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• TransformCity: The Amsterdam Approach to Urban Planning

  …So, I thought that we should start with founding a small company which can later turn into something bigger. Thus, in 2011 I started to ask more from other participants," explains Saskia Beer. That meant they had to get closer and discuss particular topics that had to do with their common problem - those related to ecology, the district's nature and the like. Du…

  22.08.2017

• Nanoparticle Ink Lets Regular Inkjet Printers Produce Glowing Holograms

  …c manufacture of bills, bonds and documents. Unlike the existing technologies, the new method makes it possible to create varied individual holograms on industrial scale – for instance, a specific pattern or a number sequence on a document that requires protection. Alexandr Vinogradov The authors note that the product is ready for practical application. The i…

  22.08.2017

• "In English, Please": De-Jargonizer Helps Make Science Accessible

  …rest they are trying to spark. Besides, there is no single standard which scientists could use to adapt their writing to,” – opine researchers from Israel’s Holon and Technion Institutes of Technology. Credit: towergateinsurance.co.uk Researchers often fall victim to the so-called curse of knowledge, they add. This is a form o…

  21.08.2017

• ICO-Hypethon: Will Bitcoin Take Over The World?

  …view recently posted a report on how state governments plan to reduce cash turnover. Cash is dangerous, as it can be used to avoid paying taxes and work in shadow economy. For instance, in the USA they've already forbidden to use cash when selling property. So, if you were to sell your bike, you can only get a bank check or transaction as payment, not cash. In other …

  21.08.2017

• ITMO Students Take Part In Experimental Interaction Design Summer School

  …irst week, the students worked in teams to analyze the problems that have to do with modern lifestyle so as to choose relevant topics for their projects. The next stage was brainstorming for best solutions, and by the end of the first week the school’s participants already demonstrated their first prototypes. After testing them, the students were given one week to as…

  18.08.2017

• Scientists Learn To Predict Users' Preferences Based On Data From Social Networks

  …Social networks have long become something more than just platforms used by users to communicate with each other -analyzing data from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, VK and other social media can well become serious groundwork for future research. So, can data from such sources help predict their users' behavior? A group of scientists from ITMO University and the Na…

  18.08.2017

• Dave Vasquez: We Need To Start Teaching Entrepreneurship Back In School

  …even was part of the communist movement in Colombia for some time, so he knew a lot about first USSR, then Russia; actually, he still follows Russian news. So, he was never against me going here. On the other hand, I couldn't go to the US as I didn't have a visa, so I started to search for different options. I had all the documents I needed to go to Russia done in ab…

  17.08.2017

• Giant Paper Plane Dives in at Red Bull Flugtag

  … festival as we thought that it would be fun, yet we also wanted to show that our university is cool! Not many universities can boast having taken part in such an event," explains Bogdan. The students turned to the Strategic Communications Department for help, and Alexander Gostev, one of its staff members, proposed to design the flying machine as a paper plane …

  17.08.2017

• IEEE Award Winner Slobozhanyuk: “There Are No Stupid Questions in Science”

  …Tell us more about the award you’ve received: how does it benefit you as a scientist? The award is given out by the IEEE – the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It is a well-known and respected organization that unites academic societies in all kinds of fields: medicine, biology, power industry and many others. Among them is the IEEE Antennas and …

  16.08.2017

• ITMO & Australian Scientists Contribute to Latest Nanophotonics Review

  …rs hope to apply this effect in developing ultrafast modulators in optical computers that will replace their electronic counterparts. As of now, many major companies (IBM, for instance) are working on projects that have to do with creating optical transistors that can greatly increase processing speed. Every now and then, there's news of the invention of fully optica…

  16.08.2017