In the NZZ am Sonntag from 7 January 2024, Denise Bucher discusses the growing control over content by tech companies in Silicon Valley and its impact on art and freedom of expression. The censorship of films on Amazon Prime and Apple and the restrictive guidelines on platforms such as Instagram… Read More »Restricting creativity: tech companies and the growing censorship in the digital world
Project state closed Project start February 2024 Funding duration 18 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Smart City Hub Switzerland More and more towns and municipalities in Switzerland are exploring the concept of the smart city (SSCS, 2024). This refers to approaches that utilise modern technologies, data and digital solutions… Read More »DIZH Swiss Smart City Outreach
Project state closed Project start April 2024 Funding duration 18 months Universities involved ZHAW, ZHdK Practice partners Kantonsspital Winterthur, VAMED Rehazentrum Zürich ExerUp Portal provides information on exergames and their potential in the areas of health, training and therapy. The platform is aimed at interested parties from research, practice and… Read More »Exergames for Health – Bringing digital and motivating forms of therapy and training to the clinic and public
MindfulPacer MindfulPacer is an innovative platform made up of a smartwatch application and a smartphone app. The platform helps people affected by Long Covid manage their symptoms by providing them with real-time data related to their physical activity. The research prototype is now to be made publicly available and, in… Read More »Growing a public self-sustaining community for Activity Pacing and Long Covid patients
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Inventarnummer LM-102737.46 Hardly anyone today knows anything about the “Spanish flu” of 1918-1920 and the “Asian flu” of 1957. However, since knowledge about past pandemics would be very valuable for future health risks, researchers at UZH and ZHAW want to close this memory gap. Author: Louis Schäfer “All… Read More »From the “Spanish flu” to COVID-19 – why researching past pandemics is worthwhile
Project state closed Project start May 2024 Funding duration 22 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH Scalable, location-based scoring of biodiversity and water risks for companies and investors Nature risks are accelerating and now carry direct operational, financial, and reputational consequences. Regulators, investors, NGOs, and media… Read More »Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics
The 1st Founder Call enables projects from the idea to the proof of concept that aim to establish a start-up or spin-off. The fight against disinformation, real-time robotics or the promotion of teamwork – the range of projects is diverse. The Founder Call in the innovation program was launched for… Read More »Ten projects approved in 1st Founder Call
Spatial visualisation is very important for orientation in space. How can this be trained? Game-based approaches, particularly from game design, can be particularly effective in teaching spatial understanding. The Spatial Abilities project team is developing interactive, virtual and three-dimensional training software as part of a video game. The game-based virtual… Read More »Training spatial thinking in a playful way
Markus Christen (Managing Director of the DSI) and his team have created a guideline focussing on the non-technical aspects of cybersecurity. The research team was able to present these to the Federal Parliament at the end of December 2023. Modern society is increasingly dependent on information technology. Cyber security is… Read More »Four steps for a value-orientated cybersecurity culture
On 30.11.23, the guests of “Digital Futures: AI & Cybersecurity” discussed the responsible use of AI. AI and cybersecurity Martin Burkhart from Cyber-Defence Campus highlighted a crucial aspect of cybersecurity research in Switzerland: the current concentration on specific research areas is overlooking others. The challenge lies in rectifying this imbalance… Read More »How can AI be used responsibly?