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• Scientists Produce Water Based Tunable Metasurfaces

  … determines where the metasurface can be applied: for polarizers, filters, or selective absorbers," notes Andrei Andryieuski, research fellow of the Department of Photonics Engineering at Technical University of Denmark, author of the concept of using water as meta-atoms. Thus, a significant area of the walls can be covered with water based metasurface to isolate a…

  13.12.2016

• Hermitage’s Head Clocksmith on his Work, Laboratory and the Importance of Restoring Technological Marvels

  …till to be covered by the museum. I believe that masterpieces of technology are equal to those of art. Surely, such tours will call for a guide that knows of technology and engineering and can convey it to the visitors. Also, it's hard to show clockworks to the visitors, as they are hidden inside the case. Surely, we can make models of them or show videos. But there …

  07.12.2016

• CodeХ’s Founder on Apps for the Next Generation of Media

  …tarted out at the beginning of 2015. However the prototype of CodeX appeared five years ago when I was a third year student. Back then in cooperation with the Department of Engineering and Computer Graphics I initiated a web design studio where students made projects related to graphic and web design as well as web development. It became very popular because there wa…

  30.11.2016

• Technology Brokers School Trains Specialists to Act as Mediators between Science and Industry

  …which makes it easier for contractors to receive money from their clients. Some students presented ready-made ideas — a participant from Moscow presented a project of an engineering and consulting company. From the information gained during lectures students can apply this to a real project. Participants are given three months to implement technologies into the m…

  29.11.2016

• Vladimir Vasilyev — Rector of the Year

  …00"'s editor notes that The Rector of the Year nomination was created as to mark out the role of education as the future of business Not all of ITMO’s graduates will become engineers — some may choose business, and become successful entrepreneurs. "It is hard to evaluate the efficiency of non-commercial enterprises. That’s why when choosing the laureates for the no…

  28.11.2016

• Vox Populi: ITMO’s International Council Meeting From a Different Angle

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …second blasts of radio waves from billion light years away. Currently no existing theories seem to be able to explain the phenomenon. Nanoscale "muscles" powered by DNA. Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have incorporated strands of custom DNA into different layers of flexible films to developed nanoscale "muscles." These films can be forced to bend, cur…

  19.11.2016

• Scientists Develop a Graphene Matrix for Stem and Cancer Cells Growing

  …s types of cells, including stem and cancer ones. Thus, the new 3D matrix can be useful in a wide variety of applications such as basic cell biology, drug discovery, tissue engineering, migration and invasion of tumor cells, development of stem cells. It is known that the cellular behavior can vary depending on methods of cultivation and design of the matrix. Numero…

  18.11.2016

• GenerationS Teaches Students to Sell their Ideas

  …n’t bear any functional load. The startupers know how to make house building process cheaper and more effective — they developed light plastic substitutes which can improve engineering and acoustic characteristics of monolithic buildings. A robot agriculturist The new robot will allow to decrease the consumption of fertilizers. The system will control a state of ea…

  17.11.2016

• WorldUsabilityDay@ITMO: Not Every Trend Has to Be Followed Blindly

  …r Experience Experts' Association. These events cover lots of countries — for the last two years those in St. Petersburg are organized by ITMO University. Its Department of Engineering and Computer Graphics and the Design and Multimedia Center as well as Tallinn University and Cyprus University of Technology are the main stakeholders of the conference WorldUsabilityD…

  15.11.2016