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• The Evolution and Future of Public Lighting

• Youth Foresight Festival Tackles Future of Transportation

  …heme of the festival was "Maritime Petersburg". In the course of the program, the students will be able to discuss how to change the management of sea and river transport, its role in the future, and what it would look like in a few decades, when these youths will become adults and have their own careers. The participants completed a virtual tour, starting from th…

  21.09.2017

• Bike Ride With Rector Goes National

  …towering Lakhta Center. Around eighty students, staff and friends of ITMO University took this route on an unexpectedly warm evening in St. Petersburg. Bikes, scooters, roller skates and even a branded pedicab for snow leopard Tim – having chosen a vehicle of their liking, participants tried to chase after the University’s Rector. To him, the bike ride is far …

  21.09.2017

• How Music Affects Our Brain

  …lain the authors, will help us better understand why people enjoy music and may also be useful for medical research. For instance, it can give us insight into the causes of neurological disorders that dampen people’s feelings of reward or motivation: depression, apathy, unfounded and harmful addictions. Another study, conducted by scientists from University of Hel…

  20.09.2017

• Forester Soon to Hit the World Robot Olympiad in Costa Rica

  … where all the conditions are set for its normal operation. The event is open for the public ", shares Igor Lositsky, the team’s coach from ITMO University’s Department of Control Systems and Informatics. About Forester The terrain-crossing robot Forester (at the lab he is referred to as a “forest pathologist robot”) tracks forest health with the efficiency o…

  20.09.2017

• Ig Nobel Prize And How It Contributes To Science

• Voice Control Technologies: Machines That Really Listen

  … assistant has become the leader of CES 2017 (consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow held annually in the USA); this makes a strong point in favor of voice control technologies being the future. Most devices we mention in this review make use of the Alexa technology; yet, it was in a smartphone that it's been used for the first time, namely the US rel…

  15.09.2017

• BBC Expert: How to Make Science More Accessible

  …social engagement strategy regarding science on Facebook and Twitter. As Mr. Siddle points out, in recent times social media has offered the most opportunities in terms of proliferation of scientific content and capturing new audiences. Facebook alone is used by approximately two billion users each month – almost a third of the Earth’s population. But is it possib…

  15.09.2017

• Anna Krongauz, Editor of Popular Science Website N+1 On Science Writing And New Ethics

  …hy is one better than the other? If it's safer, then what provides for it? These three factors are what drives popular science's development. Universities also play a major role in it, as they are interested in communicating with the incentivized audience and thus try to share more about their work and train specialists in the field of science communication. So…

  15.09.2017

• Things to Do This Weekend: September 16-17

  …website or bought at the event - though, considering the event’s popularity, booking would be a wiser choice. If you’re not planning on leaving the city, but still prefer a stroll rather than sitting inside, you can well visit the Your Music festival that will take place in four different parks in the Petrogradsky district; three of these sites will be dedicated to …

  13.09.2017