EducationEvery single minute, the world generates 1.7 million billion bytes of data, equal to 360,000 DVDs. How can our brain deal with increasingly big and complex datasets? EU researchers are developing an interactive system which not only presents data the way you like it, but also changes the presentation constantly in order to prevent brain overload. The project could enable students to study more efficiently or journalists to cross check sources more quickly. Several museums in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States have already showed interest in the new technology. Young, promising and unemployed. It might be International Youth Day on 12 August, but for the more than 5.3 million Europeans under 25 without a job, there will be little to celebrate. All the more reason for the EU to make tackling unemployment a priority. Read on to discover what is being done to help young people. In 2014, Enterprise Lithuania, public entity, and community Startup Lithuania are continuing the successful Startup Lithuania Roadshow, which was launched in 2013. As part of the project, the country's most promising startups will travel to San Francisco, Tel Aviv, London, Dublin and Helsinki in autumn to look for investments. Economic growth of industry nowadays depends on the stimulation of research and innovation, therefore one of many influencing factors becomes a long-term cooperation between industry and educational institutions. European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has written a letter to EU Education Ministers urging them to ensure that children have the opportunity to develop basic computer coding skills in school. Currently, the buildings in the European countries consume about forty per cent of the total energy produced. Forecasting the real estate sector's development, such energy expenditure can become an unbearable burden for the energetics of the region. Therefore, the Council of the European Union (EU) has set a target till 2020 to reduce the amount of energy consumption in the EU by twenty per cent. In order to achieve the stated objectives and encourage the emergence of green building ideas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) will start to prepare professionals, understanding the importance of energy efficiency of buildings, other technical and economic parameters, affecting the energy consumption, and the quality of the human environment. A new Bachelor's degree study program of buildings' engineering management will be soon established at VGTU. The satellite "LituanicaSAT-1"of Vilnius University has justified expectations of the scientists and will soon finish its mission. It is expected that the satellite should burn in the atmosphere during the week 24–28 July. The satellite "LituanicaSAT-1" was released into the open space on 28 February this year. Erasmus keeps getting bigger and better! In 2012-2013 a record-breaking 270,000 students took part in one of the popular EU programmes for studying or training abroad. And the numbers are expected to rise even further in the future as the European Parliament backed the new and improved Erasmus+ programme that kicks off this September. What are the most popular destinations and which students are the most active in the programme? Commission announces €100 million Fast Track to Innovation and five innovation prizes2014-07-23, 13:47The European Commission today presents details of a new €100 million "Fast Track to Innovation" (FTI) pilot action and five innovation prizes under Horizon 2020, the European Union's €80 billion research and innovation programme. The FTI aims to support Europe's economy by offering innovative businesses and organisations grants to give a final push to get great ideas to market. The prizes offer a reward for technological breakthroughs of high societal relevance. The initiatives underscore the drive to support innovation in Europe as part of the first, two-year Horizon 2020 work programme. Today's announcement also confirms the €7 billion for Horizon 2020 calls during 2015 and sets out the timetable for applications. The Research Council of Lithuania proposed five new National Research Programmes (NRPs) to be approved by the Ministry of Education and Science. |
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