A Russian startup funded by two of Russia’s largest nanotech centers, Dubna just outside Moscow and Sygma.Novosibirsk from Siberia, has developed what appears to be a brand new charging device for a variety of portable gadgets, Rusnanonet.ru reported. The innovation draws upon the principles of hydrogen energy. The HandyPower charger is said to enable the …
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SDI Research, a Moscow-based “semantic data integrator,” will receive a $335,000 grant from Skolkovo for the development of a next-gen semantic master data management (MDM) system to store and sync data. A reported by the Skolkovo Foundation, the effort will require an estimated $670,000 overall. The developer is expected to raise the remaining 50% from other …
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The Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) and Keysight Technologies, a US company, have plans to open Siberia’s first scientific and educational center in Tomsk in early 2015, portal Globalsib.com reported. TUSUR is reported to have already launched this past fall its new master’s degree program focused on the automation of the …
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During three weeks, from November 18 to December 12, InnoFest will bring together more than 1,000 young scientists from among university students and postgraduates, as well as research fellows representing research institutes from the Nizhny Novgorod region. High-level government officials and business people from both the domestic and international entrepreneurial communities are also expected. Put …
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Scientists in Saratov, in the Lower Volga area of Russia, have developed the country’s first navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. According to Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, the new system can be fully self-contained and is capable of providing an alternative to satellite-based navigation systems. The technology and the software have all been …
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Telum, the developer of the Ranberry family of mobile products in Russia, has developed technology that enables users to quickly deploy a 4G/LTE wireless broadband network for voice, video and data transmission. The project, called Ranberry B1000, incorporates products by Telum and by Intel. Telum is a resident of Skolkovo, the international tech hub under …
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Scientists at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) are working on a new 3D printer they claim will enable the printing of body components for spacecraft and submarines, the TPU website announced. According to Alexei Yakovlev, head of the TPU’s Institute of High Tech Physics, “Five different technologies have been developed to produce nanopowder and nanopowder-based …
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Professor Sergei Maximovsky, a researcher from the Moscow-based Lebedev Physical Institute, has potentially developed a new protection system for banknotes, the Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported. A number of international patents have been obtained for the innovation, including US, Japanese and Chinese patents. At the heart of the technology is the application of a specialized …
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Russia and South Korea are ready to step up joint R&D efforts in IT and a number of high-tech areas. Envoys of the two partners’ political, business and scientific circles reached preliminary agreements on this and other matters last month in Seoul. Commenting on the results of the talks, Oleg Plaksin of RVC, Russia’s state-owned …
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Dr. Alina Ilinova, an assistant professor and the tech transfer manager at Mining University in St. Petersburg, spent quality time earlier this year at the Maryland International Incubator (MI2, University of Maryland, College Park), studying the best international practices in the commercialization of university-originating technologies and the innovation ecosystems developed at UMD and other American …
Softline Seed Fund, a VC fund set up in the end of last year by Softline and government-owned RVC Seed Fund, has invested 7.5 million (nearly $190,000) in the Business Family online network in exchange for a 7% stake in the company. The Business Family project began two years ago as a business-oriented social network and club …
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Russian Superconductor, a company set up to promote the superconductor segment in Russia, is expected in the next few months to launch the pilot production of next-gen high-temperature superconductors at the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing head of the Kurchatov Superconductivity Center Vitaly Kruglov. According to a range of …
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