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Time magazine features Ukrainian bionic hand prosthesis among world’s best inventions

November 11, 2022 November 15, 2022

The Ukrainian maker of a next-gen hand prosthesis is making the cover of Time magazine, which has featured it this year among “200 innovations changing how we live.” With its five separate movable fingers, this lightweight prosthesis combines low-power electronics and light movable machinery design to articulate 288 metal, plastic or silicon components. But not …

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Valentine Hrytsenko, Ajax Systems CMO: “Our new Ukrainian plant employs 1,200 people and produces 550,000 devices monthly”

July 15, 2022 August 3, 2022

Founded in 2011 in Kyiv by Aleksandr Konotopskyi, today Ajax Systems a major manufacturer of security systems in Europe. Last year, the Ajax Systems team grew to 1,700 people, entered 10 new markets, and surpassed the mark of 1 million users. Despite the war, all global challenges, and after the first quarter of the year, …

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Ukraine war could exacerbate global chip supply crisis

February 24, 2022 February 25, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea risks reverberating across the global chip industry and exacerbating current supply-chain constraints. Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas critical for lasers used in chipmaking and supplies more than 90% of U.S. semiconductor-grade neon, according to estimates from research firm Techcet. About 35% of palladium, a …

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Large Chinese electronics manufacturer to invest $13 million in Ukraine’s TV brand Kivi

February 10, 2021 February 11, 2021

China’s Shenzhen MTC, one of the largest television manufacturers in the world, has signed a $13 million deal with the Ukrainian company Kivi, which produces internet-connected television sets or smart TVs, according to the company’s vice president Sergey Wenger. Kivi wants to use the money to develop a new smart TV model, improving its design, image and sound …

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Ukrainian startup raises $500,000 to rent smartphone chargers across the country

December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020

Last week, Power Now, the first power bank rental service in Ukraine, raised $500,000 from local business angels and entrepreneurs, Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA reported. Anna Osipenko, who founded startup, remains its primary investor. Power Now offers the opportunity to rent smartphone chargers from an exchange station and return it after charging. The cost ranges …

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Ukrainian startup pre-sells next-gen modem to 2,474 Indiegogo backers

June 30, 2020 July 8, 2020

Ukrainian startup Nect Modem, which is developing a ubiquitous LTE connectivity solution, has raised $267,170 from 2,474 Indiegogo backers – nearly nine time as much as the initially $30,000 target. The backers pre-paid a discounted $119 for the modem, which is scheduled for shipping in September 2020. The startup promises “a reliable connection across 208 …

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Ukrainian startup invents world’s first smart food container, crowdfunds $90,000

February 26, 2020 February 25, 2020

There may soon be no need for microwaves in office kitchens anymore, because a Ukrainian startup has invented a smart food container which can heat food, boil water, make smoothies and even keep ice cream cold on the go. Called Neoven and founded by Ukrainians in Tel Aviv, this startup has already crowdfunded nearly $90,000 on U.S. …

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Ukrainian startup aims to 3D print human biological bodies

April 26, 2019 April 26, 2019

Kwambio, an Odesa-based startup that manufactures 3D printers and ceramic parts, is launching ADAM, an ambitious project to “provide mankind with the power of creating our own biological bodies.” “We are starting with bioprinting bones structures using additive manufacturing technology and will proceed with bioprinting tissues, vessels and complex organs,” wrote Kambio’s general manager in …

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Ukrainian startup lets you 3D print chocolate desserts

February 19, 2019 February 19, 2019

Striving to be the “icing on the cake,” Ukrainian startup Flasty presented last month to the CES 2019 conference in Las Vegas its chocolate 3D printer CHOCOLA3D (see video). At around $1,800, according to media reports, Flasty’s food printers may still be only for the most die-hard chocolate addicts – or restaurants with a taste for innovation. Furthermore, CHOCOLA3D …

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Activists seek to give 3D-printed robotic hands to war amputees

July 27, 2018 November 28, 2018

In a cozy computer workshop shining with cold luminescent light, a cluster of several 3D printers softly murmurs as it processes a print task. At first, the printing heads only produce thin ovals of plastic. But soon, the recognizable contours of artificial phalanges and a wrist appear. “This is how it works,” says a tall bald …

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After Apple Store success, Ukrainian gadget-maker Concepter switches to consulting

July 23, 2018 November 28, 2018

For around five years, Concepter has been successfully producing its own hardware, such as two generations of its gadget iBlazr, a wireless flash that affixes to a smartphone to snap better-lit photos. The startup crowdfunded a total of $400,000 for the gadget, which was then successfully sold in Europe’s Apple Inc. stores. With this experience, Concepter …

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Ukrainian-Polish startup offers new wireless charging technology

March 27, 2018 November 28, 2018

Technovator, headquartered in Kepno, Poland, with its R&D operation in Kyiv, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian-Polish effort to bring to the global market a new type of wireless charging technology for smart devices and other electronic products. “In early 2014, myself, Ivan Chuba, Ruslana Dovzhyk and Igor Lykhovyi decided to establish a company that would be …

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