technology
Greece
Greece Gets New Google Technology for Earthquake Alerts
Greece and New Zealand on Wednesday became the first countries outside of the U.S. to receive Google’s new technology that allows Android phones to alert users seconds before an earthquake hits.
Android's partner "ShakeAlert System," out of California, notifies users...
Ancient Greece
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology Offers Virtual Tours
The technological inventions of the ancient Greeks come alive during new virtual tours of the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology.
Business
Greek Female Startup Founders Aim at Closing Gender Gap
A new private initiative, the Greek Female Startup Founders' Cluster of ICC Women Hellas, has embarked on a mission to promote female-led Greek startup companies, with the support of the domestic and international network of the International Chamber of...
Culture
Free Internet at Museums, Archaeological Sites in Greece
Access to high-speed internet at museums and archaeological sites in Greece will soon become a reality, thanks to a collaboration between the Greek Ministry of Culture and COSMOTE, the Greek telecommunications giant.
This move will push the country firmly into...
Greece
One Quarter of Greek Women Did Not Use the Internet Last Year
According to data released by the European Union's "Women in Digital Scoreboard 2020" on Tuesday, one in four Greek women did not use the internet at all last year.
In all of Europe, just one in ten women had not...
Greece
Greek Startup Develops Hand-Held Covid Detection Device
Greek startup Biopix-T has developed a mobile Covid-19 detection device, called Iris, which can identify the presence of the virus in a sample in just half an hour. The device, which functions just like a mini laboratory, is expected...
Education
International Students Compete at “Internet+” Competition in Guangzhou, China
The finals of the 6th annual “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition took place in Guangzhou, China on Tuesday. College students from 4,186 colleges in 117 countries around the world took place in the innovative competition.
Project entries can relate to...
Business
“Brain Gain Momentum Builds Up In Greece”
Greece is seeing its brain drain reversed into a "brain gain," a new trend triggered by the pandemic crisis and colossal investments.
Business
US Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios Eyes Greece as Technology Hub
Michael Kratsios, the US Chief Technology Officer, who accompanied Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on his visit to Greece earlier in the week, was instrumental in the signing of a ground-breaking science and technology agreement between the two nations.
Kratsios,...
Archaeology
Ancient Greek History Revived Through Pioneering Virtual Reality Project
Should you feel tempted to experience a breathtaking virtual reality revival of the major Bronze Age eruption of the volcano of Santorini, the siege of the ancient city of Rhodes in 304 B.C. or the discovery of the Antikythera...