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Pico-satellites have a new brain on board

Published:02.09.13 — Summer series (10). For his Master’s thesis in microengineering, Louis Masson designed a new microcomputer for use in pico-satellites. His invention will improve the satellites’ ability to manage complex data.

Michael Grätzel to receive the 2013 Marcel Benoist prize

Published:30.08.13 — Michael Grätzel, known for his work on dye-sensitized solar cells, is the recipient of the 2013 Benoist prize.

Downloads Boosted by Cooperation

Published:30.08.13 — The technology developed by Shoelace Wireless enables devices connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network to gather their bandwidth and thereby accelerate the speed of downloads. Two applications are being launched.

One or two photonics-related startups per year

Published:28.08.13 — Photonics, the study of light in the broadest sense of the term, plays a major role at EPFL. Almost 30 labs focus on different aspects of photonics, like the design of lasers, construction of high-performance solar cells and development of tomorrow's telecommunications.

A Robot to Beat Humans at Foosball

Published:26.08.13 — Masters students from the Automatic Control Laboratory (LA) have developed a robot that can play foosball for their semester project.

Four new glass buildings to enlighten the Sion campus

Published:23.08.13 — Yesterday, the government of Valais unveiled the blueprints that won the architectural competition for designing the Valais Wallis campus. Nicknamed "Derailed", the project was conceived by the architectural firm Evéquoz Ferreira, based in Sion.

Smart energy to power refugee camps

Published:21.08.13 — SERIE D'ÉTÉ (8): Rolling out renewable and smart energy solutions in refugee camps could dramatically improve the well being of millions of refugees world-wide. Working in collaboration with the UNHCR, an EPFL Master’s student is investigating how it could be done.