by Trevor Turnbull | 1 Oct 2015 | Polish news
Important! This law failed. From 2017 there is no change. Any foreigner stepping onto a crossing in Poland may wonder why a car accelerates towards you, rather than slowing down. Beware, it’s because they can, legally. Yes, you have to give way to cars. There...
by Trevor Turnbull | 27 Sep 2015 | Polish news
The Wrocław Technical University (Politechnika Wrocławska, PW) had had an explosion of ideas in 2014, with 153 submissions to the Polish patent office (Urząd Patentowy), including 123 patents granted. The office divulged that other main submitters were the Wrocław...
by Trevor Turnbull | 22 Sep 2015 | Polish news
Two Polish 17-year-olds have won tied first place in the European Commission’s young scientist competition in Milan, and scooped up thousands of Euros in prize money. Michał Bączek and Paweł Czyż tied in first place with an American and German competitor,...
by Trevor Turnbull | 9 Sep 2015 | Polish news
Recently Poland’s neighbouring countries received tens of thousands of refugees. Europe is struggling. Last weekend immigrants arrived to Budapest, Vienna and then to Germany – by train, by bus and on foot. So how welcome are they in Poland? The...
by Trevor Turnbull | 18 Aug 2015 | Polish news
The Netflix Poland website has changed from “Not available in your country” to “Not available yet” and added an invitation box for future users to enter an email address, in order to be notified on launch. It’s more significant than it...
by Trevor Turnbull | 17 Aug 2015 | Technology
Many Windows users will have seen a system tray icon inviting them to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. I am not usually one to jump onto a “1.0” release of anything, but as the desktop mode on Windows 8.1 was so hard to use on a small 7″ screen, I...
by Trevor Turnbull | 12 Aug 2015 | Polish news
In a recent survey by CBOS 91% of Poles were recorded as believing the way they make use of the internet is safe. Of the remainder, 5% consider it a moderate risk. The believers include some who make publicly visible their email address, name, pictures with their...
by Trevor Turnbull | 7 Aug 2015 | Polish news
A recent survey shows a decline in the mobile phone usage while driving, down from 4.4% in 2014 to 2.9%, in passenger cars, and down to 3.3% averaged across all vehicle types. Unfortunately in trucks and commercial vehicles the rate is 5%. The measurement has been...
by Trevor Turnbull | 4 Aug 2015 | Polish news
Wrocław Technical University (PW) will be creating a new research complex and training centre on a 340Ha former airport site, the “Lotnisko w Oleśnicy (woj. dolnośląskie)”. It can be seen on this map link. The future intentions for the site include no less...
