Innovation
Swim and run without changing
TechTransfer
Empa
Just in time for summer: The Swiss start-up Swijin is launching a new sportswear category with its SwimRunner – a sports bra together with matching bottoms that works as both swimwear and running gear and dries in no time. The innovative product was developed together with Empa researchers in an Innosuisse project. The SwimRunner can be tested this weekend at the Zurich City Triathlon.
How can renewable electricity be used all year round?
Research
PSI
The federal government’s Energy Strategy 2050 envisages a substantial expansion of photovoltaic systems. But where will the electricity come from when the sun isn’t shining? The solution could be hydrogen.
DeepBreath: Using deep learning to identify respiratory disease
Research
EPFL
A new AI algorithm developed at EPFL and University Hospital Geneva (HUG) will power an intelligent stethoscope - Pneumoscope - with the potential to improve the management of respiratory disease in low-resource and remote settings.
The great clean-up
TechTransfer
ETH Zurich
From tackling micropollutants in wastewater to removing plastic waste from rivers, here are five solutions based on ETH expertise.
PSI researchers use extreme UV light to produce tiny structures for information technology
Research
PSI
Researchers at PSI have refined a process known as photolithography, which can further advance miniaturisation in information technology.
Thought-controlled walking again after spinal cord injury
Research
EPFL
Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from EPFL/CHUV/UNIL and CEA/CHUGA/UGA report in the journal Nature that they have re-established the communication between the brain and spinal cord with a wireless digital bridge, allowing a paralyzed person to walk again naturally
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