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Giorgio Metta is scientific director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the Italian counterpart of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The institute has a multidisciplinary approach and is particularly strong in technology transfer. Metta (51), an electrical engineer who graduated from the University of Genoa (from which he...

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Alessandro Volta (born February 18, 1745, died March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist whose invention of the electric battery provided the first source of continuous current, according to Britannica.com. Volta became professor of physics at the Royal School of Como in 1774. In 1775 his interest in electricity led him to improve the electrophorus...

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There's nothing like a sip of espresso to wake you up. With its distinctive, strong taste, it's a drink enjoyed by millions worldwide. But its invention at the turn of the 20th century wasn't an easy process. The drink was invented by Luigi Bezzerra, who discovered a way to speedily produce a single shot espresso in just seconds. While the principl...

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  WTI Magazine #85    2016 November 21Author : Giovanni Verde      Translation by:   The inventions and discoveries of Alessandro Volta have provided this Italian scientist fame and an immense popularity. Indeed, the invention of a device that would generate electricity without the help of an external power supply, aka the battery, represented a...

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