Hardware, Electronics, Robotics

New US sanctions target Russian electronics companies

September 16, 2016

Just one week after the US Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on 37 Russian companies and individuals, including subsidiaries of Gazprom and Bank of Moscow, additional measures were announced this Tuesday by the Department of Commerce, affecting 11 Russian electronics companies. This new blacklist include three entities of the Angstrem group, a major manufacturer of integrated circuits; NPC Granat; Research and …

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SD Ventures invests in Latvian drone company, opens co-working space in Riga

March 2, 2017

This summer Social Discovery Ventures (SD Ventures), an international technology and investment group with Russian roots, invested an undisclosed amount in Latvian drone company AirDog. The group also is also creating a new co-working space in Riga, which is scheduled for launch in September. In an interview with EU-Startups, SD Ventures founder Dmitry Volkov, a Russian-American serial entrepreneur, explained his interest …

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Russia’s Angstrem to export microchips to India’s aerospace sector

August 17, 2016

Angstrem, a major player in the Russian microelectronics industry, is completing the development of new radiation-resistant microchips for use in outer space. In September the manufacturer is planning to begin deliveries to India, its first major export market. This initial delivery will total about 10,000 microchips, and the contract is estimated at $200,000. “While India …

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New Russian drone technology is a real kicker

March 2, 2017

At the end of July, during the SIGGRAPH 2016 Forum in California, students from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) presented a new system for human interaction with drones. Light Air is a technology that helps the user direct a drone by just stepping on an image that is projected onto a surface. This new system received the Laval Virtual Award, a prestigious prize …

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5 Russian tech innovations to look out for

July 28, 2016

On July 10-13 the city of Ekaterinburg (880 miles east of Moscow) held Innoprom, an international exhibition that gathered together technology entrepreneurs and state officials from 95 countries. Daria Kezina of Russia Beyond The Headlines attended the event and reports on five of the most interesting tech innovations she saw there: a rescue robot, a smart …

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IIDF teams up with mobile operators to create IoT consortium

December 26, 2018

The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, or FRII in Russian) has teamed up with high tech company GS Group and mobile operators Megafon, MTS and VimpelCom (Beeline) to create an Internet-of-Things (IoT) consortium in Russia. Tele2, another major mobile operator, expressed interest in potentially joining the consortium in a further stage, Russian news agency TASS reported. The …

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Equipment to implement new ‘Big Brother’ law doesn’t exist, but Russia can produce it, according to Russian officials

February 28, 2017

Yesterday Oleg Fomichev, Russia’s Deputy Minister for Economic Development, stated that the data storage infrastructure needed to implement Russia’s new “anti-terrorist” legislation does not exist currently. “This kind of equipment doesn’t exist anywhere in the world in such a quantity at the moment,” the Interfax news agency quoted his as saying, as reported by The Moscow Times. It …

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Russian virtual reality platform Fibrum to measure itself against Google’s Daydream

July 2, 2016

Next month Russian startup Fibrum, a developer of virtual reality headsets and applications, will launch a VR platform to bring together gamers, as well as game and VR headset developers from different countries. The platform will be made available in English and Russian. Users will be able to download applications for their VR headsets directly from the Fibrum Platform. They …

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Russian smart ring overreaches crowdfunding target on Kickstarter

July 1, 2016

On June 21, Ekaterina Romanovskaya — one of the two founders of Russia’s most popular satirical Twitter account, KermlinRussia — launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for her new project, Nimb. The product is a “smart ring” designed to help users inform family and friends quickly when they find themselves in danger. With almost 1,500 backers, …

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Moscow conference to showcase latest IoT devices and discuss industry prospects (Sept. 29)

June 23, 2016

On September 29, Moscow will play host to the third edition of the annual international Internet of Things Conference, Expo and Meetup, in partnership with East-West Digital News. The one-day event will bring together developers, entrepreneurs and investors who will be able to meet key industry players and experts. The event will cover a variety of fields …

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Russian and Chinese technoparks team up to develop medical robots

June 27, 2016

Illustrating Russia’s and China’s willingness to strengthen their ties in the field of high technologies, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign fund, has agreed a partnership with several Russian and Chinese industry players to develop and manufacture medical robots. According to the agreement, which was annonced Friday last week at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a …

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Russian inventor builds a real version of the city scanner drone from Half-Life 2

March 2, 2017

Valentin Demchenko, a video blogger who lives in Saratov, Russia, has created a real-life version of the police  drone that can be seen in the computer game “Half-Life 2.” Demchenko says the project took two months to complete. He made the 80 cm-long, 55 cm-high device from scratch using carbon fiber and expanded polystyrene as well as flight controller DJI …

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