Four Ukrainian projects included in top 100 of Google Science Fair 2016
Four young Ukrainian have reached the finals of Google Science Fair 2016 – the top 100 ideas that…
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Reversing Ukraine’s brain drain: mission possible? #UAreforms
Only underfunded? When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, Ukraine had the second largest scientific potential of…
Ukrainian invents window blinds supplying power to living quarters
Yevhen Erik has developed energy-saving solar blinds. A window equipped with this gadget can generate up to 100…
Europe’s first electronic computer was created in Ukraine
Not everyone knows that the first fully operational electronic computer in continental Europe was created in Ukraine over…
Ukrainian engineers create cyber-glove allowing users to feel virtual reality
An alpha-prototype of the product is already available. A Ukrainian team of inventors with the design firm GremTech…
Ukrainian startups awarded $200,000 by Cisco
Cisco has concluded its Ukraine Recharge IT contest, where 500 Ukrainian teams competed for prizes and recognition, but…
Two young Ukrainians invent Smart Travel Cup
Two young men from Lviv, Anton Skrypnyk and Roman Savchenko, have invented a Smart Travel Cup that can…
Ukrainian university know-how will save lives of hundreds of soldiers
Two drones were recently presented to Ukrainian military personnel. They were prepared and developed by professors and students…
Ukraine’s top-10 startups of 2015
2015 saw many changes in the role played by start-ups and joint venture investors in the Ukrainian financial…
Ukrainian inventors design engine that runs on water
Ukrainian scientists have presented a revolutionary water-fuelled engine for motor vehicles. “This hybrid engine runs on a special…
The state of science in Ukraine
Usually, any comparison between Ukraine with the developed world are dismal: our GDP is smaller; corruption is more…
Kyiv resident hand-crafts affordable cars for $850
Eduard was born in Soviet Russia to a family of Ukrainian soldiers. After school he moved to Fastiv,…
Ukraine designs uniform invisible to night vision devices for its soldiers
The Phoenix Wings charitable organization sent another batch of uniforms, VARAN-ZSU [Varan-Armed Forces of Ukraine] to the soldiers…
Awesome Ukraine, Part 1: Scientists and innovators
Some time ago, the topic of the Paris Air Show came up while I was hanging out with…