The creator of the Internet Professor Tim Berners-Lee presented his new project called Solid . Solid - reduction from the Social Linked Data, a set of standards and tools for creating decentralized applications based on the principles of interconnected data. The project is built on the modular architecture of data storage and is implemented by specialists of the Institute of Technology in Massachusetts (MIT) and the Qatari Institute of Computer Research.

01.10.2015 Crocodile tracks – interactive map of crocodiles' movements The Franklin Eco-laboratory at the University of Queensland decided to create a map of crocodiles and attached electronic tags to them. The sensors allow the laboratory to monitor the locations of crocodiles in real time and study the animals' movement patterns in the wild. Alexey Klyosov Context Article

On September 29, 2016, the Mitap of Social Technology greenhouses “Bitcoin and Blockchain was held in Penza. What is it. " Participants learned about the mechanism of work of blockchain technology and discussed the prospects of Bitcoin in the sector of the economy. The meeting was made by financial analyst Anatoly Korotkov . About cryptocurrency and bitcoins The creation of cryptocurrency implies the presence of a self -regulatory decentralized system, which is not controlled by the state.

In December 2014, the Center for Innovation in the Social Sphere opened in Kazan. Here they teach how to open a socially oriented company and teach the foundations of social entrepreneurship. Ruslan Shekurov, coordinator of the greenhouse of social technologies , met with Andrei Vyacheslavovich Artemyev , the head of the center, and found out how the learning process goes. - Andrei Vyacheslavovich, please tell us about the center, how did he appear?

On October 17 at 19:30 in Moscow, Mitap greenhouses of social technologies "Interactive infographics in Tableau" will be held. Participants will learn about the work with the Tableau visual analytics platform and analyze specific data visualization cases. The meeting will be Vadim Shmygov , a visual journalist whose work was awarded in Tableau as “Viz of the Day” and “Viz of the Week). It is included in the world top 5 of the best new authors of the service.

On September 26, with the support of Mail.ru Group, the Mitap of Social Technology greenhouses “The most charming and attractive, or how to increase the influx of users from search engines to the site ” took place. Participants learned the principles of search engines, indexing rules and got acquainted with the tools for creating snippets.

The We Feel app (“we feel”) helps psychologists find out the mood and emotional state of Twitter users in different countries of the world. In real time, We Feel analyzes 19 thousand English -speaking tweets and captures people's emotions on an interactive map. The tool helps to understand how strong the mood depends on various factors: social, economic, environmental, how it changes from the weather, time of day, days of the week or from news in the media.

In Moscow, an acceptance of applications for the financing competition of socially oriented non -profit organizations (CC) has ended. NPO can receive up to 2.5 million rubles per project. More than 400 applications were submitted, 17 of which were proposed by the development of applications, services and tools using IT technologies.

On October 8, 2016, the Croudfunding for NGOs will be held in Moscow. We invite employees of public organizations, NGOs, activists to the event. You can take part in master classes on the topic “Khuudfunding kitchen”, get practical advice on preparing the project for raising funds on the network, maintaining a crowdfunding campaign and working with users. The organizer of the conference greenhouse of social technologies .