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• Rudolf Kalman Passed Away

  …nology, and his Ph.D. in Columbia University in New York. His most famous invention was the Kalman filter, a mathematical technique widely used in the digital computers of control systems, navigation systems, avionics, and outer-space vehicles. It allows to extract a signal from a long sequence of noisy and/or incomplete technical measurements, and is applied in many…

  15.08.2016

• Migraines May Be Caused by Vascular Reactivity

  …Increased vascular reactivity is most commonly observed in spasms of the arteries and less – in their extension. Every blood vessel binds with the nervous system, which controls its contraction. The nervous system harmoniously transmits the pulsations throughout the body. If for some reason, this coherence is violated, serious disorders may arise; according to the…

  12.08.2016

• Lenticular Images: Researchers Combine Art & Science

  …presentative of Hellenic Institute of Holography. "We have fixed a camera to a slider which consisted of modular yards and a tripod, and a smartphone or a tablet to control movements of the camera. Before that we determined the shooting parameters and required number of photos, which depends on the characteristics of the ribbed surface of the lens used to make…

  11.08.2016

• ITMO University Welcomes New Students

  … the applications were sent in via the postal service. According to the results of Bachelor’s program admission campaign, by August 8th more than a thousand students have enrolled tuition-free. 3.4% of the first years were admitted to programs affiliated with Russia's high-tech industrial establishments. Fee-based education There were more than 950 applicati…

  10.08.2016

• Scientists Count Microscopic Particles Without Microscope

  …on. Ordinary lenses cannot cope with these tasks at nanoscale, so scientists are working with artificial optical materials – photonic crystals and metamaterials, which can control the propagation of light in most extraordinary ways. However, fabricating optical materials with desired properties is a laborious process that needs constant improvement. A research tea…

  09.08.2016

• Joining Big Science: How PCs Help Large-Scale Projects

  …cludes the following projects: looking for treatment of tuberculosis, HIV, and cancer (WorldCommunityGrid), protein structure determination (Rosetta@home), development of meteorological forecasts for the nearest future (ClimatePrediction) and others.   All these projects have the same rules: researchers set a task, divide it into simple parts and send volunteers. …

  09.08.2016

• Drones at Work: Delivering Pizza, Searching for the Lost... and Dismembering Snowmen

  …uch service) and other operations that have to do with monitoring something from above. Obviously, copters will be of great use to the Ministry of Emergency Situations for controlling forest fires and other natural or industrial emergency situations. Technical problems "For autonomous flight, a drone has to be fixed with lots of sensors. Apart from the usual …

  08.08.2016

• Life-hacks for Studying Abroad: Students Share their Advices

  …erious problems yet, but one still has to study everything carefully and ask questions if need arises. It's also good to plan twice the time for everything. And be sure to control everything by yourself! Good luck!   …

  08.08.2016

• Exploring Innopolis: Russia's Silicon Valley

  …How to enroll at Innopolis I decided to apply for Innopolis on my friend's advice -  he's already been studying there for some time and told me that was a great experience. So, I sent in my application.  Then, I had to take two tests - one for Computer Science and one in English. I was also supposed to write a motivation letter, as well as send in some letters of …

  05.08.2016

• Self-Driving Cars: Safe and Modern Solution or a Step towards "Rise of the Machines?"

  … idea of cars that don’t need humans to drive them is an old dream of science-fiction writers. Such technological solutions first appeared many years ago. In 1950-s cruise control systems that control the speed automatically were developed. Currently engineers aims to make completely self-driving cars that can turn, change lines, park, …

  04.08.2016