Raffaele Grosjean explains to Mario Angst how to use the VR glasses for the project: Batvision. Experience the world as a bat. On June 7, 2023, our “Green Bytes” event took place at the ZKSD, focusing on the topics of sustainability and digitalization. We would like to thank all participants… Read More »Green Bytes – how green can technology be?
Exergames offer an innovative solution for rehabilitation after a cruciate ligament rupture. Movement-based games such as ‘Sphery Racer’ can motivate patients and prepare them for a return to sport. The collaboration of experts from sports science, game design and physiotherapy enables an innovative training concept. https://vimeo.com/832178081 The video offers an… Read More »ExerUp! Research-based development of an exergame for sports rehabilitation
The avatar technology developed in the project “Transformation of the Textile Industry from Push to Pull Production through Digitization” enables precisely fitting virtual try-ons, reduces returns and minimizes transport costs. By integrating a module on websites, customers can select items of clothing and try them on virtually. The project team… Read More »More sustainability in the fashion industry
According to the WHO, one in every eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder, a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour. Which impacts do recent advances in artificial intelligence have on mental health issues? Experts on the topic share their insights. Author:… Read More »AI for the Common Good: Mental Health
The Founder Call offers students and employees of DIZH universities the opportunity to obtain the low-threshold funding they need to advance their start-up or spin-off. By funding the step from a pure start-up idea to a proof of concept, founders are supported in demonstrating that their conceptually developed project can… Read More »Founder Call: Founding of start-ups or spin-offs in the field of digital transformation
Are you working in a knowledge work team and have frequent interactions with your co-workers? Do you sometimes find it challenging to balance focused work and collaborating with or helping your team? Then this study, conducted by the University of Zurich, might be valuable to you! https://youtu.be/sSs4gDe1MGU We are looking… Read More »Call for Participation: Fostering focused work and collaboration in hybrid teams
Websites in German are a major hurdle for refugees. To better support these people from abuse in the labor market and with questions about housing, the ZHAW has developed a multilingual website with a chatbot. Unlike many digital dialog systems, it works according to the logic of the user. The… Read More »Chatbot EMA aims to protect refugees from exploitation
A Blueprint for Reform: Economic priorities in post-war Ukraine In cooperation with policy makers and academics from Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine (CASE Ukraine), the ZHAW School of management and Law has developed a concrete concept for economic reforms in post-war Ukraine. From the International Management Institute, Prof. Dr. Christopher Hartwell was involved… Read More »Blueprint for Economic Reform in post-war Ukraine
Did you know that the Alpine ibex was once close to extinction? Researchers at the University of Zurich have now developed an AI that can identify individual ibex. 200 years ago, the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) almost became extinct due to overhunting. Only in the Gran Paradiso massif in northern… Read More »The Alpine ibex and AI in Gran Paradiso National Park
The average gamer is 30 years old. It is time to tackle digital games in academia and the public sphere, says Hiloko Kato, Chair of DSI Community Gaming. Author: Hiloko Kato Digital games have arrived in our everyday lives. What was long regarded as the suspect occupation of marginalised young… Read More »Games between everyday life and science