the foodtech field. We met some of the featured companies. Dismeatable As...

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2024 marks a pivotal year for roots tourism, a movement that Italy is championing with determination and commitment. As more Italians living abroad and their descendants seek to reconnect with their ancestral origins, Italy introduces Italea (www.italea.com), an ambitious project designed to facilitate this deeply personal journey. Its aim is to su...

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The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian consular network in the United States are celebrating the first Made in Italy Day, on the anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci, with a program of initiatives across the country. In Washington, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosts today the event “Italian C...

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The Consortium for the Protection of Buffalo Mozzarella Dop employs artificial intelligence for surveillance against fake mozzarella and to counteract the phenomenon of Italian sounding. This is the first project in Italy implemented by a Consortium, which focuses on AI as an innovative tool for the protection of a Dop product. The initiative was p...

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A new approach with the customer and especially a new way to enjoy an evening sipping a drink arrives in Turin. The robotic mind of Toni Compatto (the robot bartender) is entrusted with the arduous task of satisfying customers at every whim.  Italy’s first robotic bar is more than just a passing trend; the well-structured program has a long-term pr...

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The Embassy of Italy in Washington hosted the annual meeting of the Council for the United States and Italy (Consiglio per le Relazioni tra Italia e Stati Uniti — ConsIUSA) on April 9th-10th. Italian Ambassador to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, welcomed participants on the evening of April 9th at Villa Firenze. The Italian Minister of Univer...

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