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Russian Post and Rusnano create system to monitor and streamline postal deliveries

June 4, 2014 June 4, 2014

The Russian Post and Rusnano, Russia’s nanotech giant, are working together to apply nanotechnology solutions to postal services, Rusnano announced in late May. The project involves implementation by the Russian Post of a global monitoring system designed as a turnkey solution by RST-Invent LLC, a Rusnano portfolio company. The system will provide an automatic recorded of …

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US-Israeli router developer to launch R&D and sales office in Moscow

June 3, 2014 June 3, 2014

Compass-EOS, a US-Israeli next-gen router developer, has unveiled plans to open a new representative office in Russia, which will include an R&D and Commercial Sales center. The networking company, with its photonic backplane technology icPhotonics, is coming to Russia at a time when domestic Internet traffic is expected to exhibit continued strong growth, while Russian …

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Siberian researchers develop telecommunication system for underwater robots

June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014

Researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) in Siberia are developing new telecommunications systems to monitor and control next gen self-contained underwater robots, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported last week, citing TPU’s vice rector for science and innovation, Mikhail Sonkin. In this effort the Siberian University is collaborating with the Institute of Oceanic Technology Problems, …

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Russia ready to launch its most powerful chip to date

May 14, 2014 May 14, 2014

MCST, a Russian electronics manufacturer, has announced the completion of a series of tests for its new Elbrus-4C chip. The developer is now preparing for mass production of the chip. Elbrus-4C is a four-kernel microprocessor developed to fit 65-nanometer design rules and supporting three DDR3-1600 memory channels. Each kernel operates at a clock frequency of …

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Siberian researchers use 3D prototyping to make new ceramics

May 13, 2014 May 13, 2014

Scientists at the Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) in Siberia are working on a new technology that would enable 3D prototyping of ceramics, the Association of the Innovation Regions of Russia reported last week. The technology is an alternative to conventional laser-based 3D prototyping, the source underscored.

Internet without restrictions: Siberian solution for visually impaired

April 2, 2014 April 2, 2014

A cloud app is being developed at Tomsk State University in Siberia to help the visually impaired visit web pages and get the information they need, the TSU press service announced last month. The application, called “RIW – Internet without restrictions,” is the brainchild of Evgeny Sidnev, Artyom Pomiluiko and Stanislav Rychagov, second-year students in TSU’s …

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Russian developer offers new RFID solution for stock-taking

April 1, 2014 April 1, 2014

Systematica, a Russian IT company, has developed a new RFID-based solution for contactless asset inventories and archive processing automation, Cnews.ru reported last week. The new software and hardware complex, called Regula RFID Identification, reportedly speeds stock-taking and registers objects within a reader’s reach virtually instantly. The Regula uses passive RFID tags that require no power …

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Moscow scientists shift into high gear for new supercomputing and ‘smart’ materials

February 20, 2014 February 20, 2014

MISiS, a leading Russian technology university based in Moscow, has received a $2.7 million “megagrant” from the Russian Government to start developing Russia’s first supercomputer-based capabilities to create new materials for various industrial sectors. A new, state-of-the-art lab is expected to provide a fast track for supplying the Russian economy with materials designed to have specific properties, said Prof. Igor …

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Russian government considers systematic RFID tagging for clothing and footwear

January 13, 2014 January 13, 2014

The Russian government is considering RFID tagging all labels on clothing and footwear fabricated and sold throughout Customs Union member-states (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan), reported the Russian daily Izvestia in late December. Officials believe this is the only remedy for an ongoing plague of counterfeiting. The government estimates that more than $30 billion worth of …

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Russia’s largest radio electronic holding unveils $6.7 billion modernization program

December 10, 2013 December 10, 2013

By 2020, Roselectronica, Russia’s umbrella company for national radio electronic assets, is planning to invest more than $6.7 billion in innovation and modernization, the Roselectronica press service announced last week About $2.8 billion, or 41% of the overall funds allocated, will go towards the diversification of companies in the holding and their entry into high-tech …

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Irkutsk State University sets up Tech Transfer Center

November 21, 2013 November 21, 2013

Irkutsk State University (ISU) in Siberia has established its own Tech Transfer Center, the ISU press service announced earlier this month. The Center has been created as a spin-off limited liability company and is expected to offer a classic range of consulting services, including search for partners and customers and assistance for innovators in completing …

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St. Petersburg and Californian scientists keen to introduce replacement to silicon in electronics

November 6, 2013 November 6, 2013

Scientists from St. Petersburg and Silicon Valley are collaborating to grow super-thin nanodiamond film that could be used in new generation electronics, the Vesti TV website reported. The research is being conducted on the premises of St. Petersburg State Electrical Engineering University (LETI), which presents itself as “the oldest electrotechnical university in Europe.” Based on …

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