Made in Croatia

December 11, 2020 - The AI revolution is upon us. TCN roadtests Megi, an AI healthcare assistant tackling issues such as hypertension.  I can't deny that my inbox is a fascinating place.  With all the abuse, occasional death threats, and general advice on how I could do a much better job, there are the occasional invitations. Events, restaurants, hotels, destinations - that kind of thing. The majority of them are tourism-related, but last week I received an invitation of an altogether different kind.  I hadn't left the house for a week, and the prospect of being able to do all…

December the 11th, 2020 - Nocturiglow is a piece of Croatian innovation which makes an unpleasant situation slightly better for all. The company's night urinal/bedpan which glows in the dark and is more noticeable in an emergency, and features a design that prevents spills and unpleasant odours, will be on sale as of January next year. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes, the Croatian Nocturiglow is a product made by the startup owned by a young man from Rijeka, Ivan Babic. Babic received the Algebra Lab award for it last year, and was a semifinalist of this year's competition of the…

December 10, 2020 - Giving opportunities to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to Croatia's younger generation is one of the key battles in trying to move this country forward. A great initiative from RoomOrders, a global start-up with Croatian origins, to do just that for 33 youngsters from Kvarner.  I have my eye on a few start-ups in Croatia which I think have potential to go all the way. It was really cool to hang out with the shoe geniuses from MIRET recently, for example, shose revolutionary eco-sneakers are made from 97% natural materials, as well as being very stylish and…

December the 9th, 2020 - With the coronavirus pandemic posing a constant threat to the normal functioning of the enfeebled Croatian healthcare system, the likes of Andrija and now Megi have been a blessing. Artificial intelligence is certainly the way to go in many a sector, and the the pandemic continuing to reign strong, the help of the Croatian Mindsmiths' creation, Megi, is proving invaluable. As Lucija Spiljak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatian Mindsmiths developed Megi the virtual healthcare assistant in collaboration with the Magdalena Clinic using AI, and they presented it at an online conference on Tuesday. Her digital brain was…

December the 9th, 2020 - Christmas is drawing ever closer and with the festive period now well and truly here, despite it not feeling very joyous at all after a completely horrendous year, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) is encouraging the purchase of Croatian Christmas trees in order to boost domestic production. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in order to create a truly traditional Christmas atmosphere, a Christmas tree is inevitable. The mass sale of Christmas trees will soon begin, and the most common on the market are the common spruce (Picea abies) and the silver spruce (Picea punges), and…

December 8, 2020 – In a sea of sausages and bacon, the specialties of Slavonia where she grew up, Martina Završki dared to do something different in her homeland and sell healthy jars of soup. With her start-up symbolically named Špajz (pantry), she became the youngest entrepreneur in Osijek. After returning from Ireland and realizing the grass is not greener abroad, Darda native Martina Završki opened a small health food restaurant called Špajz (pantry) in Osijek. At the age of only 20, Martina thus became the youngest entrepreneur in the capital of Slavonia. Today, she is 23 years old, and…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes on the 8th of December, 2020, following the coronavirus pandemic that hit the global charter industry hard, Tino Prosenik, the owner of the Yachtmaster Group, founded the Gruntek "gardens of the future" initiative and he wants to provide his own garden to anyone, primarily Zagreb citizens who have no knowledge, time or resources to erect and/or maintain their own gardens. Gruntek is the first Croatian app that allows you to download a garden near Cazma, where users can grow their seasonal vegetables, from onions, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, beets to kale, sweet potatoes, parsley, peas, lettuce…

December 7, 2020 – The Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, introduces a new and the first graduate biomedical mathematics study in Croatia, which is also the first such study program in this part of Europe. It will be taught entirely in English. As Jutarnji.hr reports, the news was announced on Friday, December 4, at the final press conference of the BioMedMath project, funded by the European Union within the Operational Program Effective Human Resources European Social Fund. Project manager prof. Dr. sc. Hrvoje Šikić points out that the basic idea of the need for…

December the 7th, 2020 - One Zagreb-based company, Aduro Idea, came up with a very interesting solution to a pressing pandemic-dominated issue back during the summer months, and it could put Croatia on the map in a very interesting way indeed. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, during the turbulent year of the coronavirus pandemic when distance is more the rule than the recommendation, one Croatian company called Aduro Idea introduced an IT system back in mid-August that will allow for the counting of people both indoors and outdoors by measuring signal oscillations in a WiFi electromagnetic field, according to Sinisa…

December the 6th, 2020 - Roberto Kutic, the founder of the wildly successful Vodnjan-based Croatian company Infobip, has discussed how the pandemic has affected the industry in which Infobip has taken an enviably strong position. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Roberto Kutic writes, many things have fundamentally altered over the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and what has still managed to experience enormous acceleration is technological advancement. There is a visible difference in how people currently use different services, especially when it comes to the communication segment. The market in which Infobip operates is growing rapidly, technology is evolving and companies…