Hardware & Electronics

Cyclops to monitor Russian roads for traffic violations

Video surveillance firm VOCORD, a resident of the Skolkovo IT cluster, has unveiled a new traffic monitoring system called Cyclops able to collect evidence of violations across four lanes simultaneously. The product, which – as the name suggests – features a single-lens camera as well as a microphone and infra-red scanner contained in a metal …

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Automated navigation robot developer secures $3 million in Series A round to develop internationally

RoboCV, a Moscow-based startup developing autopilot solutions for vehicles and industrial equipment, has just raised $3 million in a Series A round. The funds will be used to develop existing autopilot systems for warehouses and to develop a pre-series autopilot RoboCV X-MOTION, the company stated. Also, RoboCV has plans to implement a full-scale complex robotics …

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Maxfield Capital invests in 3D printing startup Zdravprint

Maxfield Capital, a venture fund operating globally from its offices in Moscow, New York City and Tel Aviv, has invested an undisclosed amount in Zdravprint, a Russian startup that develops medical 3D-printing technology. It is the first time Zdravprint has received venture money, the fund’s Corporate Communications Director Nadir Khabdulin told East-West Digital News.

Russian startup aims to boost Internet speed significantly

The founders of MaxTelCom believe their technology can bring fiber-optic networks to every apartment and office, which will boost the quality and speed of the internet by dozens if not hundreds of times compared to what we are familiar with today. The company plans to make its debut on the international market in 2015. The …

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Tomsk university and US firm to open joint scientific center in Siberia

The Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) and Keysight Technologies, a US company, have plans to open Siberia’s first scientific and educational center in Tomsk in early 2015, portal Globalsib.com reported. TUSUR is reported to have already launched this past fall its new master’s degree program focused on the automation of the …

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