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Selling brains: US tech giants buy teams, not startups, from Russia and Eastern Europe

December 18, 2018

Startups from Russia and other countries in the former Soviet Union offer extraordinary tech solutions, but international tech giants prefer buying their “brains” rather than their products or businesses. A part of this trend is the recent deal between Snap and Teleport, a Russian-Ukrainian startup that changes hair color. As reported by East-West Digital News, …

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Major Moscow museum develops blockchain-powered app

November 12, 2020

The Tretyakov Gallery, a leading Moscow museum that exhibits more than 190,000 works by modern and contemporary Russian artists, has decided to use blockchain to attract private capital for the digitization of its collection. The Gallery is developing a blockchain-powered app, ‘My Tretyakov,’ which will allow individuals and companies to donate money to the museum. …

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US startup with Russian roots seeks to develop ‘space delivery’ business

November 26, 2018

Momentus, a US startup founded by Russian entrepreneur Mikhail Kokorich, wants to offer in outer space the same services that DHL and FedEx provide on Earth, but with multi-million dollar ‘packages.’ The company plans to move satellites from one orbit to another one. Momentus is planning to use the funds to launch its Vigoride rocket, …

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Russian company claims to have created world’s first 4D radar for driverless tech

December 19, 2018

Moscow-based Cognitive Technologies said its new 4D radar for driverless cars surpasses humans in analyzing road conditions. The first prototype can determine the location, shape and speed of objects on the road in any weather conditions, the company announced. “It’s like a ‘third eye’ for the driverless vehicle,” said Olga Uskova, president of Cognitive Technologies, …

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A startup with Russian roots signs EU’s first blockchain property deal

November 8, 2018

A San Francisco-based startup, Propy, founded by Russian immigrant Natalia Karanyaeva, has powered Europe’s first real estate deal on blockchain. Previously, the project secured the first property transaction of $10 as a part of a pilot program in the state of Vermont in the USA. The EU’s first property sale on blockchain took place in …

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Russian startup aims to 3D-print human tissue in space for “more viable cells”

October 21, 2018

Russian scientists plan to 3D-print human tissue and a thyroid gland in the space, believing they’ll have better and more viable cells than those created on Earth. The International Space Station (ISS) is being supplied with a new 3D printer developed by the Russian startup, 3D Bioprinting Solutions. The company already created a thyroid gland …

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Russia creates prototype of next-generation combat gear for soldiers

September 25, 2018

Engineers at TsNIITOCHMASH (Central Scientific Research Institute for Precision Machine Building) have been working on new era combat gear for Russian soldiers, which will replace the Ratnik-2 combat system. Soldiers sporting the new gear look a little like Tony Stark in his Iron Man armor: A full-body exoskeleton, which boosts the user’s physical capabilities; guidance …

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Crypto ticket to the future: Will Russian Railways run on blockchain?

August 27, 2018

For two years already, Blockchain technology has inspired corporate projects in a variety of industries in Russia – from banking, to capital markets, to universities, to cite just examples. Russian Railways (RZD) is also embracing the trend, with a blockchain-based digital trading platform already operating since last year and new projects under plans. The state monopoly is aiming to manage the repair …

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War robots: These machines helped Russia’s army demine Syria

January 31, 2018

Russia is in the process of upgrading its Engineer Forces with robotized technology, some of which was tested during the country’s campaign in Syria. More than 6,500 hectares of land was raked through by special machines, which destroyed 100,000 mines and bombs in the process. Thus, Moscow’s campaign in the Middle East gave the military …

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Russian startup aims to help immigrants “make America great again”

November 30, 2017

After struggling personally with the U.S. visa application process, a young Russian entrepreneur, Artem Goldman, created an artificial intelligence chatbot to help other immigrants and tech professionals who are moving to Silicon Valley. The service has already helped more than 100,000 people apply for green cards and visas. Visabot was launched in the U.S. in autumn 2016, just before the presidential …

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World’s first in Moscow: Self-driving taxis tested in the snow

November 29, 2017

Unmanned vehicles were unleashed on the snow-covered roads of the Moscow Region earlier this month “for the first time in history,” claims Yandex.Taxi, the taxi hailing service of the Russian Internet search company, which held the experiment. Yandex.Taxi wanted to check how their automatic cars fare during the winter when snow can obscure road markings, …

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