News about Innovation
Promising Kazakh startups to be presented in Singapore
Five Kazakh startups have been chosen to participate in an ICT startup accelerator program in Singapore.
05 November 2014 10:16
Astana enters Top 21 Intelligent Communities list
Kazakhstan's capital Astana has entered the Smart21 Communities list.
29 October 2014 12:20
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 13:55
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 18:09
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 14:02
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 16:10
'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 20:09
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 14:38
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 23:18
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 14:29
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 10:02
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 11:11
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 15:03
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 16:24
New Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty railway: Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev suggested constructing a Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty railway line,
29 April 2014 23:46
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 00:44
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 14:19
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 14:40
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 19:40
Robots invade consumer market for play, work
The robots are coming, and they're here to help.
09 January 2014 11:24