Foreign diplomats’ wives to arrange a charity fair for Ukrainian
children’s sake
On Dec. 6, 2014 the
International Women’s Club of Kyiv (wives of diplomats, expats and foreign
businessmen) will arrange Charity Fair to support Ukrainian orphans, seniors,
kids with special needs, refugees from Donbass and Crimea regions. The fair
agenda includes: sale of national and traditional products placed on the stands
of 32 embassies, multinational cultural program, workshops and games for kids.
Admission fee is Hr 50 for adults and Hr 10 for kids older than 12.
International Women’s
Club of Kyiv (IWCK) is a non-government non-profit organization founded in 1992
by a small group of expatriate women resided in Ukraine. The group is headed by
Ms Ingabor Kristofassen, the first Ambassador of Belgium to Ukraine and the
first IWCK president. Currently the club includes over 250 members from more
than 59 countries, mostly, representatives of accredited in Ukraine diplomatic
body, women working at cultural and business enterprises, wives of businessmen
and diplomatists.
http://ukrainegoodnews.com/wives_of_foreign_diplomats_to_arrange_a_fair_for_ukrainian_kids_sake.html
A young girl invents a multifunctional thermal imager
It took two months
for schoolgirl Nastya Shmahaylo to design a model of thermal imager. The base
of the prototype model is optic system and matrix: objects thermal radiation is
projected through lenses to the matrix of sensors sensible to infrared rays.
Complicated microcircuits read information from sensors and generate video
signal.
‘The device
uniqueness is in applying the following three components: thermal imager, chemical
and nuclear analyzer. The technology is the following: the imager focuses on
life objects and commands to ‘start analyzing’. The piston pump inducts air. It
changes one after other indicators into red, green and yellow color. The color
signifies the existence of chemical and radioactive elements in the air. The
data received is automatically transmitted on the imager monitor’, Nastya
comments.
According to the
girl’s research advisor Mrs.Khovan the suggested model can significantly extend
scouting possibilities, ‘The device both can ‘see’ through walls and be carried
everywhere that is very important in battle actions. It weights up to 5kg
that’s why it is quite easy to install it on a quadcopter and bring it to
inaccessible places’.
The first Ukrainian supercar model is under development
The specialists of
Zaporizhia car design center Askaniadesign Carstyling and Speed-Line Club are
developing the first Ukrainian supercar. The supercar maquette can be seen in
the local car museum ‘Faeton’. Technical characteristics and price of the
future Ukrainian Ferrari are at processing stage.
‘Probably it will be
100% electric, but it is not a final decision yet. We want to create a model to
show for the potential buyers in Ukraine and abroad. We will treat each client
individually and according to their requirements we will determine the final
price, $50,000-$150,000’, Roman Sukhorukov, design center project manager,
comments.
The presentation of
the first Ukrainian supercar is planned for spring 2015.
http://svit24.net/avto/118409-pervyj-ukrainskij-superkar-sozdadut-v-zaporozh-e
One more Transcarpathian museum gets free Wi-Fi access
The Transcarpathian
Museum of Folk Architecture and Life got InforHot-Spot system. Since now anyone
can connect to Wi-Fi through any mobile device equipped with QR-codes reader
and individually study museum exhibits. The QR-codes reader can be downloaded
to any mobile device from PlayMarket or AppStore.
The same systems are
already installed in two other museums of Uzhhorod, Transcarpathian Museum of
Local History and Transcarpathian Art Museum.
InfoHot-Spot system
was developed as a part of ‘Carpathian Tourist Route 2’ project supported by
the European Union. The project is realized by public company ‘Agency for
Regional Development and Transborder Cooperation ‘Zakarpattya’ (Zakarpattya
regional council) in cooperation with the Agency For Regional Development and
Eastern Slavic Museum in Kosice.
http://zaholovok.com.ua/u-muzeyakh-zakarpattya-zapratsyuvala-sistema-info-hot-spot
ECF Princess Margriet award goes to Kyiv
For cultural activity
and proper art development space the Visual Culture Research Center (Kyiv,
Ukraine) has become one of two Princess Margriet Award laureates for 2015 given
by European Cultural Foundation. The second winner is Athens Biennale. Each of
the winners will get 25,000 euros.
The Visual Culture
Research Center was founded in 2008 in Kyiv as a platform for collaboration
between academics, artists and activists. Led by a dynamic and engaged group,
the center succeeds in connecting diverse Ukrainian and international audiences
to develop a more complex understanding of how art and critical cultural
thinking can equip a man with the skills of open-mindedness and a powerful
imagination – skills that are so vital to progressive democratic society.
The award will be
granted on March 31, 2015 in Brussels.
http://society.lb.ua/culture/2014/11/17/286330_stolichniy_tsentr_vizualnoy_kulturi.html
