From Stanford University to Italy: our companies are starting to use Design Thinking as well. A methodology that puts men at the center, focusing on his needs and necessities.
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His mission? To transform Africa into a new hotspot for global data centres. A profile of an emerging face in the global digital transformation, considered among the twenty most influential African personalities of the 21st century
A microprocessor shortage is crippling many sectors, particularly the automotive industry. The USA and Europe are now exploring ways to limit their over-dependence on the Asian market
The data universe has paved new avenues for an entire sector that is quietly reinventing its image. “Now that we can measure absolutely everything, an artist’s musical project must be evaluated through data”, explains Claudio Ferrante, CEO at Artist First
COVID has shuddered the very foundations of our working habits. What should we expect from the future? We chat about it with the director of MIT Senseable City Lab
The 2020 digital export figures for consumer goods stood at €13.5 billion, up 14% from 2019. “Now, it will be interesting to see if these trends continue in the long term”, said Maria Giuffrida, Director of the Digital Export Observatory at Polytechnic University of Milan’s School of Management
The pandemic-accelerated urgency to embrace new lifestyles and consumption habits in the name of sustainability pins the need for concrete and innovative solutions to the very centre of the global debate. The story of an ongoing flux through several of the most significant business cases of recent years.
A public institution linking 75 research organisations under an annual public/private budget of 2.8 billion: in Germany, the link between scientific research and entrepreneurial growth is both close and well-structured. And in Bolzano, Italy, a private company inspired by the German model has sprung up.
Readership increased during the pandemic year along with the emergence of diverse reading tools. The publishing industry will now need to deal with these changes, including the introduction of new professionals
Coronavirus has cancelled catwalks, shuttered up boutiques and scrubbed out mass events. The sector is bubbling with fresh trends and will increasingly call for new skills and professionals, such as game designers
Italian Institute of Technology scientist Maria Fossati, who has had no left forearm since birth, not only invented the prosthesis but is also the first to use it: “Now used by over 30 people worldwide”
A new degree course is set to begin in Pavia and Milan. Goal: educate future AI specialists via a multi-faceted educational and interdisciplinary approach. Discussion with Giampaolo Azzoni, vice rector of Pavia University
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.