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• “Humans Aren’t So Unique”: Modern Artists Talk Future of Art

  …rought up a theory by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, who wrote that the homo sapiens only became “human” in the modern sense of the word once they got their hands on instruments and technologies – similar to the myth of Prometheus. A human is more of a product of random factors and circumstances – things that are external and non-human. And this is especial…

  17.04.2020

• Cosmonaut Training Methods to Apply In Your Daily Life

  … to at least get up more often, do some stretches, maybe even work while standing up for some time. Another option to increase your amount of activity is to take the stairs instead of the elevator when you’re going out to get groceries. Cleaning, dancing, and playing with children are also quite helpful here. Add some exercise to your daily routine, and remembe…

  17.04.2020

• Zooniverse: Help Study Polar Animals While Staying at Home

  …iverse, a project launched in 2007. “The main purpose is to help researchers who have large datasets that they cannot analyze themselves or by using computers only,” explains Dr. Grant Miller, project manager at Zooniverse. “To this end, we enable thousands of volunteers to perform simple pattern recognition tasks on the data. A secondary aim is to break down th…

  17.04.2020

• Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With

  …Conversations Against Living Miserably Conversations Against Living Miserably is the epitome of wholesome. Conversations Against Living Miserably is like a warm hug from someone wrapped in the softest flannel blanket known to humanity and a just-so cup of soothing hot chocolate (heavy artillery in times…

  17.04.2020

• Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage

  …More data – more expenses Almost every action we perform using a computer or a smartphone leaves a digital footprint. Our Instagram selfies, our tweets and Google Drive drafts, and even the article you’re reading right this second – these are all bits of information kept on a server somewhere. To record every bit we need energy: part of it is spent on rerecording …

  16.04.2020

• ITMO Roboticists Developing a Financially Independent Robot Artist

  …duce an element of chance and thus “humanize” the process as much as possible. The initial idea was to collect a data pool – popular YouTube videos, tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos – and analyze it by running it through a neural network and forming a general picture of what’s happening in the world. Unfortunately, problems quickly emerged – we couldn’t ga…

  16.04.2020

• Study Abroad at Home: ITMO University Student’s Experience

  …rt of lucky because I managed to attend most of the offline lectures just in time. Now there are fewer classes. What’s left is taught in Zoom, or it can be passed as a project instead of an exam. The professors took the organization of digital learning very seriously. They even create special platforms for discussions. I’m planning to complete studying as soon as pos…

  16.04.2020

• Kharchi Taha Mohamed Samy: My Journey to Russia Made Me Stronger

  …What inspired you to choose Digital Control Systems? I chose this field because I believe it has become huge and there are a lot of opportunities. It allows you to think outside the box and improve your creative thinking: from assembling to bringing machines to life, the entire process is very interesting for me.  What makes this field so vital I think that …

  16.04.2020

• Citizen Science: How to Contribute to Research From the Comfort of Your Home

  …iliated with Arizona State University, the staff of which created it as a convenient tool for the creation and moderation of citizen science projects. Today, its database contains over a thousand verified projects and events for volunteer researchers. Apps and projects for nature lovers It’s safe to say that most citizen science projects involve the observa…

  15.04.2020

• Science for Industry of the Future: Photonics Master’s Studies at ITMO University

  …acquire the necessary research experience. It may result in a thesis or research article in a high-ranking journal or a presentation at an international conference.  “For instance, this year the faculty’s Master’s students Polina Ivanova and Ekaterina Pukhtina co-authored an article in Nature Communications, Artem Polushkin – in Nanophotonics, Daniil Bobylev – i…

  15.04.2020