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Taylor Swift Doesn’t Need Me
Don’t surrender to mediocrity I recently turned 40. The days are long, and I feel good. In fact, I’ve always been happy, and I’ve never felt like I was lacking anything. If I’ve ever lacked something, it might be pain. Sadness. Around…
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Menntaskóli Borgarfjarðar Becomes First Upper Secondary School To Implement STEAM Courses
Menntaskóli Borgarfjarðar recently received a grant from the Development Fund for Study Materials to offer a special “STEAM” course, making it the first upper secondary school in the country to do so. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic…
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Technology Literacy Classes For The Elderly
Technology literacy classes began in Húsavík and the surrounding area in the spring for students 60 and over, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face masks, perfumes and more! These are all high-quality products…
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President Of Iceland And His Delegation Travel To USA
Last night the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, went to the US; specifically, California. There he will lead the Icelandic delegation to a meeting of large American companies in the technology industry. This information comes from a statement issued by the…
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Icelandic Smart Ring Gains The Attention Of Foreign Media
The Icelandic innovation company Genki has launched their latest smart device, the Wave for Work smartring, which allows for people to control apps such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Spotify with simple hand gestures. The product has already attracted attention abroad and…
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Self Driving Buses Will Be The Future, Says CEO Of Strætó
Jóhannes Svavar Rúnarsson, CEO of Strætó, wants to experiment with the idea of self driving buses over the next two years. The self driving buses will be smaller and only carry up to 10 passengers to begin with. Jóhannes has stated that…
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Iron-Man Like Flight Over Iceland Via Jet Suit
Richard Brownig posted a video on YouTube of himself flying over Iceland in a so called “Gravity Jet Suit”, very reminiscent of Marvel hero Iron Man’s super suit. Back in 2017, Richard founded the start-up Gravity Industries and gave his first TedTalk…
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Genki Instrument’s ‘Wave’ Ring Wins Icelandic Design Prize
Genki Instrument’s ‘Wave’ ring officially won the Icelandic Design Prize at the 2019 Iceland Design Awards. Created by Ólafur Bjarki Bogason, Daníel Grétarsson, Jón Helgi Hólmgeirsson, and Haraldur Hugosson, the ring is a wearable MIDI controller that allows artists to control sounds…
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Iceland Signs A Deal To Help China Fight Pollution
According to international media company Bloomberg, Iceland has recently signed a 250 million USD deal to help China fight pollution by providing the necessary technology to produce clean, geothermal energy. China’s steady and fast growth in the past few decades has come…
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Sigur Rós Team Up With Magic Leap For Mixed Reality App
Icelandic music legends Sigur Rós have always been at the forefront of musical and artistic innovation, and now they have taken it even further. Recently the band revealed that they have been working with tech startup Magic Leap for a mixed reality…
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The Rise Of The Machines: Artificial Intelligence In Iceland
Kristinn R. Thórisson is a professor of computer science at the Reykjavík University. He is also the founding Director of the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines (IIIM), and has been working on the bleeding edge of this industry for three decades. We…
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Paying Their Dues: Bullshit Jobs & Bullshit In General
Years ago I met a fascinating American named Bill. I mainly remember two things about Bill. The first: He joked that despite being an artist he would probably only find fame through pulling out a shotgun at a McDonald’s. I had recently…
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Tinder On The Toilet: It’s A Hit!
Composer Páll Ivan frá Eiðum has finally delivered the type of massive mega-hit we all knew he was capable of! With Tinder On The Toilet, Páll Ivan offers a stunning, heartfelt and, ultimately, heart-breaking meditation on This Modern World as it relates to The…
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The Yule Lads Get Appy!
As every Iceland-enthusiast knows, the thirteen mischievous Yule Lads take turns leaving small gifts in Icelandic kids’ shoes in the days leading up to December 24—in a particular, predetermined order, no less (we’ve been marking each one’s arrival by posting daily news…
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More Graduates Needed With Technical Degrees
There is a shortage of students seeking technical degrees, reports Vísir. Out of the 2572 students that graduated from university this summer only 579 – or 22.5% – of those graduates left with a technical degree. “There is a need to educate quite a lot…