hello and welcome to technology update here in moscow we're always on the lookout for the newest of the new and there's been no shortage of big announcements in the high tech world especially if the russian capital plays host to the open innovation forum. the first ever gathering.

together high tech gurus and investors from across the globe. participants from dozens of countries. along the river to. exhibition halls to fulfil. fields of science business and government to encourage innovative development. seven hundred speakers over the forums for days the schedule is jam packed with high powered conferences. negotiations normally this time of year plays host to a different event in two thousand and twelve. with this open forum. that is one of the main organizers of the rodeo certainly let its presence be known the tiny take giant showed off many of its affiliated projects at its stand. exhibiting the size and breadth of its portfolio there are companies ranging from

composite materials to solar panels. the one that caught our eye was a company whose main offering sixty keeping stores in tip top shape my hotel which has grabbed a few headlines in the past with this fountain of youth has recently come out with a new i dropped they could be the first of many big products. just like a pharmaceutical company so. we need distributers. additionally. we still need to find. the country.

as a kind of clearing house for the ideas of tomorrow and one of those is photonics whose roots were laid in russia but has since sprouted into an international player the firm has developed a new kind of laser scalpel for dental surgery you could find uses just about anywhere that doctors currently employ a blade. well . they did a very good reason. on

the first a total of ten russian companies were singled out at the tech success awards ceremony organizers designed the competition to acknowledge the country's fastest developing and most innovative small and medium sized businesses as well as boost their profile on the world stage coming into the ceremony the list had already been whittled down to thirty companies which represented the entire spectrum of industries and regions across russia. so created named i t company hardware maker enter school and a handful of medical firms on the lookout for the next device are made to keep us all on our feet another one of those in the top ten says l r four cents for electronic archives the company. catalog but it's also one of the leaders.

with partners l r co-produces these contacts. the world of scanning is it all about documentation and just files for online sellers who can also be used for some of the more. for example the push to museum of fine art in moscow is in the process of digitizing many of its most treasured works capturing the timeless beauty of the paintings and objects that grace its walls and hollows requires more than just a simple click camera. until the two thousand.

to improve the their own the me to thousands digital technology finally improved to the point. as far as we know everyone switched to digital devices. there is a wide range of devices he. presents. unmatched anywhere in the world. digitization needs the push to museum has turned to a. company specializing in super high resolution images they claim their system is the best way to get a top notch completely objective representation of priceless pieces of art. don't have to take the paintings down from the walls they do need to set up and calibrate the light just right doing so ensures the resulting image is an entirely accurate reproduction of the painting as it is in real life but today the resolution of even

the best. for many museums purposes simply isn't enough. to develop an entire set of technologies that allows their technicians to boost picture resolution without warping the image or losing any data through stitching software composition this requires a bit more ingenuity than you might think. instead of just snapping the whole painting at those takes individual pictures of each section to avoid distorting the original demands what's called a shift lens at the root is a camera with the usual c.c.d. sensor which is what converts to incoming photons into a digital image however the lens itself is made to rotate around the center following light and information to the stationary c.c.d. sensor the more separate pictures it snaps the higher the resolution. of painting broken down into twelve sections two hundred forty megapixel picture such

a clear image. damage. come to the conclusion that the different pieces of og need to be filmed using a different color palettes this consists of two hundred fifty six color fields just for this movie insufficient for example when we work with complex pieces of art. in such cases we use extended. to fifteen hundred color fields for the particular piece we're shooting but to ensure that we give the best possible match. the resulting images are so precise in terms of detail and color that they can serve as the master print against which future potential fakes could be compared these kinds of super high rez unbelievably accurate reproductions are the first word when it comes to archiving masterpieces and even for the creation of high quality catalogs . or two dimensional scanning methods do the job for paintings and pictures like these they only give us one side of the story when we talk about three d. objects that means all kinds of additional information is hiding just out of sight

in places like the fair a pint of monastery technology ensures that no detail is left behind the aging interiors of this beautiful example of medieval russian art has been filmed and put on display for all to see and treasure. here epo still use the same shift when set up but has to take additional steps to ensure light is properly and evenly cast on the segment that they're filming the images they get are indispensable for stores as they study and understand what exactly needs to be done to keep things like the dionysus fresco around for future generations to enjoy. and the technology employed here even has benefits if you never make it out to the fair part of monastery yourself thanks to episodes pictures you can explore the walls of survive centuries and you can rest assured knowing that you're seeing the frescoes exactly as they are in real life the color palette is a difficult the lighting presents the image as it was intended. crucially the

proper perspective of the arcs and curves are kept intact as a result of the shift lens. therefore you could almost feel the glare of heavenly inspiration jumping out through your screen. but there's another kind of scanning out there that involves a near constant monitoring of the skies this is the most ground station of a company called scan x. which is recognized as one of the top thirty innovative companies tech success and we mentioned earlier it all started with rather simple computerized weather stations worked out by moscow state university researchers in one thousand nine hundred one the company developed these helix shaped weather data reception stations which proved useful for schools and state agencies alike but their big breakthrough came in the mid ninety's when they decide to revolutionize the field of data reception. was. designed and built a so-called personal data reception station but it was unlike others in that it was much smaller for example as there is so three satellite reception stations measure

twelve damage one like this one which is about three meters and needed wild one hundred people to maintain it what they want to achieved is that even a person who is not very good with computers. parade the system in the course of two days but it can also be installed on many roads and streets small size and weight. as satellites cas overhead images from space are being down to scale x. is receivers for this company the main idea is to be able to get the pics in real time and they have to set up a network big enough to spend the entire country. in russia itself to scan this equipment to the skies for ford its own centers as provide the kid for universities as well as state weather emergency resource monitoring agencies in total skellies has played over two hundred fifty stations across the globe. doesn't

operate its own satellite. what it does do is allow for the images to reach those who need them faster and more conveniently than otherwise possible but they're more than just space imaging middle men there technicians have to rework the pics to highlight just what they're looking for. their images which can be a statically stunning in their own right conserve a myriad of purposes many of the space snippets are for government watchdogs but they can also be used by concerned citizens in groups to spot illegal deforestation or even try poachers over their most recognizable alternative applications is likely internet mapping services which they provide for russia's dominant online matchmaker yandex scale its presence on the market has been driving the industry forward with their strategy having been dictated by financial constraints early on their no helping push a slimmer more effective approach to space imaging was basically demonic belies the market access to data in the process and data went to one big national center then

it was either so little distributed freely or depending on whatever the government policy was and by the way in many countries it still works that way but we have given users want let's say particularly well off the opportunity to get this data on their personal computers is a fundamental change whether good or bad people are going to use it to their benefit depends on us. and how we teach people to use it but it's for the best way we can't ignore the problems that the old faces in the war. that mantra lies at the heart of scan x. is cost muslim are you websites where anyone can monitor potential environmental problems they've created a similar site especially for government agencies to keep an eye on emergency situations for space there's nowhere for forest fires to hide and skeptics can also help both the authorities and anyone really capture things like oil spills which may not necessarily be obvious to the untrained eye on first glance. then of course

some of their shots can be used to simply check up on how construction is progressing in preparation for the olympic games in sochi with two years left until the opening ceremony you can witness the landscape being changed right before your eyes. over the years scan it has accumulated a sizeable archive of all the uploaded data all told they've got more than two hundred terabytes of space images on record all of which they hope the world a more transparent place. to open innovations for a given that it was spread out over some twenty thousand square meters of exhibition space and there were more than one thousand innovative works on display we probably could have done several shows just on the company's technology present so over the coming months don't be too surprised to see more about some of those innovators mentioned at the top. meeting from moscow there were quite

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oh and welcome back to technology update in recent weeks there's been a veritable avalanche of big announcements in the i.t. world for that reason we've had it out to the newly opened spoke of

a cube where many of the world's biggest players are currently setting up shop we've come out here to see just how all the latest moves look for a russian point of view this drive. began to geeks the world over when x. to see a sample look to fight off a new challenge from a long time so microsoft enthusiastic fans. can be found on both sides of the battle lines. each taking their fight to well. i'll offer something a little more mobile with a seven inch i pad mini microsoft finally through its hot in the mobile ring with the surface device basically the overall tablet market is getting more competitive with android devices on the rise held by a new round of google's nexus tabs. change the whole.

to account for one hundred percent of the. now. just a bit more than fifty percent. nearly the rest of the market is a. very very small sliver of controlled by windows based devices. however in russia. has a little over twenty five percent. of the remaining three quarters of the. people . are more for entertainment for consuming content whereas the microsoft surface for creating content for work is a very convenient cover. that is.

hardware. thrown over operating systems as well. as probably the major. in terms of traditional. systems. computers out there. to translate that success into. the world becomes. they can't sit on the sidelines. the company is pared its surface tablet launch. on the mobile device. has worked hard to reverse. but at this point it is hard to say if they'll be successful but in any case we can sit back and watch with great interest. to showcase their new operating system the company

parties across the globe but the end of october likely bodes well for the company though is the fact that in recent years microsoft has shown that it's able to branch out from its traditional stronghold and still find success early lead in terms of gesture recognition software its connect and related gaming systems have proved a major hit for the old and young alike but here the real thing to see is the launch party. of windows eight along with the much touted surface tablet the company has totally revamped its windows operating system from the ground up most surprisingly of all developers have ditched their iconic start button all together one thing probably everyone can agree upon is that a total retooled this client required major work. company employs many specialists engineers and developers. in creating windows for the first versions over twenty years ago and is true today. at. the overarching theme of this new

system is to create a similar experience across all devices that means that the way you interact with your home p.c. will be the same as how you surf on your mobile gadgets. all the big news was coming from abroad. russian companies also announced a number of big projects. or. the one that made the biggest headlines. no less important was their announcement of a new app store for android now. will be able to reconfigure devices. search engine of their own as well as replacing the google. of course. they won't even need it

says they will have. this newly launched gateway to the web is another optimized quote based browser the developers have incorporated the presser which pre-show incoming traffic to allow for faster surfing what used to be just a. combined address and search tool crucially this ought to be another warning sign to google which as you can see by comparing the two companies directly compete on many fronts. appears to be trying to expand its so-called ecosystem. to go to. russia is one of the country's two largest email servers and dominates the search engine game its own browser the app store. all of their online products together seamlessly. the web the skilled with rumors about potential partnerships with apple and microsoft

these services in russia. products and back channel chats aside producers are confident that they have an ace up their sleeve when it comes to keeping one step ahead of the competition and its biggest and most important markets in a world where information is power looks to be in the poll position. of information about how people. make confident predictions. of competition in this. which is also recently come out with a whole range of announcements starting with its own. go to an overhaul of its

interface and services. showing that it's not just a one horse race in terms of russian internet tech or you gathered bloggers and tech heads alike for a big event of its own. conference the company seemed to differentiate itself from the likes of you by focusing much more on the lighter perhaps funder side of our online world and the main thing that i took away from the presentations and the event as a whole was the c.e.o. is focused on the intersection of entertainment and information. through appears to be quite comfortable with its focus on entertainment minded internet users you. three percent of mail. from social network services. or clear demonstration. with. company providing entertainment. to be no real surprise that one of the biggest

pieces of news from. the world premiere of warface this free online blockbuster has been made available in russia before anywhere else especially for males are used by crytek has been billed as the only free online first person shooter of its kind so far more than four million people have signed up to join the action every little element of the game mechanics has been tested to perfection the thing is. you can't make any mistakes if a game is. exploited to their advantage. that the virtual world is built upon straight away the reason game to be good is it has to go through. periods of game mechanics created by developers that never even reach the game. game mechanics everything from the interface to physiological.

extra information. to make sure. various stages additionally the developers want to ensure that the little train adequately prepare you for real time action. are you having. the game designers of the world famous team with a new. game around the globe. develops its. triple a great. game.

there's. this. translates into high quality. considering that the worldwide market for games is worth more than fifty billion dollars and forty million. big payoff. time.

you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hardy welcome to the big picture.