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Ascom integrating Alexa in care homes
Baar - Ascom is connecting its healthcare platform with an Alexa solution for care homes. This allows residents to get in touch with relatives or staff, obtain information and choose entertainment. In this way, care home operations should also be optimized.
Piomic authorized to conduct FDA trial
Zurich - Piomic Medical has been given the green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry out a pivotal trial. If the outcome is positive, the medtech company will be authorized to sell its COMS therapy system for chronic leg wounds in Europe as well as in the USA.
Bank Fiat24 receives innovation award
Zurich - The Swiss bank Fiat24 has won the Banking Innovation Award in the Neobanks & Specialized Players category. Qorus and Accenture use the annual awards to promote banking innovations. Fiat24’s business model enables blockchain-based payment transactions.
Muntagnard jacket wins ISPO Award
Domat/Ems/Zurich - The jury of the world’s largest trade fair in sports business, ISPO Munich, has crowned the clothing manufacturer Muntagnard and the Innovation Unit design agency as winners of an ISPO Award. The Award honors their fully recyclable MIUtec Iso jacket.
Creating art through artificial intelligence
Zurich - Four students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a platform called Generai, which uses artificial intelligence to create works of art. Users simply enter a text description, keywords and a specific style of painting.
Empa developing sensitive drill for cochlear implants
Dübendorf - A researcher from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) has developed a special drill that can be used by a robot to insert a cochlear implant. The drill automatically shuts down when it moves dangerously close to facial nerves or taste buds.
Tezos bringing tools for Web3 gaming to Unity platform
Zug/San Francisco - Tezos is collaborating with the Accelerate Solutions Group of Unity, the popular 3D development platform for computer games, on the creation of a software development kit for the Web3 blockchain operated by Tezos. This optional plug-in will be available via Unity.
ETH moving closer to early Parkinson’s diagnosis
Zurich - Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have identified new biomarkers that could be used to diagnose Parkinson’s disease at an early stage. Initially, further tests are to be carried out, but the researchers are optimistic about the prospects of this approach.
BC Platforms taking part in EU program for cancer therapies
Zurich - BC Platforms will take on the role of lead partner in the collection and analysis of clinical data for novel cancer therapies as part of a project organized by the European Commission. This consortium project by the name of ONCOVALUE is being led by Helsinki University Hospital and has a budget of 7 million euros.
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