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Schindellegi/Mountain View - Kühne+Nagel and Chorus are working together on real-time solutions for road logistics. The new technology developed by the Alphabet subsidiary and the experience of the Swiss logistics specialist aims to improve transparency and resilience in the global supply chain.

Zurich/Schwerzenbach - Skribble, Intrum and Swisscom Trust Services are collaborating to enable online identification for electronic signatures. A new regulation from the Federal Office of Communications on March 15 has paved the way for this.

Schlieren/Waterton – Biognosys, a biotechnology company based in the Greater Zurich Area, has entered into a partnership with Kymera Therapeutics from the US State of Massachusetts. The two partners intend to collaborate in the area of biomarkers for high-precision proteomics in drug discovery processes.

Zurich - The canton of Zurich is launching a test environment known as Innovation Sandbox for projects in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This initiative, which is being supported by administrative bodies, the private sector and research organizations, will seek to provide answers to open regulatory questions.

Zurich - ETH Zurich researchers have developed a browser extension that uses machine learning processes to detect and automatically block unnecessary cookies. Among other things, the researchers found that 20 percent of websites still set cookies that users had previously expressly rejected.

Solothurn - The Cantonal Hospital Baselland is to introduce the digital system to prevent patients from falling developed by Qumea. Test operations over a period of several months have now successfully been brought to a close. The hospital and start-up are also set to join forces as research partners.

Zurich - In the near future, On will be moving into new headquarters in Zurich with space for 1,000 employees. The running shoe manufacturer based in the Greater Zurich Area intends to create 800 to 900 new jobs around the world, 40 percent of which are to be based in Switzerland. CEO Marc Maurer and CFO Martin Hoffmann discussed these developments as part of a newspaper interview.

Zurich/Munich - Sleepiz and Infineon have launched a device on the market that will allow sleep apnea sufferers to monitor their condition during the night at home. It can now be integrated into any networked smart device including loudspeakers and bedside lamps.

The robotics ecosystem in the Greater Zurich Area is among the very top worldwide. Now ANYbotics’ autonomous legged robot is heading straight towards market. Co-Founder of ANYbotics Hanspeter Fässler is convinced that robotics is becoming am important pillar of the economy in Switzerland.