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Here are five young entrepreneurial ventures with a deep connection to the Politecnico di Milano that are worth keeping an eye on.
Good news you might have missed: among the 10 startups to watch according to Wired, half were founded by Politecnico di Milano Alumni!

Perché dovrei consumare prodotti fatti con farina di grillo?
Per rispondere a questa domanda, l'Alumnus Francesco Majno ha fondato Small Giants. La risposta è complessa, e positiva

Fili Pari: a new patent for the start-up that creates clothes from marble
Alumnae Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani have devised a dye that allows you to colour a kilo of yarn with just 1 litre of water (instead of 150 litres)

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The 'Electronic Fingertip' invented by two Alumni from the Politecnico
It can grip heavy objects without squeezing them, is equipped with touch-sensitive sensors and is extremely thin: less than 0.5 mm

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Biometric data, be careful when showing your face online
Rachele Didero, a designer from the Politecnico di Milano, patents anti-face-recognition clothing. Italian high-tech fashion company Cap_able is born

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Encubator: the Politecnico rewards the startups fighting climate change
The 7 winning startups will have access to PoliHub’s acceleration programme to support their technological growth and the validation of their business structure

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Sound-trapping panel-labyrinth: an invention by three Politecnico's Alumni
A start-up founded by three engineers from the Politecnico di Milano is on track to produce a sound-absorbing device that is much more effective than products currently on the market. First tests have already been a success

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What to do if you meet a self-driving droid on the road?
A practical guide to a situation that we could be seeing more of: in Milan there is YAPE, a self-driving robot-deliveryman that uses the city’s 5G network to get around

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How does one become an inventor?
On average, it takes three years to go from laboratory to company.The Politecnico di Milano supports Italian researchers in the first phase of this difficult voyage

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From research to start-up: Switch2Product returns
The entrepreneurial empowerment project from the Politecnico, Polihub and Deloitte returns for its 14th edition. You have until 15 July to apply

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Robots that increasingly resemble ourselves: is the era of anthropomorphic machines?
For now, we “settle” for a skeleton that restores the use of legs for people with spinal injuries, but with a multi-award winning polytechnic design