Good thing Im mostly German and Austrian then! LOL But I do have some Irish as well and quite frankly Im proud of my Irish heritage every bit as much as the German/Austrian!
On paper Ireland is supposedly a more innovative country than Poland.
But, when ever I look for innovations of Ireland vs Poland, Poland's innovations in the past 30 years clearly wipe the floor with Ireland's.
https://www.thefirstnews.com/articl...-of-mars-to-see-if-humans-can-live-there-3480
Polish ‘space mole’ to set a first by drilling FIVE metres into core of Mars to see if humans can live there
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-26-polish-games-industry-is-worth-nearly-500-million
Polish games industry is worth nearly €500m
Game Industry Conference organizers report the country has 9,710 game dev staff employed across 440 studios
James Batchelor
UK Editor
Wednesday 26th August 2020
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A new report on Poland's games industry shows that developers in the region generated a combined revenue of over €470 million last year.
The report was compiled by the organisers of local event Game Industry Conference, with the help of the nation's the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, the Ministry of Development and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
It shows the market has been growing since 2016, with a 32% boost between 2018 and 2019, bringing developer revenues up from €364 million to €479 million.
A significant chunk of this was represented by CD Projekt Red thanks to the ongoing success with The Witcher 3, which shifted six million copies last year -- the second highest full-year sales for the game since it launched in 2015.
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Astronomers create stunning 3D map of the Milky Way to study structure of the galaxy
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MATT DAY AUGUST 02, 2019
The unique map presents a precise image of our galaxy and presents new information about the star systems in which we live.
University of Warsaw
A group of Polish astronomers have created a 3-D map of the Milky Way that provides a unique perspective on the galaxy.
The map was presented in the pages of the famed journal Science by a team from Warsaw University’s Astronomical Observatory working on the Optimal Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), a project observing and mapping over 2 billion stars
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/..._flight_software_for_OPS_SAT_mission_999.html
Polish engineers develop flight software for OPS-SAT mission
Flight software for the OPS-SAT mission is a work of Polish engineers at GMV Poland, a part of the European technology business group GMV. The tasks of the Warsaw company within the OPS-SAT project included the development of the full on-board software for the mission as well as the design and implementation of a number of systems for the satellite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_Bus_&_Coach
he Solaris Urbino 12 electric was the first Polish, and the first electric bus at that, to win an international title for the year Bus and Coach of the Year 2017. In July 2018, it was announced that Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) had acquired Solaris.[1]
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THE POLISH BLUE LASER
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The main problem with constructing a blue laser was the lack of supply of single crystals of Gallium nitride (GaN). This problem, in fact, became an opportunity for us. At our Institute we could generate the high pressure and temperatures needed to make synthetic diamonds. Therefore, it was easier for us than others to make GaN. After over 10 years research, we succeeded in divising the technological process for making single crystals of the semiconductor, with crystalline equality by far exeeding that achieved in others laboratories around the world. This extremely important result formed the foundation for developing in Poland the technology for making blue lasers – saying prof. Sylwester Porowski, Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of Science.
https://www.silive.com/entertainmen...t_snags_interview_with_the_next_einstein.html
Often dubbed "The Next Einstein" in the media, Poplawski is a 42-year-old research scholar and senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at the University of New Haven, Conn.
Originally from Poland, he obtained his doctorate at the University of Indiana. And one glance at his popular current class lineup finds him teaching everything from quantum mechanics to Einstein's theory of relativity, no doubt with standing room only.
And with the U.S. ranking about 38th in math and 24th in science among our global nations, Poplawski's down-to-earth congeniality combined with exceptional brilliance has made him all the more sought after.
"I was incredibly honored and thrilled to be able to conduct an interview with this pure genius," adds Ostrowski. "I was afraid that my questions for him might be somewhat mundane, but in addition to being brilliant, Poplawski knows how to relate to the average Joe which is a great combination."
Poplawski has published articles in nearly all of the top news outlets including The New York Times, National Geographic, Science, and Smithsonian Magazines.
But perhaps most significant among Poplawski's theories, heralded as one of the Top 10 discoveries of recent times, was his hypothesis that our universe sits at the bottom of a giant black hole, which in itself is a gateway to a parallel universe.
http://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/108228
ars ‘Curiosity’ rover equipped with Polish sensors
06.08.2012 11:10
NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ rover which successfully landed on Mars, Monday morning, is fitted with infrared detectors manufactured by the Polish VIGO System company.
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This artist's concept depicts the moment immediately after NASA's Curiosity rover touches down onto the Martian surface: photo - EPA/NASA/JPL
“We are an official supplier of components to NASA [and] we feel great satisfaction that we have supplied limited help in achieving this ambitious mission,” Mirosław Grudzień director of VIGO System SA, a company based in Warsaw, has said.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/...ears ago, a London,fibers in the nasal cavity.
October 22, 2014
“Bigger than landing on the moon” – paralyzed man walks after new surgery
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A formerly paralyzed man is walking again, in the first-ever case of recovery from complete paralysis.
Darek Fidyka was injured in a knife attack in London in 2010. The weapon severed his spinal cord at chest height and left him unable to move his body from the arms down.
Two years ago, a London medical team performed an experimental surgery in Poland to repair Fidyka’s spine using cells from his nose: olfactory ensheathing cells. The cells act as a pathway for repairing nerve fibers in the nasal cavity.
The team removed the cells from Fidyka’s nasal cavity and injected them into an 8-millimeter gap in his spine along with ankle tissue to help support repair of the area. The cells helped restore the nerve fiber and re-bridged the gap between the spinal tissues that had been severed – which has slowly allowed the patient to be able to feel and move his body.
Now after two years of physical therapy combined with the experimental surgery, Fidyka is able to walk again, marking the first time that anyone has made a significant recovery from complete spinal paralysis.
The surgery is the first of its kind—no other procedure has ever reconnected two ends of broken spinal tissue.
The discovery could lead the way to curing paralysis in other patients, according to Geoffrey Raisman from University College London, who led the UK team’s research for the project.
“This is a bigger thing than landing a man on the moon,” he said.
https://zortrax.com/blog/3d-printing-nasa-tools/
Prototyping Tools for Spacewalks—How Zortrax Ecosystem Works at NASA
ZORTRAX Astonauts Spacewalk
An astronaut on a spacewalk around the International Space Station. Credits: NASA/JSC.
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made body in the low Earth orbit. Sixteen modules, launched and assembled from 1998 to 2011, provide 32,898 cu ft of pressurized volume for a crew of 6 astronauts to do research in physics, astrobiology, astronomy, space medicine, life sciences, and many other fields. Keeping the ISS operational sometimes requires maintenance to be done outside the station, in the harsh and hostile space environment. Astronauts do this during extravehicular activities or EVA’s, commonly referred to as spacewalks.
So far, there have been over 200 such spacewalks devoted to adding new modules and keeping the existing ones in good technical shape—more than 1250 hours spent in space. All this work would not have been possible without thoroughly designed tools. Designing them is a job of engineers at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston aided by Zortrax M200 and M300 3D printers.
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,27454,amber-polish-ecological-rocket.html
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Amber, Polish ecological rocket
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ILR-33 "AMBER" - the world\'s first rocket capable of reaching the threshold of outer space that uses more than 98% hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizer- has recently reached the 15 km ceiling. It was developed at the Center of Space Technologies of the Institute of Aviation.
The results of construction and tests of this rocket had been presented at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw during the plenary meeting of the Space and Satellite Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
http://www.bikeblognyc.com/2013/10/izzy-as-123-new-bike-design-chain-free-and-folds-up/
IZZY as 1,2,3…new bike design. Chain free and folds up.
Recumbent bikes seem too weird for many riders and chain drives can get greasy and make a mess. Riding positions and the ultimate elimination of the chain have been challenging inventors for decades, in the search for the perfect bicycle. Now, a Polish physicist and designer, Marek has come up with an interesting creation. Welcome to the IzzyBike.
It’s a front wheel drive, no chain, upright riding position, folding and ultra short wheel base bike that is creating a buzz across Europe.
https://polandin.com/45475913/esa-jupiter-probe-to-use-polish-equipment
SA Jupiter probe to use Polish equipment
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Measuring equipment produced by a Polish company will be put on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe.
The company Astronika has begun producing the measuring equipment to be used onboard the probe. The company will produce two pieces of equipment: a Radio Wave Instrument and a series of four instruments used to measure plasma potential known as a Langmuir Probe.
https://bustocoach.com/en/solaris-electric-bus-for-blood-donation/
Solaris bus for blood donation
Solaris electric bus for blood donation
Solaris Bus & Coach has presented the world’s first mobile blood donation centre in an electric bus. It was built on the basis of the Urbino 8.9 LE electric bus model. This is the first of two vehicles commissioned by the Regional Blood Donation Centre (RCKiK) in Katowice, Poland. It’s fitted with two specialist mobile blood donor lounges, a doctor’s office, a reception area plus a small catering area. It is also fitted with, among others, shutters and external awnings as well as a LED-technology lighting. The comfort equipment includes air- conditioning, Wi-Fi access and USB ports. The bus is powered by an electric drive of 160 kW and batteries with a capacity of 160 kWh. The electric bloodmobile was designed and built in a way that allows to hold blood donation campaigns without interruption in city centres, shopping malls, sports halls, i.e. in venues where conventional vehicles – i.e. with a normal combustion engine – for blood donation cannot be used. The vehicle meets all standards and regulations applicable for blood donation centres, but it also enables the remote transmission of data to the Blood Bank computer system. The Solaris electric bloodmobile won an award at the International Invention and Innovation Show INTARG 2018.
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/node/81912
Polish Scientists Reset Traditional Thinking After Finding Heat Also Drives Photosynthesis
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Scientists in Lublin have blown away traditional thinking after discovering that both light AND heat are needed for photosynthesis.
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/node/82763
Gdańsk Tech Uni Looking to Revolutionise Internet of Things with Innovative Radio Receiver
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/n...n-systems-silesian-university-technology.html
More Eco-Friendly Refrigeration Systems From Silesian University of Technology
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Scientists at the Silesian University of Technology are looking to eliminate harmful refrigerants and replace them with carbon dioxide in new, efficient refrigeration systems.
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,78207,hand-prosthesis-invention-continues.html
Hand prosthesis - the invention "continues"
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MindHand is a bionic hand prosthesis developed to facilitate the lives of the disabled and people after amputation. Scientists from the Bialystok University of Technology, the creators of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning design, have signed an incubation agreement in the programme Hub of Talents 2 - start-up platforms for new ideas in Eastern Poland. It is one of 34 companies supported by the Białystok Science and Technology Park.
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/n...ted-worlds-first-bionic-pancreas-vessels.html
0.03.2019 change 20.03.2019©
Polish researchers printed the world`s first bionic pancreas with vessels
https://zortrax.com/blog/reshaping-medicine-with-zortrax-m200-the-first-medical-winch/
Sep 8, 2015 | 3D Printing
Reshaping the Present Medicine with Zortrax M200 – the World’s First Medical Winch
There have been plenty of publications covering the topic of 3D printing in medicine
https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/materials/the-worlds-best-gallium-nitride
The World’s Best Gallium Nitride
A little Polish company you’ve never heard of is beating the tech titans in a key technology of the 21st century
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,29021,bialystok-natural-saliva-substitute-patented.html
0.04.2018 change 10.04.2018©
Białystok/ Natural saliva substitute patented
Dr. Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Laskowska, Prof. Halina Car and Dr. Joanna Mystkowska. Source: Politechnika Białostocka
Dr. Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Laskowska, Prof. Halina Car and Dr. Joanna Mystkowska. Source: Politechnika Białostocka
Artificial saliva designed to help patients with prostheses or problems with the secretion of natural saliva has been patented scientists from Bialystok University of Technology, the Medical University of Bialystok and the company Nantes.
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/n...poznan-co-develop-electronic-stethoscope.html
05.03.2018 change 05.03.2018©
Scientists from Poznań co-develop an electronic stethoscope
https://bigthink.com/surprising-sci...ality-passes-tests?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
Quantum Darwinism, which may explain our reality, passes tests
A mind-bending physics theory may explain why we have one reality instead of many.
PAUL RATNER
31 July, 2019
Quantum Darwinism, which may explain our reality, passes tests
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Quantum Darwinism, a theory created by Wojciech Zurek, may explain decoherence.
The theory looks to reconcile quantum mechanics with classical physics.
Three recent studies support the theory.
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Quantum mechanics is always good for a head-scratching idea – in part, due to its seeming incompatibility with classical physics. One of the major conundrums it offers is the concept of superposition – the ability of a particle to exist in a range of possible states. That certainly doesn't gel with our everyday experience. We appear to be living in one consistent reality where the objects we can observe aren't fluctuating in and out of existence. The reason why might lie in Quantum Darwinism, a theory bolstered by a trio of recent experiments.
The unification of classical and quantum mechanics has been the holy grail of physics. Quantum Darwinism, a theory first proposed in 2003 by the Polish theoretical physicist Wojciech Zurek