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6. January 2021
Helena Lukášová: The only one out of billions
An interview with Helena Lukášová on the future of artificial intelligence, the philosophy of art, and curiosity as the main drive in life.
18. December 2020
Olga Vlachynská: We live our values every day
An interview with Olga Vlachynská about company values, the psychology in the DNA of their business and the specifics of leadership.
1. December 2020
CBE Software: Our game tells a very unconventional story
CBE Software is an independent game developer with five games to its name so far – the latest one, for instance, lets you get lost in the Czech and Moravian woods! It’s not the most enjoyable walk, though: expect anxiety at times and a main character only a mother could love.
10. November 2020
FabLab – a place to bring your ideas to life
In 2017, the Brno FabLab joined a global network of open workshops as the first registered workshop in the Czech Republic. In just three years, while still successfully running the workshop, the team also created the best mobile FabLab in the world. Now there are plans for a FabLab university for students as well as teachers, and the team is organizing a FabLab conference in 2024.
3. November 2020
Student Formula team from #brnoregion placed 9th in the whole world!
Fast cars and top technologies aren’t just for the realm of Formula 1. Students all over the world design, assemble, test, and even drive their own race cars, many of them boasting excellent work indeed. And the TU Brno Racing team from Brno is one of them.
27. October 2020
Jiří Hlavenka: Born investor
An interview with Jiří Hlavenka about the current state of the Czech investment environment, what disciplines he as an investor thinks will be successful in the future, what a start-up company can do to draw his attention, and whether now is the right time to start doing business.
22. October 2020
Come study at Masaryk University and become anything you want
The oldest, largest, and most universal – all this is true about Masaryk University, the first university established in Brno, today offering a great number of humane, science, and technology study programs at its ten faculties.
15. October 2020
#brnoregion in love with dogs
Do you have a television/fridge/washing machine and consider it a necessary part of your life? Right. Now, imagine that for us – Czechs – it’s just as natural to keep a dog at home. And when we say “at home”, we don’t mean in a garden that they are automatically expected to guard; we simply mean wherever we people live. Welcome to the Czech Republic, which may well be the most dog-friendly country in the world! And remember that it’s not only our hearts but also our houses, apartments, and even beds that are wide open to our dear dogs.
6. October 2020
Czechitas: Girls and IT do get along!
When it comes to the size of its target group, its team, its level of professionalism, and its varied portfolio, Czechitas is a globally unique project – no question. This non-profit organization, established in Brno six years ago, takes the already slightly open door to IT for women and children and blows it wide open. And it is now spreading to other Czech cities, as well. We sat down with Bára Bühnová, one of its co-founders, to talk about what the organization offers to women and what often needlessly keeps that door closed to them.
25. September 2020
ZONER software: Developer of photo editing software with global ambitions
This software for organizing and editing photos is the result of of a quarter century of work by fewer than ten coders from #brnoregion. And yet, today, it competes with the most frequently used programs designed for photographs.