Innovation
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
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
A young, yet already very articulate discipline in which traditional customer experience incorporates the principles of neuroscience to identify and satisfy people's 'latent needs'. Mariano Diotto, member of the Italian Neuromarketing Association, explains: "Every communication agency will soon need to have an expert in these techniques"
Xi Jinping's government faces a major challenge in the coming years in reskilling its workforce, adapting it to the challenges of automation and digitalisation. Beijing spent 56% of its global investments on education in 2019
Italy's public digital ID system reaches 22% in 2020. Last year it was half that number. This new market is drawing an increasing number of startups
