Swiss Stories

2. Los datos proporcionados por el podómetro incorporado al bozal permiten monitorear el comportamiento de las vacas en una tableta. Copyright: Agroscope, Gabriela Brändle

Agricultura 4.0

Economics
Agricultura inteligente: la digitalización está por revolucionar la producción agrícola en Suiza
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Mujeres suizas en el corazón de la innovación

Economics
¿Conocen a Alisée de Tonnac, Abir Oreibi, Emilie Joly o Lea von Bidder? Estos son algunos de los nombres de mujeres suizas que encabezan empresas, institutos de investigación u organismos para la promoción de nuevas tecnologías.
Formación

La formación profesional: la receta del éxito suizo

Economics
En Suiza, la formación profesional es muy valorada y permite a los jóvenes aprender un oficio combinando las clases teóricas con el trabajo en una empresa. Cada vez más países se están interesando en este modelo, una herramienta efectiva para combatir el desempleo.
Start-up

Swiss start-ups provide competition for WhatsApp, Gmail and Facebook

Economics
Communications security has become a major social issue. In Switzerland some twenty companies have developed comparable software solutions for chatting, messaging and data storage which respect user privacy.
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7 Unexpected Swiss Start-ups

Economics
Switzerland is home to a high-quality start-up environment. In line with the country’s long-standing and traditional strengths in engineering, biotechnology, medical technology and financial services, many Swiss start-ups within those sectors seek to develop creative solutions in the technology sector.
Elmar Mock © EPO

Elmar Mock - the man with an innate sense of invention

Economics
Elmar Mock
“It is through successive inventions, each one inspiring the next, that innovation contributes to human progress” says the Swiss engineer Elmar Mock. Portrait of a serial inventor, co-creator of the Swatch.
capsules

Éric Favre - the Swiss inventor who put coffee into capsules

Economics
An aerodynamics engineer from the French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud is the father of capsule coffee. His innovation completely changed the way we drink coffee and made Nespresso a planetary success.