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Bank of social ideas launched in Almaty
On September 2, i-Azamat project, a bank of social ideas, has been launched in Almaty to stimulate the residents to contribute to the development of Almaty.
07 October 2014
UN to help Kazakhstan develop e-government
United Nations will help Kazakhstan to develop electronic government as Kazakh government ratifies agreement on cooperation.
03 October 2014
New Kazakh robot to help the visually impaired
Kazakhstan laboratory has built a prototype of a robot with a system of speech recognition and synthesis.
29 September 2014
Nazarbayev University unveils technological park
Kazakhstan's Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov has unveiled the Technological Park (Technopark) in Nazarbayev University.
02 September 2014
'Smart' city guru arrives in Astana
William Hutchison, Executive Director of Ernst and Young and founder of Waterfront Toronto, will turn Kazakhstan's capital Astana into an "intelligent community".
28 August 2014
Kazakhstan ranks 79th in Global Innovation Index 2014
Kazakhstan has moved 5 lines up and is ranked 79th out of 143 countries in the Global Innovation Index.
21 July 2014
German surgeon conducts master class in Almaty
Professor Werner Haberbosch, head of the cardiology department at SRH Zentralklinikum clinic in the German city of Suhl came to Almaty to conduct master classes for his colleagues from Kazakhstan.
20 July 2014
Switzerland tops innovation rankings for fourth year
Switzerland has claimed the top spot on the Global Innovation Index for the fourth-straight year while Sub-Saharan Africa "posted significant regional improvement".
19 July 2014
News flush: Japanese toilet exhibition making a splash
In a country known for its high-tech 'smart loos', a Japanese exhibition dedicated to what gets flushed down them and featuring a giant toilet slide is making a splash in Tokyo.
11 July 2014
Student from Kazakhstan to develop Google applications
Zharas Alimkhanov, a student of Nazarbayev Intellectual School, and his team have won Through Glass international contest in Spain.
01 July 2014
Internet penetration at 70% in Kazakhstan: ASTEX-2014 in Astana
Astana is hosting the international conference and exhibition ASTEX-2014 on May 19-20, 2014.
20 May 2014
Nazarbayev wants Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus to team up on agriculture and gas
Cooperation in agriculture would boost export of the goods without creating any unwanted competition between our countries: Nazarbayev
30 April 2014
New Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty railway: Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev suggested constructing a Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty railway line,
29 April 2014
Groundbreaking crop yielding technology: Kazakhstani scientists
Kazakhstani scientists have invented a method to increase yield of agricultural crops that can possibly bring them a Nobel price nomination.
25 April 2014
Tennis: 'Smart' racket offers tennis revolution
Aluminium and graphite swept away the wooden racket that Bjorn Borg used to win 11 Grand Slam titles, but smart rackets that analyse power and spin promise a new tennis revolution.
17 March 2014
Petropavlovsk court starts using Skype for remote hearings
Petropavlovsk city of northern Kazakhstan has started experimenting with remote court hearings via Skype.
13 March 2014
Almaty IT park expects $300 million of new investments
Alatau Park of Innovative Technologies near Almaty will receive $300 million for its development: Kazakhstan Minister of Industry.
23 January 2014
Robots invade consumer market for play, work
The robots are coming, and they're here to help.
09 January 2014
Air Astana mulls launching Internet in aircraft
Air Astana is considering the possibility of making the Internet available on-board its aircraft.
08 January 2014
First hybrid cardiac surgery made in Almaty
Kazakhstan surgeons have made their first hybrid cardiac surgery on abdominal aortic aneurysm in Almaty.
30 December 2013