LLC "Intergraphics"

The company today

The creation of the Russian economy based on high technology and development of infrastructure, nanotechnology requires the creation of qualitatively new information and educational environment where the achievements of science and technologies intergrate with the basic requirement for modern education: "teach to learn".

Today LLC "Intergraphics" is a resident of a special economic zone of technical innovation type "Dubna".

The main tasks of the company:

· Creation of qualitatively new information and educational space for school, University and postgraduate (PhD students, young scientists) education through a combination of innovative approaches with the best traditions of Russian education.

· Formation of a new generation of personnel with the system thinking, capable to perceive modern technologies as "an alloy of industry, science, economics and spiritual organization of society” for special economic zones of Russia.

The concept

Modern information technologies and visualization tools open up entirely new possibilities in many areas of our life, including education and popularization of achievements of modern science and technology. The creation of the economy in Russia based on high technologies, and the development of nanotechnology infrastructure require the creation of qualitatively new information and educational environment in which the achievements of science and technologies integrate with the basic requirement for modern education: "teach to learn". Therefore, our concept can be expressed by the words "SCIENCE. INNOVATION. EDUCATION."

An accessible and entertaining presentation of the natural sciences fundamentals, improvement of schoolchildren’s general level of knowledge and interest in research activities, and further attracting of the most talented youth in the field of scientific work — these are tasks, where the largest scientific centers are involved. One of the Internet projects in the field of modern science achievements popularization "Online Science Classroom" was developed by two major multidisciplinary research centers: the Joint Institute for nuclear research (Dubna, Russia) and Brookhaven national laboratory (Upton, the USA). The work on the project and its appreciation by scientists and specialists from various countries raised the question of the establishment of the company "Intergraphics" for the development of innovative educational projects.

The presentation of the first edition of the International Internet magazine "Online Science Classroom — a Storehouse of knowledge" took place on 19^th of November2003 and this date is considered to be the birthday of "Intergraphics". This magazine is the main project of the company in the field of modern science achievements popularization. Since then the company have carried out many other not less interesting projects: the internet-project on modern physics of the microworld "RHIC Lessons" has been completed, laboratory works and informative lessons on biology, courses in mathematics have been created at a qualitatively new level, multimedia presentations and stand design for exhibition EXPO-2005 have been prepared, the CDs "Thematic collections", "Birds of Russia", "Learn fractions", etc have been released.