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Olga Bykova

Global Summer School - Educational Programs - IaaC - 1 views

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    IGSS every year incorporates agendas with research and education goals that combines science and technology with architecture and urban planning. Smart Cities, Smart Citizens, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Fabrication, Self-Organization, Self- Design and Self and Collective Intelligence are some of the key words on which the academic agenda of the program focus.
alexbelov

Cybathlon - Championship for Cyborgs - 0 views

  • Experience a world première: On Saturday, 8 October 2016 ETH Zurich is organising the very first Cybathlon! Individuals with physical disabilities will compete side by side in six demanding disciplines, using the latest assistive technologies.
  • There are races for athletes with powered arm and leg prostheses, for those wearing a robotic exoskeleton and for powered wheelchairs. There’s also a race for cyclists using electrical muscle stimulation and even a brain-computer interface race.
  • Cybathlon provides a platform for the development of novel assistive technologies that are useful for daily life. Through the organisation of the Cybathlon we want to remove barriers between people with disabilities, the public and technology developers.
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    The first world's olympic games for athletes with disabilities powered by cybernetic prothesis will take place this year in Zurich. It's expected that 80 teams from different countries will participate. The next Cybathlon is planned in Tokyo 2020 during the Summer Olympics.
Maria Gurova

Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being... - 3 views

  • From staff-free ticket offices to students who can learn online, it seems there is no corner of economic life in which people are not being replaced by machines.
  • One of the reasons Google is investing so much is that whoever owns the communications system for driverless cars will own the 21st century's equivalent of the telephone network or money clearing system: this will be a licence to print money.
  • The only new jobs will be in the design and marketing of the cars, and in writing the computer software that will allow them to navigate their journeys, along with the apps for our mobile phones that will help us to use them better
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  • The invention of 3D printing, in which every home or office will be equipped with an in-house printer that can spew out the goods we want – from shoes to pills – anticipates a world of what Summers calls automated "doers". They will do everything for us, eliminating the need for much work.
  • we have come to the end of the great "general purpose technologies" (technologies that transform an entire economy, such as the steam engine, electricity, the car and so on) that changed the world. There are no new transformative technologies to carry us forward, while the old activities are being robotised and automated.
  • The second is in human wellbeing. There will be vast growth in advising, coaching, caring, mentoring, doctoring, nursing, teaching and generally enhancing capabilities.
  • Notwithstanding robotisation and automation, I identify four broad areas in which there will be vast job opportunities.The first is in micro-production
  • The third is in addressing the globe's "wicked issues" . There will be new forms of nutrition and carbon-efficient energy, along with economising with water, to meet the demands of a world population of 9 billion in 2050.
  • And fourthly, digital and big data management will foster whole new industries
  • the truth is, nobody knows. What we do know is that two-thirds of what we consume today was not invented 25 years ago. It will be the same again in a generation's time
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    demand for the new expertise may impact not only the school and academic education, but earlier development stages
Irina Marchenko

20 indoor activities for kids-besides TV - 0 views

http://simplemom.net/20-indoor-activities-for-kids-besides-tv/ I don't have a problem with TV or movies-we watch them both. But we all know they're FAR too often the default choice of leisure tim...

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Irina Marchenko

37% российских детей летние каникулы проведут дома ← Все новости - 0 views

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    37% россиян сообщили, что их дети в этом году летние каникулы проведут дома. Для сравнения, в прошлом году об этом заявили 42% опрошенных россиян. 17% детей свои каникулы буду проводить на даче с родными. 12% детей поедут отдыха в летние лагеря. Столько же родителей (12%) указали, что планируют отдыхать этим летом на Черном море. Около 9% россиян планирую отдыхать вместе с детьми в Российских городах. Всего 7% родителей в этом году планируют вывезти своих детей на отдых за рубеж, 2% - в страны СНГ (в прошлом году таких родителей было 10% и 4% соответственно). Остальные родители сообщили, что дети будут отдыхать отдельно от них: на территории России (4%), за рубежом (1%), или же отправятся в поход с другими детьми (2%). Почти 37% опрошенных сообщили, что по различным причинам в этом году их дети не смогут куда-либо поехать и все свои каникулы проведут дома, из 11% указали, что не смогут поехать отдыхать из-за материальных сложностей.
Maria Gurova

Meet the Robots That Will Help Run a Tokyo Airport - 0 views

  • Last week, Japan’s ominously named robotics company Cyberdyne announced new technologies it’ll start rolling out at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in September: Two robots, one exoskeleton. One robot shuttles unwieldy luggage, another cleans the facility, and the exo assists with heavy lifting.
  • Japan’s government actively funds robotics R&D, with aims to triple the nation’s robotics market to $22 billion in the next six years, and is keen on showing off some impressive technology at Tokyo’s Summer Olympics in 2020
Maria Gurova

MoviePass, The Sequel: Quest To Become The Netflix Of The Big Screen Continues | Fast C... - 1 views

  • MoviePass, which opens up to 75,000 wait-listed users today, is an invite-only subscription-based service that lets you pay between $19.99 and $34.99 a month to watch up to one in-theater movie per day
  • Unlike Netflix viewership, theatrical attendance tends to heavily peak twice a year, during Oscars season and the summer blockbusters.
  • Spikes says this demographic is also more likely to drive post-theater purchases, such as DVDs, soundtracks, and branded merchandise. To that end, he says MoviePass will be exploring options to offer these items through its service in the future
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    Movie Pass is the new service that allows you to visit any theater that accepts credit card for free as long as you pay pricey annual subscription fee
isoldatenkova

Netflix's 'Murder Mystery' Would've Killed in the Theaters | Fortune - 0 views

  • Murder Mystery scored a record-breaking 30.8 million viewers—the highest weekend ever for a Netflix debut—which would put its theoretical global haul $278.1 million—great results for Netflix and Sandler, who signed a four-movie deal with the streaming service in 2017.
  • Murder Mystery does prove is that Netflix’s deal with Sandler and its other forays into original filmmaking can produce blockbuster results.
  • To be fair, Toy Story 4 is expected to have a worldwide opening of $260 million, but Netflix is still clearly winning by putting out a middling movie that people can watch in the comfort of their own home, in the backseat of a car, or wherever else they choose.
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