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• Youth Foresight Festival Tackles Future of Transportation

  …e the younger generation with the advanced scientific and technological achievements in the field of transport and look into the future of science and technology. Foresight sessions, competitions and workshops, as well as meetings with famous people give children and youth the chance to determine their future profession and to develop t…

  21.09.2017

• How Music Affects Our Brain

  …lso 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 Helsinki (Finland), Aarhus University (Denmark) and University of Bari (Italy), has …

  20.09.2017

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

  …nt of our planet. They face challenges related to the development of ecological tourism, alternative energy sources, as well as to reduce the carbon footprint (reduced CO2 emissions). In order to make it into the finals, the teams go through a regional qualifying round. In June, the school team from the creative robotics lab at the School of Computer Technologies …

  20.09.2017

• METANANO-2017: International Conference on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials held in Vladivostok

  …amaterials at ITMO University. The organizers have prepared a jam-packed five-day program for the participants. Each day of the conference will open with a plenary session, each headlined by one of the several world-class scientists in the field of Photonics and Metamaterials. Among them are Mordechai (Moti) Segev (Israel Institute of Technology), Andrey Rog…

  19.09.2017

• StudentsUP: New Program by Department of Youth Policy

  …ing where its organizers spoke about extracurricular activities at ITMO University. "Our program's motto is UPgrade yourself, as it allows to develop oneself, one's professional and soft skills. The latter are highly prized by employers, as it is most important to be not just a good specialist, but also a flexible, open-minded person. It is most important to be …

  18.09.2017

• Journey to the Red Planet: New and Daring Projects for Mars Travel

  … that Chinese scientists have built a working prototype of the “Impossible Engine”, EmDrive, for use in space travel. It is said that the thruster will be able to deliver a mission to Mars in two and a half months (as opposed to the usual estimation of six to nine months). EmDrive is the proposed electromagnetic thruster which creates propul

  18.09.2017

• Voice Control Technologies: Machines That Really Listen

  …  LG Hub Robot. Credit: cnet.com LG Hub Robot is intended for family use, so in order to become a real family member, it has been given the ability to change facial expressions and react to the users with body language (nod his head when answering simple questions, for instance). It can even discern family members from each other using a camera and can be progra…

  15.09.2017

• BBC Expert: How to Make Science More Accessible

  …h and even learned to speak Russian with BBC’s Russian-speaking experts. “By using social media, we managed to attract a highly wide audience. We made a conscious decision to make Tim the host of the program, so that he would film everything himself and have a direct link to the viewers. We made about a dozen videos and posted them on Facebook before his fli…

  15.09.2017

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

  …in science before that and what happens now. Mikhail Gelfand's lecture at ITMO University Financial and political news are used by many people as a prompt for making decisions; can one say the same about news of science? I believe people use science news a bit differently, and this also depends on who's reading them. Scientists read them to keep up with what…

  15.09.2017

• How to Launch a Tech Project and Succeed

  …larger-scale production. This includes: a properly developed design specification (it’s better not to take any chances with that; if you can’t make one yourself – find a professional to do it, advises Kirill); a completed patent search (an obligatory requirement for R&D) or a registered trademark;  a draft and a technical design and, finally, a prototype model that h…

  14.09.2017