Friday, April 12 from 10 to 11:30 AM. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Ave, Staten Island, NY. FREE for members, $10 donation non-members. Includes light refreshments. Explore the extraordinary inventions of Antonio Meucci, an Italian inventor whose work revolutionized communication. From his early days in Florence to his groundbreaking experiments in Ha...

On March 12th, 2024, technology company IronLev announced the successful pilot run of its magnetic levitation train as the team took it for a test on the Adria-Mestre route in Italy. Dubbed the world’s first magnetic levitation train, the vehicle was seen running on its own and without an in-person driver on an existing track for the first time eve...

An innovative and ingenious idea was brought to life by an insight from Sergio Gamberini, founder of the leading underwater equipment company, Ocean Reef Group. The Italian engineer, along with his company’s team, has created a new scenario for future sustainable agriculture. The world’s first underwater garden was born in Liguria, on the seabed of...

Imagine losing the use of your legs. A car accident, a sudden illness, a life-breaking trauma. The physical pain, the psychological frustration, the anguish of an immobile future. What if you were told that there is a technology that can make you walk again? Not a distant future, but the present. This is the story of Alex Santucci, a 49-year-old of...

The excavation works for the construction of the high-speed railway between Naples and Bari continue, and the ground yields extraordinary discoveries, as has happened in Avellino, where important archaeological evidence has been unearthed. The exceptional find occurred during the construction of the technical areas serving the excavation front of t...

In a groundbreaking medical case, doctors in the US and Canada have successfully treated a toddler with a rare genetic disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), using a pioneering gene therapy technique before she was born. This treatment, which could not be accessed in the United States due to regulatory constraints, led the family to seek help...

Italian creativity in the arts meets and stimulates technological innovation at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Organized by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), the Italian pavilion at the SXSW Creative Industries Expo will feature twelve innovative startups, demonstrating the country's commitment to pushing the boundaries of creativity and...

Opening March 2. California Science Center. 700 Exposition Park Drive Los Angeles, CA. Learn more and tickets here. Explore the engineering marvels and artistry of one of history's greatest minds and inventors, Leonardo da Vinci. The companion IMAX movie Cities of the Future 3D showcases the exciting innovations engineers are working on today—from...

An incredible evening with 10 cutting edge startups pitching in front of our academic and scientific community at the Plug and Play Tech Center. Above and beyond the Hollywood starts, Los Angeles is a global hub for innovation and technology. With the Global Start Up Program, the Italian Trade Agency Los Angeles Office is supporting a group of moti...

The man who created our vision of hell can be seen for the first time in more than 700 years after scientists rebuilt his face using his skull. Dante Alighieri became an icon of western literature with his writing, and his magnum opus was the Divine Comedy, which described a journey into heaven, hell, and purgatory. His description of hell is now t...