This time there are a lot of interesting things on the stands at the forum. For example, examples of how the "number" will help people with cancer and prevent any fire
At the Open Innovations 2017 forum at the Skolkovo technopark. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS
The annual International Festival "Open Innovations" has opened in Skolkovo. This time the theme of the festival is dedicated to the digital economy. The forum is designed to show innovative achievements in all significant areas of the economy. And not only the economy, but life in general.
The big black building contained a huge number of stands with participants, plus several stages where lectures on current topics were continuously held. Among the speakers of the first day, one can distinguish the founder of the Kickstarter crowdfunding service Charles Adler, the famous futurist Michio Kaku and the Russian director Timur Bekmambetov.
Many interesting things can be found on the stands. For example, OncoUnit can significantly help cancer patients with choosing the right medicine. Moreover, to do this on the basis of DNA analysis, says the company's CEO Dmitry Chebanov:
Dmitry Chebanov CEO of OncoUnit“One of the offices is located here - in the Skolkovo innovation center. A person comes to us with the results of a biopsy. Everything, then we transfer the material to the laboratory, work with it, extract and read the DNA. We pass the results obtained from the laboratory through our software product, which gives the result, namely, which treatment is suitable for this particular patient.”
There is also a fire prevention system. In 2016, Open Innovations was remembered, among other things, by a fire due to problems with wiring, which ended with the evacuation of Prime Minister Medvedev. You can prevent a fire, says Boris Korol from the company "ThermoElectrica":
Boris Korol representative of the company "Thermoelectric"“The solution is based on an interesting property. When heated, special stickers made of gas-filled plastic, glued to the contacts, release gas at a pre-emergency temperature of 120 degrees. This means that something is wrong with the contact. Further heating may cause a serious accident. The gas emitted by the sticker is captured by a special gas analyzer - a sensor-detector. It sends a signal to the receiving and control device, notifying the dispatcher that something has gone wrong in a particular electrical cell.
Now, if someone burns on the forum, it will be only figuratively. VR technology has become a separate trend of the forum. If earlier virtual reality glasses were needed to make zombies from a computer game scarier, now VR technology can help you decide on the design of an apartment or join art.
At the Rosnano booth, wearing a virtual reality helmet, you can go to Baikal, where a huge art object “Baikal Guardian” will soon be installed. It is not there yet, but you can enjoy the beauties of the nature of Eastern Siberia, as if live, already now, said Alexander Bragin, CEO of VR 2 GO:
Alexander BraginCEO of VR 2 GO“Now the Tretyakov Gallery is hosting a biennale of contemporary art. The work of Dasha Namdakova "Keeper of Baikal" is exhibited there. For it, we implemented VR Experience, which allows you to travel to Baikal and look at the sculpture in its maximum size of six meters. We were approached by the Frida Art Foundation with the task of developing a VR Experience for the Biennale. We sent for filming with a 360 camera to Olkhon Island, where the sculpture will be installed at the end of October.”
It is easy to get lost within the walls of the technopark when traveling through virtual worlds. Neural networks, blockchain, quantum technologies, ventures - you can disappear at these stands for hours. The main thing is to return to reality after that.
Innovative technologies have become perhaps the greatest agent of change in the modern world. Risk is never without risk, but positive technological breakthroughs promise to provide innovative solutions to today's most pressing global challenges, from resource scarcity to global environmental change. (…) By highlighting the most important technological advances, the Council seeks to raise awareness of their potential and help close gaps in investment, regulation and public perception.
− Noubar Afeyan, Entrepreneur, Contributor to the Report
Now let's look at the innovations themselves.
These innovative technologies are practically invisible. These include in-ear headphones that monitor heart rate, sensors that monitor posture (worn under clothing), temporary tattoos that monitor the functioning of vital organs, and tactile soles that show you the way using GPS using vibration.
The latter, by the way, want to use as a guide for the blind. And the well-known Google Glass glasses, innovative technology, is already helping oncologists in carrying out operations.
Google Glass is an innovative technology
2. Nanostructured graphite composite materials
Automobile exhaust polluting the atmosphere is the scourge of modern environmentalists. It is not surprising that increasing the working efficiency of transport is one of the priority technological areas.
This will be facilitated by carbon fiber nanostructuring techniques for the latest composite materials, which will help reduce the weight of cars by 10% or more. For what? A light car needs less fuel, which means it will pollute the environment less.
Another problem of an ecological nature is the decrease in fresh water reserves and the associated desalination of sea water. Desalination allows you to increase the supply of fresh water, but it also has disadvantages. And, serious. Desalination requires a lot of energy and also produces concentrated salt water waste. The latter, returning to the sea, has an extremely negative effect on marine flora and fauna.
And the most promising solution to this issue may be a fundamentally new look at this waste. They can be considered as a raw material source of very valuable substances: lithium, magnesium, uranium, ordinary soda, calcium, potassium compounds.
Energy problems are an inexhaustible source of questions. But some of them seem to be quite solvable, thanks to new innovative technologies. For example, it is proposed to use flow batteries to store chemical energy in liquid form and in large quantities. This is similar to how we store coal and gas.
They will allow you to save quite large amounts of energy and all kinds of solid batteries, moreover, in cheap and affordable materials.
Recently, high-capacity graphene capacitors have also been invented, with which you can charge and discharge batteries very quickly, making many tens of thousands of cycles. Other potentials are also being considered by engineers, such as kinetic energy in large flywheels and compressed air storage underground.
Molecular structure of graphene
5. Nanowire lithium-ion batteries
These innovative batteries will charge faster and produce 30-40% more electricity than today's lithium-ion batteries. All this will help improve the market for electric vehicles, and will also allow you to store solar energy right at home. Experts suggest that even now and over the next two years, silicon anode batteries will also be used in smartphones.
A real leap forward in this area occurred last year. That is why it is highly likely that in the near future we will have important breakthroughs regarding the use of innovative screenless display technology. What is this about? About the virtual reality headset, bionic contact lenses, the development of mobile phones for the elderly and the visually impaired, video holograms that do not require glasses and moving parts.
Glyph: a futuristic virtual reality helmet
7. Medicines for human intestinal microflora
Recently, it has become clear that the intestinal microflora affects the development of many diseases - from infections and obesity to diabetes and inflammation of the digestive tract.
Everyone knows that antibiotics destroy the intestinal microflora, causing complications such as infections from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, and sometimes life threatening. Therefore, today clinical trials are being conducted all over the world. As a result, it was possible to detect groups of microbes in a healthy intestine. These microbes will help create next-generation drugs, which, in turn, will help improve the treatment of human intestinal microflora.
These are also new generation medicines. Advances in the study of ribonucleic acids (RNA) will allow them to be obtained. With the help of these preparations, it will be possible to dilute the natural protein present in excessive quantities and it will be possible to produce optimized medicinal proteins in the natural conditions of the body.
RNA-based drugs will be produced by already established private firms, but in cooperation with large pharmaceutical companies and research centers.
9. Predictive analytics
Smartphones are innovative technologies that contain an incredible amount of information about the activities of people, both owners of these smartphones and their acquaintances (contact lists, call logs, GPS, Wi-Fi, location-based photos, download data, applications we use etc.) will help build detailed predictive models about people and their behavior.
All this, according to experts, should serve a good purpose - for example, urban planning, the appointment of individual drugs, medical diagnostics.
Innovative technology Controlling a computer with just the power of thought is not a fantasy at all. Moreover, it is much closer to reality than we used to think. Brain-computer interfaces (where a computer reads and interprets signals directly from the brain) are already in clinical trials. And most importantly, there are already good results. They are needed, however, not for entertainment, but for people with disabilities. For example, for those who suffer from quadriplegia (paralysis of the arms and legs), isolation syndrome, people who have had a stroke, and those who use a wheelchair. The brain-computer interface is capable of many things. With it, a person will be able to control, say, a robotic arm in order to drink, eat and do much more. And yet, brain implants can partially restore vision.
Information systems have entered all spheres of life. The development of digital technologies opens up a huge range of opportunities. Progress in everyone and industry is proceeding at a tremendous speed, never ceasing to amaze and delight.
The essence of the phenomenon
Digital technologies are a discrete system based on the methods of encoding and transmitting information that allows you to perform many diverse tasks in the shortest possible time intervals. It was the speed and versatility of this scheme that made IT technologies so popular.
Business and production, everyday needs and the greatest discoveries - new techniques are applied in all areas.
Home use
The number of digital devices in every home is constantly increasing. Computers, smartphones, consumer electronics - it's hard to imagine modern reality without such gadgets. Digital technologies are a unique phenomenon that over the past decades has completely changed the way of life of every inhabitant of the planet.
The researchers argue that the introduction of technological innovations every year will take place at an ever faster pace. It took 30 years for the ubiquitous distribution of electricity in the 20th century, and tablet computers came into use in 3-4 years.
Society is getting friendlier. Huge flows of information that anyone can receive from the Internet make education more accessible. Realize your creative potential or just earn money without leaving your home - earlier one could only dream of such opportunities. Today it is a reality.
saving lives
The introduction of new digital technologies in medicine saves millions of lives a year. Modern developments help to create high-tech equipment for the diagnosis, analysis and treatment of various diseases. Clinical research, which can be carried out using unique empirical methods, opens up great opportunities for the production of hitherto unknown drugs.
Improving the methods of pharmacology, therapy and surgery helps to reduce mortality and improve living standards.
Virtual methods of communication allow diagnosing diseases remotely as soon as possible. 3D printers that make it possible to produce prostheses are the future of such developments.
Breakthrough in the industry
The increase in production volumes with the growth of the population on the planet is becoming a priority in many industries. Digital technology is the way to speed up any industrial process using ultra-precise measurement methods.
The introduction of information systems into the methods of interaction between various parts of the enterprise makes it possible to increase the efficiency of an industrial organization. By creating more and more products in the shortest possible time, industrialists are able to sell products around the world.
Expanding the boundaries of possibilities, modern digital technologies help to increase the pace of economic development.
Reducing the need for human resources in production makes it possible to release the creative reserves of society, directing them to the development of spirituality and culture.
Business promotion
Business corporations are at different stages of implementing IT methods of management and communications. However, it has long been clear that digital technologies are the most correct direction for the speedy development of entrepreneurship.
Automation of work processes within companies allows you to keep financial records based on real statistical data. Using the experience of management optimization allows diversifying production and making more rational decisions in the process of activity.
Business models are undergoing significant changes. Now any large organization has the opportunity to expand the scope of its activities using the global network. Quick access to any geographic point makes business management as efficient as possible.
Investing in digital helps to get an objective assessment of real markets and customer needs.
The world is changing
Promising developments of the world's leading experts are already ready to conquer the whole world. Augmented reality is no longer just a theoretical project. Virtual mirrors are already installed in the fitting rooms of expensive clothing stores. Similar technologies are being tested in cars and on the streets of large cities.
Virtual reality has long migrated from science fiction films to the entertainment industry. Special helmets and suits allow you to experience 100% interaction with the virtual world, guaranteeing complete immersion in another reality.
The Internet is becoming more than just a way to exchange information. Digital technologies allow you to create a kind of copy of the physical world. Each object connected to the global network is under the full control of the owner. can report a forgotten iron, the washing machine will signal a possible breakdown of the mechanism.
The development of IT communications involves the creation of interaction not only between a person and an object, but also between two mechanisms. Information exchange between different elements of the conveyor line, simple maintenance methods, logistics management - these are just a few of the amazing benefits that digital technologies can bring.
The production of security documents is the most important traditional activity of JSC Goznak, in which the company has achieved great success. For many decades, paper was the main material for the production of documents. But the requirements for the production of this security product have undergone significant changes in recent years: (1) more and more plastic is used in the production of documents; (2) documents are equipped with electronic information carriers. These trends have presented the company with new research and development challenges.
Today, one of the most important activities of JSC Goznak is the development and implementation of new generation products and services. And above all, a full range of production and personalization of identification documents.
Documents on a plastic carrier, new generation security products assume the presence of a machine-readable tool - a barcode, a QR code, an RFID tag, which are used as an element of additional authentication control and for access to external databases. Our company has a successful experience in creating products using bar and QR codes. Among other things, the specialists of FSUE Goznak produced the first circulation of postage stamps in Russia with a two-dimensional barcode. The stamp depicts the official logo of the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi and a matrix code (QR-code), with which you can quickly get to the official website of SOCHI-2014 using a mobile device.
The next stage of digital technologies is electronic information carriers - microcircuits, which in fact are microprocessors of varying complexity. The market is increasingly using electronic media - contact, non-contact, with a dual interface.
Goznak managed to develop, implement and master the production of new generation documents in a short time. The company has successfully mastered the technology of producing ID-1 documents (identification cards) and ID-3 (passports) with digital media. Using a contactless microchip, JSC Goznak manufactures new generation passports. When making an electronic compulsory medical insurance policy (POMS), a contact microcircuit is used. When developing and creating the Universal Electronic Card (UEC), a dual interface was used.
This required research and development work in the field of selection of materials, methods for attaching microcircuits to an antenna, methods for fixing microcircuits in a plastic product. As part of the development of protective elements for plastic products, the following items were created: an element made by a laser with a personalized image (“Glare”); cards with a transparent window; color-changing elements based on embossing.
Our company not only produces electronic documents, but also personalizes them using graphic and electronic technologies.
The main personalization center, established in 2006 at the Goznak Moscow Printing Factory, produces up to 5 million international passports with an electronic data carrier per year.
In 2012, the Multifunctional Personalization Center at the Goznak Moscow Printing House was put into commercial operation - an important segment of the state system for the production, execution and control of new generation passport and visa documents (GS PVD NP). On this platform, the process of personalization of passports with a domestic microchip, the Universal Electronic Card, compulsory health insurance policies, and payment cards has been organized and mastered.
The multifunctional personalization center is certified for compliance with the requirements and standards of the MasterCard international payment system for physical and logical security. Earlier, GOZNAK certified the infrastructure for manufacturing bank card blanks in accordance with the requirements of MasterCard and Visa international payment systems.
Goznak JSC has the opportunity to increase production volumes and personalize electronic documents for a wide range of purposes.
In the production of personalized documents with an electronic data carrier, the subdivisions of JSC Goznak work with personal data. This means that the company is obliged to ensure a high level of safety of production processes, create a secure system for processing and storing data. And this is another task successfully solved by Goznak.
The complex of the state system for the production, execution and control of passport and visa documents of a new generation (GS PVD NP) also includes the Center for processing and storing electronic data. JSC Goznak offers public authorities and state non-budgetary funds the placement of external information systems on the company's technological sites, services for long-term and guaranteed storage of electronic documents and information, as well as the provision of electronic services on its basis.
One of the developments of Goznak specialists in the field of digital technologies is already protected by a patent.
