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Forget the real world, we want your virtual and augmented reality projects
The Skolkovo Foundation is on the hunt for promising virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) projects and has launched a search that will culminate in St. Petersburg next month. The competition will be held...

‘It’s nothing that we can’t do:’ why Russia needs its own hi-tech prostheses
Konstantin Deblikov deftly extends one black, bionic finger to rub the side of his nose as he talks. The casual observer might think that the young journalist from Voronezh has complete mastery of his...

Earth observation data: Multibillion-dollar opportunity — or dud?
Earth observation is the main area of investment among space-related VCs right now, writes Valery Komissarov, a VC at the Skolkovo Foundation, in an article for VentureBeat.com. A chart showing investment...

Moscow mayor buries time capsule at Skolkovo’s international medical cluster
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin visited the Skolkovo innovation centre on Monday to bury a time capsule and lay the cornerstone of the first building in an international medical cluster. Moscow Mayor Sergei...

Chinese plant to turn rice husks into amorphous silica using Risilica technology
Chinese investors are to spend $30 million on a plant in the country’s northeast that will use cutting-edge technology devised by Risilica, a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation, to turn by-products...

Kids and adults flock to Moscow for ‘Cybathlon’ competition for disabled ‘pilots’ and their high-tech limbs
Moscow hosted the world’s first ever international Cybathlon today, as children and adults flocked to the city to compete to move everyday objects around using prosthetic hands, British newspaper...

Startups in Russia’s Far East prepare for Startup Village by the Sea
Following the success of the annual Startup Village in Moscow in June, the Skolkovo Foundation is planning a spinoff event – Startup Village by the Sea – to be held on September 8 in Russia’s...

This is how the Skolkovo Foundation is leading the charge to take Russian startups global
Established with the hope of bringing Russia’s powerful tech know-how to the world and encouraging entrepreneurship, Skolkovo is working to overcome the hurdles, writes Geektime. The Skolkovo Technopark...

Motorica hosts Russia’s first Cybathlon for prosthesis users ahead of ‘Cyborg Olympics’
Moscow will see its first ever Cybathlon on August 13 for users of bionic prosthetic hands and arms, organised by Skolkovo resident Motorica, which makes roboticised prosthetic hands for children and adults...