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Exoskelett

Exoesqueleto: desenvolvimento promissor na área da robótica para paraplégicos

Science & Education
Os cientistas suíços têm feito um trabalho revolucionário para dar uma nova esperança aos paraplégicos. As pesquisas nesta área possibilitaram inovadores avanços em tecnologias que poderiam permitir àquelas pessoas que sofreram lesões na medula espinhal, voltar a andar de forma autônoma. Os trabalhos destes pesquisadores envolvendo a tecnologia de exoesqueleto estão entre os mais promissores.

by Lea Huszno

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Voando alto: indústria suíça de drones decola e conquista novos espaços

Science & Education
Com vinte grandes empresas, a Suíça está à frente de uma nova indústria impulsionada por drones. Um know-how orientado para o futuro tem revolucionado a economia, a tecnologia aeroespacial, as telecomunicações e, nos últimos quatro anos, o setor dos eventos.
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8 Swiss inventions

Science & Education
Chemists and scientists from all walks of life have used their Swiss pragmatism over and over again to turn out inventions that have changed the world forever.
Dimitri Burkhard

by Dimitri Burkhard

Swissloop gives concrete shape to the ultra-fast train of the future

Swissloop gives concrete shape to the ultra-fast train of the future

Science & Education
A team of students from the ETH Zurich is revolutionising land transport with the development of carriages for a subsonic levitation train capable of speeds of up to 1,200 km/hour, travelling through vacuum tunnels.

by Mehdi Atmani

Swiss Tech Convention Center © Alain Herzog / EPFL

The EPFL – at the heart of Health Valley

Science & Education

What do the first Swiss satellite sent into space, the first balloon to travel around the world without stopping and the Human Brain Proj
Virtual Reality

Giving virtual reality the Swiss touch

Science & Education
Swiss start-ups are making the most of the boom in immersive technologies.
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Swiss drones for mapping Tanzania

Science & Education
With one of the highest rates of population growth in the world, this east African country has acquired dozens of minidrones produced by the Swiss company SenseFly to map its territory.