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• Digital Humanities: Digitizing History

• Urbanist Dhiru Thadani: to Improve Cities, We Must Focus on People

  …to pay for parking, which is a problem, as well. I myself think that cities shouldn’t have free parking altogether. It is not a popular solution, but it is the only way of controlling the traffic in the city. People won’t buy so many cars if they have to pay more to use them. In Australia, an hour of parking costs 30 AUD. Imagine paying such a sum every day. Would yo…

  03.10.2017

• Controlling Propagation of Surface Waves Using Ultra-Small Nano-Antenna

  …o an optical computer on a chip, which could perform all data operations exclusively at the expense of potential photonic and optical technologies. However, in order to control the light at nanoscale, ordinary light can not be used — it has too large a wavelength. This is why surface waves need to be used, the study of which (in particular, plasmon-polariton surfa…

  03.10.2017

• Urban Evolution: Artists, Journalists and CEOs Discuss Future of St. Petersburg

  …tatives of business, governments and NGOs, community members and activists – discussed topics relevant to smart cities, renovation and revitalization of cities, as well as the role of digital technology in their development. Mikhail Klimovsky at ISDF-2017 As Mikhail Klimovsky, head of the Forum’s Program Committee and Urban Studies Advisor to ITMO’s Rector, n…

  02.10.2017

• Blogger Boris Tsatsulin on Science Writing, Kamchatka and Memes

  …You started your blog in 2013; how did it all begin? Back in school, I paid much attention to chemistry and biology; I wanted to enrol at the Department of Biology of St. Petersburg State University. I got in, but didn't like it much, so I decided to try medical sciences. It didn't go well, too, so I understood that it's not my thing. So, I entered an economic uni…

  02.10.2017

• New Nanoobject Construction Method Opens Road to Complex Optics

  …r of the article published in Nano Letters and researcher at the laboratory. Using the developed geometrical transformation, one can, in a virtual space, “unfold” a nanoroll into a nanoplate in a curved space and calculate its optical properties. The developed theoretical approach has found further development in another study, one focused on semiconductor …

  02.10.2017

• Spatial Development Forum: How Citizens Create Smart Cities

  …itators in the development of smart technologies. Innovations are no longer made behind the walls of technoparks and corporations – they come from the citizens themselves. The role of city authorities and universities is to motivate people to contribute to such work,” – said Ksenia Mokrushina. Hovik Musayelyan, chairman of the committee for the development a…

  29.09.2017

• School Students Present Their Inventions At the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum

  …ts and also provides additional opportunities, as most investors are most interested in working with patented products.   Also, one should consider the phenomena of patent trolls - people who patent ideas in advance without working on prototypes, thus hindering other inventors' work on certain projects (as they already "own" the idea). You can always check whether…

  28.09.2017

• Things to Do This Weekend: September 30 - October 1

  …ill be held in Pavlovsk - one of St. Petersburg’s famous suburban towns. Autumn is one of the best times to visit the historic museum complex – and what could be better than strolling through picturesque scenery and enjoying the smooth sound of jazz? Well, maybe having a cup of hot coffee while doing it! This festival is a great way to take a breather from the city a…

  28.09.2017

• Google Celebrates 19th Birthday