Category: Inspirational people
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Romanian professor invents app that translates legal and medical jargon to plain language
Have you ever found yourself in the position of not understanding legal or medical papers? What if there was an app that would do just that? Romanian professor Cosmin Munteanu who currently teaches at the University of Toronto has created such an app that will help people understand documents written in a medical and legal…
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The story of Jean Calcianu- a Romanian Grand Prix pilot who contributed to the invention of the tank
Every nation has its inventors and Romania makes no exception. We’ve written before about Romanian inventors and we’ve revealed how some of them have saved people’s lives or have helped us travel faster. Maybe it is also less known that one of the inventors of the classic tank machine was a Romanian. This special tank…
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Iana Matei: the woman who saves young girls from traffickers’ hands
There are people who make a difference in the world and then there is the amazing Iana Matei. Ms Matei is a Romanian psychologist who for 18 years has saved many young women from sex traffickers. She has started taking this risky mission in 1998 where she had the chance of saving three young women.…
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Romanian man creates 1000 origami cranes in 1000 days to fight depression
Depression is hard to tackle and to talk about. A young man from Suceava has found a different way of dealing with it by creating 1,000 cranes out of paper. Cristian Marianciuc has learned the art of origami by studying Japanese and traveling to places like Lausanne and Seul. The young man had the opportunity…
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Gogu Constantinescu, one of the most important Romanian inventors of the 20th century
We all know at least a few famous inventors, however, some like Gogu Constantinescu have never become famous for unknown reasons. Although Constantinescu was recognized among bigger names such as Edison, Graham Bell and Marie Curie by the Graphic magazine in 1926, his name was not mentioned over the years as much as other inventors.…
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Romanian priest builds house for homeless mothers and victims of domestic violence
We have written previously about the amazing priest Dan Damaschin, who started building houses for homeless mothers and their children. Now, the priest has managed to build 80% of the houses. The purpose of the buildings will be to house pregnant mothers that had to run away from their home, as well as mothers who…
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Three students cook and feed homeless people with their own money
The younger generation is always criticized, however many times young people have shown amazing initiative when concerning helping people with financial problems. A group of students from Iasi has shown great concern for those in need. They have combined their love of cooked food with their will of helping people and this is how their…
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Romanian student invents app to help children suffering from anorthopia
Many new apps are developed every day, some more useless than others. It is quite rare indeed for an actual useful app to be invented. The most useful apps could be considered those that can help you organize, those that care about your finance and the medical ones. This is what Maria Juncu from the…
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Tens of retired people volunteer to care for abandoned babies at a Bucharest hospital
Some time ago, a video of an old gentleman volunteering at a children’s hospital went viral. David Deutchman from the US, called baby buddy was volunteering at a Neonatal Intensive care hospital in Atlanta, US where he was holding premature babies in his hands. Many people have praised his kindness and some wondered if they…
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14 year old Alexandru Talanci invents medical app which monitors hospitalised patients
He is only 14 years old and he is already saving lives. Alexandru Talnaci has invented a medical app which monitors hospitalized patients and will help patients that are in critical conditions. The app called Smart Health Monitoring System is an app created for Android and has won the first prize at an app competition…
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