In the opinion of GeoCV CEO Anton Yakubenko, a graduate of the computer graphics laboratory at Moscow State University, a global 3D revolution is coming. Starting in 2015, smartphones and tablets will have 3D options. GeoCV is creating a mobile application for mobile devices of the future. The idea of the GeoCV mobile app was born when …
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Although the relations between the two powers have reached historic lows, US-Russian cooperation in scientific and technological fields is still alive. “The Russian government is not imposing any sanctions whatsoever against the USA in the field of scientific interaction,” Gazeta.ru reported earlier this month, citing Russian ambassador to the USA Sergey Kislyak.
Mobile acquiring solution developer Smartfin, which operates under the 2can brand, has been selected as the first technological partner of national savings bank Sberbank for a pilot project of “Business Tablets.” The Business Tablet consists of three portable gadgets: a modern tablet computer with an embedded mobile acquiring application; a bank card reader compatible with …
In late October, Soft Machines Inc., a Silicon Valley-based semiconductor startup company with an important R&D center in Russia, unveiled the Soft Machines VISC architecture – a “breakthrough” in microprocessor performance-per-watt scaling that will “significantly improve performance and power for all segments of the computing ecosystem,” according to the company. “We’ve been quietly building the …
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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Thin Film Technology has received a grant of $1.9 million from Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The firm was founded in 2006, and has been working with the Skolkovo innovation center since 2011. It develops semiconductor sensors for measuring pressure, vibration levels and other physical parameters in unstable and aggressive environments. …
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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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This past Tuesday the Skolkovo Foundation, the non-profit organization in charge of completing an international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow, inked a memorandum of understanding with Tel Aviv University, opening the way to a wide range of cooperations. The two partners intend to launch joint R&D and commercial projects in the field of …
International high-level specialists and professionals in the field of software engineering are descending on Kostroma, one of Russia’s most historical cities, for a two-day workshop-conference set to map cutting-edge innovations in the areas of testing, analysis and verification. The Tools & Methods of Program Analysis (TMPA-2014) event will be held on November 14 and 15 …
Yandex has announced its participation in the preparation of an experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to confirm the existence of dark matter, RBC daily reports. Yandex is to provide scientists at CERN with big data processing technology and human resources. The Yandex School of Data Analysis (SDA) has partnered with CERN …
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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