Burst pipe kills river eels
Hot water from a pipe owned by the Reykjavik Energy Company (OR) escaped and flooded a 500 meter section of the Fossvogslaekur stream. Approximately 4...
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Robot helps hospital patients find their legs
Reykjavik-based insurance company, Sjóvá, has donated a robot to the rehabilitation ward of Iceland’s National Hospital. The computer-controlled robot...
Cheap energy entices data centers to Iceland
Iceland is an ideal location for data centers thanks to its cheap renewable energy, according to a study by Price Waterhouse Coopers. Data centers may...
Five new plants discovered in the ‘living laboratory’
On a recent expedition to Surtsey, scientists discovered five new plants on an island known to many as a ‘living laboratory.’ The group’s annual exped...
Foreign Minister backs North Iceland Smelter Plan
Foreign Minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir this week backed a proposal to build a new aluminium smelter near Husavik in North Iceland. Alcoa, the alumin...
Reykjavik University’s Web Site: the Eyes have IT
Icelandic marketing firm to use next-generation technology to measure effectiveness of the school’s online marketing efforts. As part of its evaluatio...
Have Funds, Will Travel… By EVCA Standards, Iceland is the New Place to Invest in Europe
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) recently rated 21 countries on the tax and legal environments that they offer for p...
Icelandic Internet Marketing Firm Invited to Speak in London
Kristjan Mar Hauksson has been added to the list of internationally-recognized speakers scheduled to present at the Search Engine Strategies Conferenc...