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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. And this isnt just an Icelandic issue. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city.

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Icelandic trio launch all-in-one cloud solution powered by renewable energy

TechSpot

Located at the Borealis Data Center campus in Iceland, the system is powered by renewable energy sources like hydroelectric and geothermal. Vespertec, Sardina Systems, and Borealis have developed an innovative IT solution called IceCloud Integrated Services (IIS). Read Entire Article

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World's "largest" air vacuum fires up in Iceland, will suck CO2 from air and bury it

TechSpot

As the name suggests, it dwarfs the company's previous effort in Iceland – the Orca plant, which started running in 2021. The "Mammoth" plant is the latest creation from Swiss firm Climeworks. Mammoth has a planned capacity ten times greater than its little sibling. Read Entire Article

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Landscape photography contest offers special Iceland prize

Digital Trends

A hotel in Iceland is offering a free 10-day stay for one lucky photographer who's willing to travel the island and take photos of the summer sun in return.

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Testing Mars exploration drones on Icelandic lava flows

Digital Trends

Using the lava flow fields of Iceland to test out drones and rovers to explore Mars. How do you test a machine that's designed to operate on another planet?

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An Icelandic horse can now write your out-of-office emails

Digital Trends

If you’re keen to switch off from work during your next vacation and fancy deploying an original out-of-office email, you can get a horse to do it for you.

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Get inside the minds of first-time travelers in this new documentary

Mashable Tech

See how travel changes the brain This documentary does more than capture these first-time travelers' experiences. It uses advanced tech like EEG sensors, and Empatica Watches to capture every feeling and reaction as data points.

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