Biosphere II: Earth in miniature
"If there were only good, there would be no good."
Portrait of Frank Bodin
“There is no one-size-fits-all formula for the city of the future.”
Sacha Menz sitting and working at his desk
Tricky parts. Or how to explore the limits of the possible
Martin Fischer skillfully navigating between the worlds of metalworking and art
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Biosphere II: Earth in miniature

Exploring the world of tomorrow - in the world's craziest laboratory: 30 years ago, the artificial ecosystem "Biosphere II" in the Arizona desert achieved cult status through spectacular experiments. Today, scientists are rediscovering planet Earth in miniature.

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The precision mechanic Martin Fischer skillfully navigates between the worlds of metalworking and art. His passion: designing and manufacturing elegant pendulum clocks, for which he requires high-precision parts. These are cut by the Swiss job shop Al-Cut using a Bystronic laser cutting machine. A visit to the curious metal workshop of a creative mind.

“There is no one-size-fits-all formula for the city of the future.”

More and more people are flocking to cities, and urban planners are facing major challenges. Are cities growing upwards or outwards? Do they have to be completely rethought? In this interview, Sacha Menz, ETH professor and co-founder of the Future Cities Lab Global Program, explains what the city of the future could look like and why cultural factors will play an important role.

An alpine battleship as a modern data bunker?

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Biosphere II: Earth in miniature

Exploring the world of tomorrow - in the world's craziest laboratory: 30 years ago, the artificial ecosystem "Biosphere II" in the Arizona desert achieved cult status through spectacular experiments. Today, scientists are rediscovering planet Earth in miniature.
July 15th, 2022
Portrait of Frank Bodin

"If there were only good, there would be no good."

Cannes Lions - the creative festival par excellence, is live again. Advertising icon Frank Bodin talks in an interview about personal encounters in Cannes, the courage to change and the quality of communication.
May 20th, 2022
Sacha Menz sitting and working at his desk

“There is no one-size-fits-all formula for the city of the future.”

More and more people are flocking to cities, and urban planners are facing major challenges. Are cities growing upwards or outwards? Do they have to be completely rethought? In this interview, Sacha Menz, ETH professor and co-founder of the Future Cities Lab Global Program, explains what the city of the future could look like and why cultural factors will play an important role.
May 6th, 2022
Martin Fischer skillfully navigating between the worlds of metalworking and art

Tricky parts. Or how to explore the limits of the possible

The precision mechanic Martin Fischer skillfully navigates between the worlds of metalworking and art. His passion: designing and manufacturing elegant pendulum clocks, for which he requires high-precision parts. These are cut by the Swiss job shop Al-Cut using a Bystronic laser cutting machine. A visit to the curious metal workshop of a creative mind.
April 25th, 2022
Marcel Aeschlimann, Managing Partner and Chairman of Creaholic

“The ability to feed the subconscious is essential”

Creaholic has ingenuity in its DNA: In the 1980s, the company’s founders were involved in the invention of the Swatch watch. Today, the innovative minds from Switzerland’s watch metropolis Biel develop new products and services in collaboration with other companies. An interview with the co-founder Marcel Aeschlimann.
February 25th, 2022
Portrait of Michel Fornasier the Bionicman

The man with the robotic arm

Life without your right hand? Michael Fornasier from Switzerland was born this way. Thanks to his bionic hand prosthesis, he is not only able to master his everyday life – he has even become a superhero. In this interview, “Bionicman” tells us his story and why he sometimes misplaced his hand.
January 25th, 2022

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Hand exoskeleton enables paralyzed people to grasp

A spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) has developed an exoskeleton that enables people with paralyzed hands to grasp and release objects again. Tests in hospitals and rehabilitation centers have already been successful.
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Aerial water drone hitchhikes

An international research team with Empa participation has developed a drone that can glide through water as well as fly through the air. To save energy, it attaches itself to other objects for a ride.
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New app makes everyday life easier for the blind

The Swiss National Association for the Blind (SZB) is relying on a new technology to help blind and visually impaired people find their way around in everyday life. It is already being used in Spain and England.
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New tool shows what AI reads from faces

AI tool aims to detect users' emotional state and social status - and suggest ads based on them. At the moment it is still an art project - but for how much longer?
Franz Winter from the TU Vienna

Heat: Store in summer, use in winter

Storing energy for months without loss and using it for heating in winter: researchers have invented a new type of chemical heat storage system that can store large amounts of energy for virtually unlimited periods in an environmentally friendly way.
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Black holes in wooden boards are supposed to dampen sound

Black holes in the universe are so dense that not even light can escape. Empa researchers have now developed black holes for wooden boards that are not supposed to swallow everything, but at least sound.
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New water filter removes pathogens

A research team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) has presented a prototype of a low-cost filter that efficiently decontaminates water using only sunlight. The device is intended to provide clean drinking water for people in regions with little electricity.
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Breakthrough in protein recognition - thanks to Deep Learning

Proteins control most processes in living cells and are vital for humans. If it were possible to precisely determine all proteins in an organism, diseases such as Alzheimer's or cancer could be treated better and more individually.
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Does this AI think like a human?

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that helps users understand how a machine learning model thinks and compare it to how a human thinks.
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Converting plastic waste into fuel

Scientists have developed a new method to convert plastic waste into hydrogen through pyrolysis, a high-temperature chemical process.
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"If there were only good, there would be no good."

Cannes Lions - the creative festival par excellence, is live again. Advertising icon Frank Bodin talks in an interview about personal encounters in Cannes, the courage to change and the quality of communication.