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Robotex-2016: Robots Race, Swim and Do Sumo!
…evelopers never know the route’s structure in advance — they see it only some minutes before the start. This implies that developers have to foresee any possible problems. For instance, last year the walls of the basin were transparent, so all robots fixed with light sending units for orientation became almost blind. Water races Credit: http://www.robotex.ee To…
26.12.2016
Game Development for School Students: a New Project by OLYMP Laboratory
…eople surrender even before they try something — they doubt their abilities. What we do is show them that any idea can be brought to life, and help them find associates", explains Mr. Bodrov. You can read more about the OLYMP Laboratory and its many projects here.…
23.12.2016
Best Startup Projects at the Demo Day of the FT START/GenerationS Accelerator Program
…Danilov. Solar Power Bank project A portable charger is only one of the things the startup is going to develop. The team has many more solutions to offer in the future. For instance, by 2018 they are going to launch a project on fixing residential areas and important social facilities with solar panels. The best projects were awarded free access to the electron…
23.12.2016
Laser Technologies for Micro- and Nanoprocessing of Glass
…Products made of glass became popular due to development of the architecture of macro objects when the era of skyscrapers started. Later such tendencies inspired engineers and researchers to create complicated and unique micro systems. A disadvantage of these micro systems is that using them it is easy to study various super microscopic physical-chemical processes. …
23.12.2016
Scientists Design a Computer Simulation of a Human Artery
…irtual Artery is testing new drugs and surgical techniques. "The medical industry and society as a whole are interested in reducing the amount of animal experimentation," explains project supervisor Alfons Hoekstra, professor at the University of Amsterdam and ITMO University. "Besides other, our goal is to create a tool that will provide an alternative to such tests…
23.12.2016
Small Innovative Enterprise "Intelligent Information Systems" Attracts New Investors
…University’s future graduates can look for new ways to apply their scientific knowledge and experience, as well as obtain new business and entrepreneurial competences." — explains Aleksander Ostroukhov, head of the SIE Cooperation Office. Denis Zhuk, the commercial director of "IIS", says that in 2016, the staff of the enterprise was mainly engaged in refining …
22.12.2016
ITMO Graduate on Three Failures and One Victory
… unexpectedly for the startupers, thanks to word-of-mouth advertising they started attracting more and more people. One famous body builder offered to promote Grow Food on his Instagram account if they were to deliver meals to him for free. They accepted the offer, and this helped them find 15 clients. "The things we do is not Porsche quality. We offer Hyundai Sola…
22.12.2016
St. Petersburg and the Yakutia Republic Develop IT
… winner. The jury also appreciated two projects from St. Petersburg. The first one, "Hide and Kill" is a corporate game based on AR, where players use their cell phones instead of guns. It was developed by Maksim Tretiakov, student of the Department of Computer Engineering and Design, and Georgi Gerasimov, who studies at the Department of Informatics and Appli…
21.12.2016
From White Nights to Black Days: Surviving the Deep, Dark Winter in St. Petersburg
…al canvas for digitally enhanced video wizardry and the fine art of Russian animated storytelling. The multimedia show will comprise of three distinct sections, all drawing inspiration from this year’s citywide celebration of Russian and Soviet Cinema: the first will see the city’s iconic Bronze Horseman monument — rather like in Pushkin’s narrative poem of the sa…
21.12.2016
ITMO Develops a New Modular Platform for Robot Construction
…fferent combinations that fit particular tasks. ITMO's developers mostly used Russian electronic components and elements, while most UAV manufacturers prefer foreign ones. For instance, they've used the Milandr microcontroller for the flight control module. That aside, all the elements of the UAV (more than a hundred pieces) were designed and printed on a 3D printer …
21.12.2016