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From Subway Tokens to Quick-Charge Modules: How ITMO Specialists Change Transport Infrastructure
…g in problems with passenger traffic during peak hours. In those times, passengers had to buy a ticket, much as with above-ground transport. The tickets were checked by ticket inspectors, and though there sometimes were up to 20 of them at a station, this still wasn’t enough. In order to solve this problem, the student proposed an automated turnstile system simila…
06.01.2022
Active Winter Holidays with ActiveTrip.me
…The founder of the startup is Alexander Shirokolobov who is himself a professional sports tourism instructor and guide. Previously, Alexander used GPSies to plan his trips before the app was sold to another company and he had to search for an alternative. Unable to find anything worthy, Alexander decided to create his own product. How it works ActiveTrip.me le…
05.01.2022
From Snow to Treasures: Holiday Checklist
…11 pm and there’re also two services at 7 and 8 on Christmas morning. It is customary for men to remove their hats and for women to cover their heads with scarves or hats when inside the church. You can just stand in the back and enjoy the service, the singing, and the magic of the moment. …
05.01.2022
What to Read, Watch and Listen to on the Winter Holidays
…involved those who were close to Hawking: his children, his first wife, and his friends and colleagues. The result is an enticing and very honest story about a person who will inspire many generations to come. Money, Explained A new season of Vox Media’s Explained series, which covers various topics from monogamy and the history of the exclamation mark to CRISP…
04.01.2022
Cultural Holidays: Starting 2022 by Expanding Our Horizons
… many others, I’m spending the winter holidays with my family. My hometown can’t boast a vibrant heritage since it’s pretty young (although there’s one local museum here). Instead, I’d like to have a cultural adventure in a more narrow sense by making a family tree. Over time, it’s gotten challenging to gain such knowledge first-hand, so I hope to explore some fa…
04.01.2022
Eco-Friendly Holidays: A Festive Checklist by ITMO.GREEN
…r time off: Everyone knows that nothing sets the mood like a scented candle. When picking a candle, pay attention to the ingredients and try to opt for soy-based ones instead of candles made with beeswax. Plan your holiday menu in advance and try to work more seasonal local products into it. Shipping exotic fruit, like a papaya, results in excessive…
03.01.2022
Best Movies and TV to Binge This Holiday Season
…e and platform: Disney+, November 24 Marvel Studios takes a page out of the Die Hard book to give the oft-overlooked Avenger a grand Christmas adventure on a smaller scale. Inspired by the hit 2012 comic series, the show delivers some great action pieces and banter between the main character and his spunky new sidekick, gives closure to plotlines set up in the ear…
03.01.2022
Reservoir Computing and New Surgical Materials: This Year’s Presidential Grant-Winning Projects by ITMO’s Young Scientists
…. This grant will be used to study and optimize such structures,” comments the scientist. Another winner in this track is Anton Kovalev, an associate professor at the Institute of Advanced Data Transfer Systems – he will receive financing for his research on spectrum-dependent photonic reservoir computing. “My research is in the relatively new subfield …
30.12.2021
Holidays in Russia: International Students’ Insights
Library-on-a-Chip: Scientists Record Data on Nanoscale Layers of Metal-Organic Frameworks for First Time
… a substrate at extremely low temperatures. This method offers a high resolution and a recording density three times greater compared to that of contemporary hard drivers. For instance, such memory devices can store up to 502 terabits per square inch. Scientists have now shown that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and atomic force microscopy can provide greater de…
29.12.2021