here in moscow we're always on the lookout for the. high tech world especially if the russian capital plays host to the open. fields of science government to encourage.

more of the main organizers of the radio certainly let its presence be the tiny take off many of its affiliated projects. exhibiting the size and breadth of its portfolio there are companies ranging from materials to solar panels. the one that caught our eye was a company whose main offering sixty hours in tip top shape. which is a few headlines in the past. has recently come out with a new. they could be the first products. so we need distributors. additionally. many times. we still need to find additional.

country. as a kind of clearing house for tomorrow and one of those is photonics whose roots were laid in russia but has since brought it 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. organizer 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 thirty companies which represented the entire spectrum of industries and regions across russia. created a company hardware maker enter school and a handful of medical firms on the lookout for the next device all made to keep us

all on our feet another one of those. electronic archive. catalog but it's also one of the. co-producers these. are all about documentation files for. you can also be used for some of the more cool. for example the push to museum in moscow is in the process of digitizing many of its most treasured works capturing the timeless beauty of the paintings and objects its walls and hollows requires more than just a simple camera. to

improve the their own the me to thousands. proved 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 pushkin museum has turned to a moscow based 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 digital camera really exceeds twenty. 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. 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. 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. a painting for twelve sections yields a 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 typically this consists of two hundred fifty six color fields just the this may be insufficient for example when we work with complex pieces of art. in such cases we use extended. to fifteen hundred color fields. the particular piece we're shooting 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 still use the same shift lynn set up to take additional steps to ensure light is properly 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 has benefits if you never make it out to the fair part of monastery yourself. as

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 lin's. 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 the near constant monitoring of the skies this is the moscow 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 there is so three satellite reception stations measure twelve damage one like this one which is about three meters and needed while one hundred people to maintain it what they want to achieved is that even a person who is not very good with computers. operate the system in the course of two days but it can also be installed on anyone else and street 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 scanning. the skies full force 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. really 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 and groups to spot the illegal deforestation or even track poachers over their most recognizable alternative applications is likely internet mapping services which they provide for russia's dominant online matchmaker yandex scanning says 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 the slimmer more effective approach to space imaging was basically demonic belies the market where access to data. data went to one big national center then it was either sold all 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 you this want let's say particularly well off now but you need 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 montra lies at the heart of scan x. is cause are you web sites 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 scan it's going

to 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 lansky being changed right before your eyes. over the years scan it has accumulated a sizeable archive of all their uploaded data all told they've got more than two hundred terabytes of space images on record all of which they hope will make the world a more transparent place. put your attention to the open innovations forum 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 companies in technology present so over the

coming months don't be too surprised to see more about some of those innovators mentioned at the top. despite what event organizers would have liked not all big announcements were a meeting from moscow there were quite a few other important bits of news items in the world of tech recently as well more on them right after the break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so 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 harpur welcome to the big picture.

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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 headed 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 from a russian point of view. to see a. challenge from a long time so. enthusiastic fans. can be found. each taking their fight. for something a little. i pad mini microsoft. with the surface device basically the overall tablet market is getting more competitive with android devices. change the whole. to account for one hundred percent of.

the rest of the. very very small sliver of. 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. the microsoft surface is for creating content for work it is a very convenient cover. that is. hardware. thrown over operating systems as well. as probably well aware of the

major microsoft has enjoyed in terms of traditional desktop. systems. computers out there. to translate into. the world becomes. they can't sit on the sidelines any longer. the company is paired its surface tablet launch with a version of windows. on the mobile device. has worked hard to reverse. that at this point it is hard to say if they'll be successful. to showcase their new operating system the company launched parties across the

globe at the end of october. 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. in terms of gesture recognition. it's connected 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 unveiling 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 retool 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 as we launch windows and. 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 projects. really importantly. 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. adding a search engine of their own as well as replacing the google. services . of course. users access to the google play store which they won't even need it says they will have a great. disposal. this newly launched gateway

to the web is another optimized quote me a base for hours or the developers have incorporated the opera turbo compressor which precincts the incoming traffic to allow for faster surfing. just the. 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 offerings directly compete on many fronts. with its latest moves appears to be trying to expand its so-called ecosystem. to go to. russia as one of the country's two largest email servers and dominates the search engine game its own browser the app store to help all of their online products together more seamlessly. the web the stilled with rumors about potential partnerships with apple and microsoft providing the services in russia. new 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 page. there's a lot of competition in this. but this is. also recently come out with a whole range of. interface and services. showing that it's not just

a one horse race in terms of russian internet tech. 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. side of our online world and the main thing that i took away from the presentation. was the c.e.o. is focused on the intersection of entertainment and information. through appears to be quite comfortable with its focus on the entertainment minded internet. network services. company providing entertainment. to be no real surprise that one of the biggest pieces of news from. the world for face this free online blockbuster has been made

available in russia before anywhere else. are you 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 will collapse straight away the reason. to be good is it has to go through. periods of game mechanics created by developers that never even reach the gamers of the. testing regime because far more in depth than they ever imagined in addition to those game mechanics everything from the interface to physiological responses get tried out for starters they check to see if things like maps an extra

information easy to see on the screen. heart rate and sweat all measure to make sure gamers are properly games throughout various stages additionally the developers want to ensure that the little training sessions adequately prepare you for real time action but with me are you. the game designers of the world famous team have been tasked with a new blockbuster they expect. the globe. develops its. triple a. game. with. its budget. blockbuster. games. are able to spend as much. as.

we have to make sure this. translates into high quality. considering that the worldwide market for games is worth more than fifty billion dollars and forty million. could pay off. the game comes time. to. enjoy the ride.

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