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• Look at Neptune and Visit a Warship: St. Petersburg Continues to Celebrate Navy Day

  …rnaya Square, with its' headliners — "Pravada," "Monolisa," "Midgy," "Myths" and other rock bands. 11.00 pm All visitors can admire wonderful fireworks in Yakornaya Square. Get directions Bus № 101 leaves from Staraya Derevnya subway station (5th "violet" line) Minibus № 405 leaves from Chernaya Rechka subway station (2nd "blue" line) Minibus № 407 leaves from P…

  29.07.2016

• Virtual Reality Technologies: What to Expect in the Foreseeable Future?

  …t are generally off-limits to the public. There is also a VR project about the Hermitage cats, their daily life at the museum, and one that allows to see the famous Peacock Clock in action. We’ve also launched a project with the Solovetsky Monastery. Actually, the monks there enjoy using VR-gadgets. The modern progress of VR technologies is irreversible: a new gen…

  28.07.2016

• Multivitamin Supplements: To Take or not to Take

  …sor at Johns Hopkins University, in alliance with his colleagues published their results in Annals of Internal Medicine. The researchers studied the health condition and cognitive functions of male physicians aged 65 years and older. Some of them suffered from cardiovascular diseases or previously had heart attacks. The patients were divided into two groups – placebo…

  27.07.2016

• Cyborg Olympics Exploiting the Power of Technology

  …ov. Those who have Motorica prostheses won’t participant in the event, they will act as experts and consultants for those who want to get either a new prosthetic or multi-functional electronic gadget in the foreseeable future. Engineers from the company are striving to ensure that the appearance of the prosthesis will change based on customer feedback and th…

  27.07.2016

• Getting Close to Nanostructures

  …emitting diodes covered with nanorods – a regular probe could not reach between them. They were also used for high-precision imaging of magnetic fields and in creation of small diffraction gratings. Scanning probe microscopy has many advantages and possible applications; still, it has 2 major drawbacks: a slow scanning process and the presence of artifacts on the …

  26.07.2016

• Forum for Strategic Initiatives: Experts Look Towards the Future

  … education”, - noted Ms. Yanykina. Ms. Natalia Lukovnikova, the head of the Center for Science and Technology Foresight, shared that during the plenary session the essential directions of geopolitical changes were discussed and how these might have an impact on the global balance of power. She’s also pointed out the lecture by Mr. Petr Schedrovitsky, a methodolo…

  26.07.2016

• Time to Register For Russia’s First Online Science Communication Course

  …ill try to categorize them, and also learn about a science communicator’s responsibility towards scientists and the general public. Then they will learn about rules for offline interactions with the media and general public. The third part of the module is focused on studying possible mistakes and potential stumbling blocks in the work of a science communicator. …

  25.07.2016

• “Open University:” BrExit, Startups and Smart Paperwork

  …orst Norta, associate professor at Tallinn University of Technology, who presented smart technology called “Blockchain.” The distributed database contains information about all transactions and bargains. All the information is open for users involved in a business process. Moreover the system is safe because all data segments are connected with each other and if a ha…

  25.07.2016

• ITMO U Helps Talented Children at Sirius Center in Sochi

  …r. "Smart" furniture and caring robots All the participants of the session were divided into 69 groups — each having its own task that could possibly help solve a real production issue in the future. The group which was supervised by staff members from the School of Computer Technologies and Controls at ITMO University — Igor Lositsky and Alexander Kapitono…

  24.07.2016

• Robotic Skeletons: How to Develop Hi-Tech Startups

  …Exoskeletons give wheelchair users to stand on their own legs, walk, go upstairs and step over a threshold. Standing position is essential for humans, it improves internal organs’ functions and helps patients to be rehabilitated. Patients can manage the skeleton using muscle sensors.     ITMO U: from idea to real project Nikita Lipovich, student at Chair of…

  22.07.2016