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Robotics

Preparing for CYBATHLON 2024? 4 Steps To Increase Your Chances of Success

CYBATHLON competitions are not easy to win – in 2020, 51 teams from 20 countries battled to show their innovation could power pilots to the top spot. If you want your t...

1 week ago

Diversity & Inclusion, Europe

A Unique Internship: Dissolving Disability Barriers at CYBATHLON

Jérôme Rousseau recounts his time (and impact) interning at ETH Zurich spinoff, CYBATHLON, an international platform that promotes assistive technologies. ...

2 months ago

Events, Future of Work, Innovation in Architecture

No1s1: An Autonomous Self-Owning House Goes to the World Economic Forum

At the WEF in Davos, the ETH Zurich Pavilion featured Hongyang Wang’s prototype of a self-owning house equipped with IoT systems and its own treasury on the blockchain....

2 months ago

Two men building a tower made of thin sticks

Climate Change

Circular Horizon: Meet the Students Teaming Up to Solve Climate Challenges

To sidestep the consequences of climate change, we need to remove a big amount of CO2 from the atmosphere. Circular Horizon is already facing this and other challenges. ...

3 months ago

Future of Work

Shaping the Next Frontier: Cultures of Innovation

What drives people to innovate? Fame? Money? A grand vision? ...

4 months ago

Events, Machine Learning, Robotics

The Case for Biomimetic Machines

For his recent TED Talk (April 10), Robert Katzschmann introduced the audience to new approaches in robotics engineering. ...

4 months ago

Different red colored ball between others on abacus.

Diversity & Inclusion, Events

Enter the Labyrinth: A Conversation on Women, Gender, and Leadership

Is gender important in leadership? Do we need to rethink our expectations and push past stereotypes? Two behavioural psychologists discuss the future of female leaders. ...

5 months ago

Events, Robotics

The Soft Revolution: Designing the Next Generation of Robots

Remember Mickey Mouse summoning the brooms in Fantasia? Could this be the future of robots? Two experts discuss soft robots, origami robots and more. ...

6 months ago

Woman lying in bed with a device monitoring her sleep

Health

3 MedTech Innovations for a Good Night’s Sleep

Can’t sleep? With three innovative medical technologies, these “Ambassadors of Sleep” are taking research out of the lab and into the bedroom. ...

6 months ago

Foresight

The Middle Ages… again? A Patchwork Perspective

Mismatched geographies, the resurgence of Afro-Eurasia... Only a few of the topics that were discussed in our recent Global Lecture. ...

6 months ago

RETHINKING LIVING, Sports

Rise, Run & Research

Running and research share more similarities than just a first initial. Some perspectives of a doctoral candidate and competitive runner with a passion for long distances...

7 months ago

Diversity & Inclusion, RETHINKING LIVING

Towards Global Equity in Early Alzheimer’s Detection

How can we detect Alzheimer’s disease before the first symptoms arise, while assuring access to diagnosis to anyone, anywhere? ...

7 months ago

Topics

Preparing for CYBATHLON 2024? 4 Steps To Increase Your Chances of Success

A Unique Internship: Dissolving Disability Barriers at CYBATHLON

No1s1: An Autonomous Self-Owning House Goes to the World Economic Forum

Circular Horizon: Meet the Students Teaming Up to Solve Climate Challenges

Shaping the Next Frontier: Cultures of Innovation

The Case for Biomimetic Machines

Enter the Labyrinth: A Conversation on Women, Gender, and Leadership

The Soft Revolution: Designing the Next Generation of Robots

3 MedTech Innovations for a Good Night’s Sleep

The Middle Ages… again? A Patchwork Perspective

Rise, Run & Research

Towards Global Equity in Early Alzheimer’s Detection

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