Rafał Modrzewski was born in Poland in 1989. After graduating from the Faculty of Electronics and IT at the Warsaw University of Technology, he followed the EU’s Erasmus educational exchange program at Aalto University in Helsinki, where he led the data handling team for the project of launching Finland’s first nanosatellite, Aalto-1. He also spent…
The Global AI Race—Where Is Poland? The world is witnessing a surge in artificial intelligence breakthroughs. Recently, former U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at a Starlink expansion, reinforcing America’s dominance in space-based AI communication, while China’s DeepSeek has unveiled its own cutting-edge AI model, fueling the global competition. These developments raise an important question: Where…
Wojciech Zaremba lives in San Francisco but was born in 1988 in Kluczbork. In high school, he won competitions in math, IT, chemistry, and physics. At the age of 16, he built a lab in his cellar, and at 19, he won a silver medal at the 48th International Mathematical Olympiad in Vietnam as Poland’s…
The main Polish Baltic ports ended 2024 with record-breaking annual net profit growths: Gdańsk by 24%, Gdynia by 32% and Szczecin-Świnoujście by 23%. Total volume of their container operations also grew by 9%. Now all of them carry out intensive works to expand their infrastructures. The biggest changes are expected in Świnoujście with construction of…
The Ministry of National Defence signed a contract with Creotech Instruments S.A. to engineer a constellation of four Earth observation satellites in Mikroglob system based on HyperSat platform. The project will be financed with zł 557 million ($ 140 million) from the National Reconstruction Plan (KPO) and the EUNextGeneration (NGEU) instrument of the European Union….
Hitachi Cyber announced opening of a new Security Operations Center (SOC) in Kraków utilizing the capabilities of Hitachi’s digital engineering company GlobalLogic. This launch comes at a critical time as all organizations around the world face increased cybersecurity risks, including AI-driven attacks, ransomware-as-a-service and supply chain vulnerabilities. Reports from ENISA highlight doubling of cyber incidents across…
BSH Home Appliances Group, Europe’s leading home appliances manufacturer, is expanding its Polish operations by construction of a state-of-the-art factory for small home appliances in Rudna Wielka near Rzeszów in south-east Poland. The facility will be built by mid-2026 by Panattoni, global leader in industrial real estate development with strong Polish origins. The factory valued…
In Januray 2025 the Polish government adopted a draft Law on financing Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), state-owned nuclear industry operator, with zł 60 billon ($ 15 billon) from 2025 to 2030. PEJ will receive the funds to prepare and accomplish the investment of construction of the first Polish nuclear power plant in Choczewo Commune at…
2024 was a breakthrough year for InPost that exceeded a staggering threshold of over 1 billion parcels delivered in a single year. The precise score amounting to 1,091,644,003 deliveries reflected 22% year-over-year growth. During the holiday peak the company also established a new daily record delivering nearly 14 million parcels. Moreover, InPost achieved significant growth in…
Students from Kraków University of Technology have started tests of a bolide containing a hybrid hydrogen-electric engine. It was engineered in four months by 10 members of the Combustion Engines Science Club supervised by Łukasz Rodak Ph.D.Eng. at the Motor Vehicles Faculty. They constructed everything from the scratch based on many years’ research of the…
Łukasiewicz-Poznań Institute of Technology (Łukasiewicz-PIT) is preparing to start testing its new underground car charging station for electric vehicles (EVs) in April 2025. The innovative charger developed in collaboration with Czysta Polska NGO combines convenience with aesthetic integrity of urban spaces, as it is designed to be fully integrated into the surroundings with only a…
These days, everyone is familiar with all kinds of video streaming, like films, meetings, conferences, and pay-per-view services, all of which require fast data transfer. Yet, practically nobody knows that we owe today’s perfect quality of sound and vision to a Polish scientist, Marta Karczewicz, Ph.D., holder of over 700 patents worldwide, including 500 in…