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• ITMO Develops a New Modular Platform for Robot Construction

  … of four modules: flight control, peripheral systems, power supply and communication modules. The general idea was to combine the electronic components frequently used for UAV construction in uniform modules. This way, one can connect executive mechanisms, sensors and develop programs for an already existing platform. There is also the possibility of using single mod…

  21.12.2016

• "Death and Life of Catalysts": Evgeny Pidko on Getting the ERC Grant and his Research Plans

  … at all! Classical empirical chemistry is based on searching for the working "exceptions" and using them to create new theories. This problem is common for materials chemistry, functional materials, and catalytic chemistry, as well. Still, studying these exceptions doesn’t raise the chances of success — i.e. elaborating a working technology. Thus, I want to und…

  20.12.2016

• Science Slam ITMO 2.0 Final

  …emicals, but with the miracle of optics. Alexandra explained the mechanics of her invention — tiny strokes are made on the surface of the caramel or chocolate, something like a diffraction grating. When white light falls on it, it disperses inside the candy in a rainbow-like pattern. Unfortunately, on caramel it lasts only for at most a day, while for chocolate, the …

  20.12.2016

• Things that Cheer You Up During the Winter Exams

  … Vinogradov brothers, Vladimir and Alexander, heads of the International Laboratory "Solution Chemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies" look like characters from Pulp Fiction. Alexander Boukhanovsky, head of the High-Performance Computing Deparment Alexey Bobtsov, dean of the School of Computer Technologies and Control Systems …

  19.12.2016

• "Art&Science: Art, Science, Museum": the New ITMO-Hermitage Collaboration Project

  …d — it makes metaphors more complex, more "dense" by giving metabolic features to the artistic media. Those are the features of growth, reproducibility, versatility, and auto-save function. We are yet unfamiliar with such art objects. Just try to imagine a living art object that has to be not just "stored" at a museum, but "maintained" - or even be cared for? Obvious…

  19.12.2016

• Smart Assistants Based on Neuroethologies

  …arge amounts of data from open and limited sources for price shocks and news that affect financial markets like Samsung cellphones bursting, the Brexit or Donald Trpmp winning the elections in the USA. Using the app, one can find a bargain and choose how much money he’d like to spend on it. A user can also get the information on what news were used by the system to m…

  19.12.2016

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …finally online and promising to outperform rivals in precision and self-reliance. It’s free to users worldwide and available on smartphones with Galileo-compatible microchip. Full functionality is expected to be reached by 2020. Tech virtually recreates concert hall acoustics. A live orchestra performance sounds different at different venues. Researchers are measu…

  18.12.2016

• Social Entrepreneurship form All over the World

  …lps doctor to observe a patient as well as assists a patient in keeping their diet and taking meds. The students from the University of Technology and Design develop beautiful and functional clothes that make it easier for people with special needs to get dressed. The designers took part in several fashion shows. The Festival also included the exhibition called "W…

  16.12.2016

• The Western High-Speed Diameter: More Roads Means More Traffic

• HackerRank Platform: ITMO has the World’s Best Programmers

  …rogrammers come from. Russia was named second, slightly losing to China in the rankings (by 0.1 point). The ranking’s authors shared that the Chinese beat everyone in mathematics, functional programming and data structures, while Russian developers have no equals in algorithms — the most popular and competitive discipline in IT.…

  15.12.2016