EducationIn 18 August doctors of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery Centers of the Vilnius University Hospital performed the optic nerve fenestration or decompression surgery. So far it was the first surgery of the type in Lithuania and in the Baltic States. From Pinterest to LinkedIn, the European Parliament is present on most major social media platforms in order to better communicate with you. On these platforms we offer not only background information and the latest news, but also videos, photos, infographics and the opportunity to discuss topical issues. Try out our interactive infographic to get a taster of what we serve up on each platform. Google has announced that ''Google News'' will soon be available in seven new languages – Romanian, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Thai. Vilnius University (VU) students Jonas Narkeliunas and Mikalojus Brazdziunas on 31 August 2015 will begin four month placement at The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Centre. After a long battle for the education of national minorities in Lithuania, after strikes, rallies, Holy Masses, and lawsuits, the Lithuanian Seimas has adopted amendments to the Law on Education postponing the need to obtain accreditation for high schools for two years. Lately, a wide audience learned about the greatest invention of Edita Verbickaitė, student of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) – the technology, allowing printing orthopaedic inserts and splints on 3D printer. Now a new surprise of the students of this higher education institution: a team of three students of the Department of Mechatronics and Robotics have created a real robot humanoid, while preparing their undergraduate theses. Like many great ideas, this one broke unexpectedly, partly, because of students' habit to postpone everything until the last minute and because of a promise to Indian students. Recently, in order to communicate with deaf people, one should know the deaf sign language, which is considerably hindering the deaf people's integration into society. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) graduate Dariuš Laketčenko proposed a solution of this problem, inventing a smart glove, capable of identifying hand gestures. By wireless connection, the glove transfers hand gestures into the smart phone, which expresses them into words and sounds. Therefore, the deaf sign language, for which one should have specific knowledge, is presented in an easy way. Indie developers JetCat Games receive first venture capital in Lithuanian gamedev industry2015-08-18, 15:48JetCat Games, founded by three game developers from Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia, has just marked a new milestone in the Lithuanian gamedev industry by becoming the first game developer to receive venture capital from a Lithuanian risk capital fund. Every day 315 million Europeans use the internet, but challenges still remain for consumers and companies alike. The European Commission presents its strategy for a digital single market on Wednesday 6 May. In addition Parliament and the Council agreed in June to ban roaming fees in 2017 and guarantee equal treatment for all internet traffic. Read on for an explanation of the terminology involved. At the end of July 2015, Webometrics published its latest rankings of the top world universities: for the third half-year in a row, three leading Lithuanian universities retained their former positions. Vilnius University (VU) is in the first position; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) is in the second position and Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) – in the third position. |
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