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The robot Thymio is finding its niche in French schools
Published:03.06.16 — Thymio, the teaching robot designed by EPFL and widely used in French-speaking Switzerland, is now making inroads elsewhere in Europe. In France, it has been incorporated in an important initiative to teach digital sciences in nursery and primary schools.
A new dimension in analyzing metal structures
Published:01.06.16 — A new software program reduces the time needed to identify weak points in large structures like cranes, bridges and mining equipment from several days to several minutes. The program, which was developed by Akselos, a company based at EPFL’s Innovation Park, combines 1D and 3D elements and is more reliable than the conventional method.
Nominations of EPFL professors
Published:31.05.16 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of seven professors at EPFL.
An app to facilitate classroom discussions
Published:30.05.16 — SpeakUp is an app developed at EPFL in collaboration with UNIL that lets students ask questions anonymously in class. The aim is to stimulate discussions and participation, especially in large lecture halls.
Nearly 50 million euros of ERC grants for EPFL, despites obstacles
Published:27.05.16 — EPFL fared well in the competition for European Research Council (ERC) grants in 2014 and 2015 within the Horizon 2020 framework, with 11 researchers winning an Advanced Grant. That translates into 2.5 million euros over five years for each of them.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship headline the Brain Forum 2016
Published:26.05.16 — The Brain Forum 2016 opened today and is generating massive interest among specialists as well as the general public: more than 1000 people have registered. Over the next two days, researchers, engineers, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, industrialists, investors, funding agencies and policy makers will meet at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne (Switzerland) and contribute to translating brain science into tangible, accessible solutions.
Augmented reality for firefighters
Published:25.05.16 — An EPFL team is working on a smart visor that, combined with a thermal imaging camera, will help firefighters see what’s around them in real time, even at night and in smoke.
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