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Swiss Post launches crypto stamp
Bern/Zug – The Swiss Post has brought a crypto stamp to market. For this, a physical stamp has been mapped digitally and saved in a blockchain. Crypto stamps can be collected and traded. The underlying technology comes from Inacta, a company based in the Greater Zurich Area.
Outbrain acquires Video Intelligence
New York/Zurich – The American company Outbrain is acquiring Video Intelligence AG. The startup from the Greater Zurich Area uses machine learning to place video content in a targeted way. Its solution is already used by media companies such as the International Data Group and the publisher Spiegel-Verlag.
Lifestyle-Tech Competence Center investing more
Lugano/Caslano TI – The members of the Lifestyle-Tech Competence Center have committed to increasing investments in research and development, lab management, and tech scouting over the next three years. Additionally, new employees are to be hired.
ETH robots build hanging garden for Zug
Zurich/Zug – The limits of interactive architecture design and digital fabrication are now being pushed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH): four robotic arms are using artificial intelligence to build a 22.5-meter-high planted sculpture called Semiramis at the Tech Cluster Zug.
Anapaya brings Luxembourg to the SCiON network
Zurich/Bertrange - The B2B telecommunications and ICT provider Telindus is collaborating with the supplier of SCiON, Anapaya. With this, Telindus will be the first company from Luxembourg to offer the extremely secure internet standard called SCiON. Financial service providers in particular should benefit from this.
Antibodies against cold help against COVID-19
Zurich – People who display immune reactions to harmless coronavirus colds have better protection against severe courses in the event of an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. This has been found by researchers at the University of Zurich.
ETH spin-offs win Swiss Technology Award
Zurich/Hinwil ZH - Procavea Biotech and Embotech have triumphed at this year’s Swiss Technology Award. The two spin-offs from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) won in the Inventors and Start-ups categories, respectively. The Innovation Leader award went to Belimo.
SIX launches world’s first digital bond
Zurich – On November 18, the SIX Swiss Exchange issued the world’s first bond with a purely digital part on a fully regulated exchange. It was oversubscribed several times. SIX describes it as a historic transaction and the start of a new era.
ABB partners with Sevensense
Zurich – The robotics startup Sevensense from the Greater Zurich Area has secured 7.7 million US dollars in a financing round. The round was led by ABB. Sevensense develops technologies that enable robots to work in unstructured environments.
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