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• CEO of 02 Light Systems on Importance of Seeing Eye to Eye with Engineers and Working with Universities

  …n innovative Li-Fi technology. Its operating principle is close to that of a Wi-Fi router: connecting to the network and accessing the internet. The only difference is that instead of a router, Li-Fi has a light source such as a lamp, with a five-meter operating distance and amounts of data transmitted comparable to the Wi-Fi technology: 10 megabits per second. …

  25.01.2019

• Vegetarian & Vegan St. Petersburg: Restaurants

  …ets traditional, with its luscious meals created by the city’s most famous chefs extraordinaire. The choice is humongous, featuring a potpourri of appetizers, salads, soups, mains, and desserts, with a drinks menu that is as impressive as that at Kashmir. The best part? The prices are more than reasonable, so no wallet will be hurt in the (wining and dining) process.…

  25.01.2019

• Magic of Light: ITMO’s Interactive Exhibition in Shanghai

  …Organized by ITMO University in collaboration with the Hellenic Institute of Holography (HIH), the exhibition kicked off on January 25 at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. Magic of Light features a combination of modern visualization technologies, unique objects and interactive educational activities. The main focus of the exhibition is on art holography, a …

  25.01.2019

• The New Kilogram: Reasons Behind Upcoming Measurement Reform

  …s this one special is that the weight of a measured object is compensated by the Lorentz force, which is the force exerted by an electromagnetic field on an electric conductor inside said field. “Until now, we’ve based our measurements and calculations on laws that are over a century old. The quantum laws, however, were much more useful in the field of super-pre…

  24.01.2019

• Analyzing Metagenome Helps Understand the Role of Bacterial Species in Crohn’s Disease

  …tiple cases are caused by different factors in each case,” comments Alexander Tyakht, a research associate at ITMO University. The research indicated that several strains of Escherichia coli can coexist in a human's bowel. As strains with different genome can occupy significantly different ecological niches, the same treatment …

  24.01.2019

• Moscow Topography of Terror, Geography of Holocaust and Gulag Retrospective: Digital Humanities Projects That Remind of the Horrible Past

  …ps, etc. The interactive map was created by members of the Memorial International Society. At first, the project's name was “The Topography of Terror”. Its authors drew inspiration from the Berlin project of the same name. The project's slogan was “It's right here”. Gradually, the team began to see this slogan as something that's even more important than the p…

  23.01.2019

• Science Day at ITMO University

  …tion, during which 20 participants will present their electronic banners, as well as the prototypes of their own innovative projects. It is here where you’ll be able to get an insight into the latest scientific developments and ask all your questions regarding the technologies on display. The Power Pitch and Future Now sections will be held in three stages, each cove…

  23.01.2019

• St. Petersburg’s Architectural Gems: Eclecticism

  …ace. Neoclassicism Another historical period, the Italian Renaissance, also offered a lot of creative opportunities to the architects of Eclecticism. Among the buildings inspired by Renaissance architecture is the Moskovsky railway station, the second railway station in St. Petersburg, designed by Konstantin Thon. Although large Venetian windows, two floors of …

  22.01.2019

• Ins and Outs of Modern Animation

  …rom top to bottom,” says Rodney Rothman, one of the film’s three directors. The movie’s creators decided to reject the traditional rules applied to CGI animation and drew inspiration from ‘60s comic books by adopting a limited color palette and using a drawing technique called ‘half-toning’, in which shade and light are represented through colored dots and patte…

  22.01.2019

• Biggest Anthropology Breakthroughs of 2018

  …e Australopithecus skeleton ever found.   Description of Lucy’s baby’s foot, Dikika, Ethiopia, 3.31-3.35 million years ago The fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominid were unearthed quite a long time ago and have been described piece by piece since then. In 2018, researchers described its foot…

  22.01.2019