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Traveling to the Venice of the Doges with your fingertips

Published:08.07.13 — SUMMER SERIES (2) - As part of their end of course project, two students from EPFL’s College of Humanities (CDH) have developed an interface enabling its users to see the ancient appearance of buildings while visiting Venice. Their work has earned them a "silver medal".

EPFL software is able to trace paths amidst a music jungle

Published:05.07.13 — The Genezik software, conceived by researchers from the Signal Processing Laboratory at EPFL (LTS2), offers an innovative approach to playlist making and to rediscovering forgotten songs. This is one of the inventions that EPFL will be presenting during the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Is That Bacteria Dead Yet?

Published:03.07.13 — Nano and laser technology packed into small device tests antibiotic treatment in minutes

Software to Construct Everything with Legos

Published:01.07.13 — SUMMER SERIES (1) A Masters student has developed an algorithm that automatically translates a three-dimensional representation into Lego pieces.

Discovering the architect of bamboo

Published:28.06.13 — Simon Velez is known for his impressive constructions made of bamboo. The Colombian architect is the subject of an outdoor exhibition at Rossinière.

Montreux Jazz archives have acquired UNESCO heritage status

Published:27.06.13 — The Montreux Jazz Festival’s archives are now part of the Memory of the World register. UNESCO has just announced their decision. For its part, EPFL continues the archives’ digitization and enhancement operations.

An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor

Published:26.06.13 — An EPFL team has built a prototype for an image sensor based on the semi-conducting properties of molybdenite. It could one day result in cameras that are five times more light sensitive than current technology.