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 innovations forum. the first ever gathering under this name got kicked off at the end of october look to bring together high tech gurus and investors from across the globe more than ten thousand participants from dozens of countries flocked to the

expo center along the moscow river to handle the influx exhibition halls were decked out to fulfill all the. needs. as a unique gathering of leaders in the fields of science business and government to encourage innovative development put in seven hundred speakers gave talks over the forums for days the schedule is jam packed with high powered conferences and coffee fuelled negotiations normally this time of year plays host to a different event in two thousand and twelve the roost nanotech forum combined with this open innovations forum. is one of the main organizers of the rodeo bruce nano certainly let its presence be known to tiny take giant showed off many of its affiliated projects that stand. exhibiting the size and breadth of this 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 mind you

attack which has grabbed a few headlines in the past with. has recently come out with a new i drop they could be the first products. so we need distributors. additionally. many times. using our technology we have money. for the rest we still need to find. the country. as a kind of clearinghouse 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 but you can find uses just about anywhere that doctors currently employ a blade. well . truly purpose. very good reason.

on the first a total of ten russian companies were singled out at the tech success . and 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 to. create a 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. electronic archive. catalog it's also one of the. partners produces these.

is it all about documentation and just files for. you can also be used for some of the more cool. 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. two thousand. the me too thousands of digital technology. proved that 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. 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. exceeds twenty. museums purposes simply isn't enough. to develop an entire set of technologies that allow us there 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. 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 and information to the stationary c.c.d. sensor the more separate pictures the higher the resolution. of painting 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 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. 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 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 even has benefits if you never make it out to the fair part of monastery yourself thanks to his 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. and 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 a 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 as there is so three satellite reception stations measure twelve. 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 any 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 had to set up a network big enough to spend the entire country. in russia itself scanning the skies for four for its own centers as for the kid for universities as well as state weather emergency resource monitoring agencies in total scale x. 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 are 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 can serve 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 where access to data in the positive 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 you this want let's say particularly well off that what you need to 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 the poor old faces in a war. that mantra lies at the heart of scan x. is cause muslims 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 ics 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 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. to put your attention 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 companies and 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 take recently as well more on them right after the break.

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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 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 for russian point of view this. challenge from a long time. enthusiastic fans. can be found. each

taking their fight. for something a little. seven inch i pad mini microsoft. surface device basically tablet market is getting more competitive with android devices. change the whole. company used to account for one hundred percent of the tablet. just a bit more than fifty percent. the rest of the. very very small sliver of. windows based devices. however

in russia. has a little over twenty five percent. of the remaining. this is still somewhat of a mystery. people. are more for entertainment for consuming content. the microsoft surface for creating content for work it is a very convenient cover. that is. hardware. thrown over operating systems as well everyone is probably well aware of the major microsoft has enjoyed in terms of traditional desktop and laptop operating systems. computers out there. hasn't always managed to translate that success into the. world becomes more and

more they can't sit on the sidelines any longer to try and regain some of the mojo it once had in the early one nine hundred ninety s. the company has 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. we can sit back and watch. this to showcase their new operating system the company launch parties across the globe but 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 strongholds and still find success early lead in terms of gesture recognition software. related gaming systems have proved

a major hit for the like but here is the real thing to see at the launch party. of windows eight along with the much touted surface tablet the company has totally revamped its windows operate. the system from the ground up. developers have their iconic start button all together one thing probably everyone can agree upon is that a total retooled this client feature work. company employs many. engineers and developers. for the first. over twenty years ago 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. coming from abroad. russian companies also announced a number of big projects. no

less important their announcement. will be able to reconfigure devices. 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 base for hours or the developers have incorporated the presser which preach the incoming traffic to allow for faster surfing what used to be 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 directly compete on many fronts. this latest move appears to be trying to expand its so-called ecosystem. cation in russia is one of the country's two largest email servers and dominates the search engine game its own browser and app store to help all of their online products together more seamlessly furthermore the world is filled with rumors about potential partnerships with apple and microsoft providing that 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 page. there's a lot of competition in this. whole interface and services. showing that it's not just a one horse race in terms of russian internet. gathered bloggers and tech heads alike for a big event of its own. conference the company seemed to differentiate itself from the likes of focusing much more on the lighter. side of our online world and the

main thing that i took away from the presentation as a whole was the c.e.o. is focused on the intersection of entertainment and information. through appears to be. comfortable with its focus on the entertainment minded internet users you will hold your own fifty three percent of male. network services. or clear demonstration. company providing entertainment should. be no real surprise that one of the biggest pieces of news from. the world peace 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 with games 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 for that reason game to be good it has to go through full in detail checks and some two thirds of all game mechanics are created by developers that never even reach the game. more in depth than i 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 and extra information are 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 are you having already

launched your face the game designers of the world famous team have been tasked with a new blockbuster they expect gamers around the globe. develops its. working triple a great. game new generation. for a few more years but. its budget is a big. blockbuster. games of only five or six of the biggest market players are able to spend as much as twenty to thirty million dollars so our job is to eliminate all possible risks we have to make sure this. translates into high quality products. considering that the worldwide market for games is worth more than fifty billion dollars and there are some forty million game. argues fig that

could pay off. the game comes out in a few years time. time to. enjoy the ride. it was not the military as army announced today it signed a new contract with a unit of the huge contracting. it was not the operation to secure and rebuild the devastated country culliver company taxpayers for its contract work in iraq.

it was the campaign for making billions of dollars. it's reasonable and i'll forward it bills exceed one billion dollars iraq first sale. war profiteers won't cheat.