Eske Bockelmann

How the Internet Opens a New Era of Creative Expression Beyond Geographic, Social, Economic and Political Boundaries “Censorship is saying: ‘I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.’ But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have…

With the goal of bringing scientific insights and latest technological advances to real-world applications, Terranigma Solutions GmbH was founded in March 2020 as a spin-off from the Institute for Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering (CGRE) at the RWTH Aachen University. The team has the long-term vision is to become a…

James Collins is the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science and Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, as well as a Member of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Faculty. He is also a Core Founding Faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University,…

Green Energy is dedicated to the recovery and conversion of waste heat into electricity for powering and lighting off-grid households in urban and rural areas with smart stove generators.

PRESENTED BY José Augusto Stuchi NOMINATED BY German Science and Innovation House São Paulo – (DWIH São Paulo) Tags: Ophtalmology, Telemedecine, Visual Impairment, Blindness, Prevention

Careness is an inclusive wellness brand made for people who want to reach full relaxation of body and mind. Based in Yaounde – Cameroon, we manufacture massage creams and bars that are efficient, convenient and affordable. And because true wellness implies generosity, on each sale, 5 % is used to…

The nominating institution Max-Planck-Institute on the breakthrough: I led an interdisciplinary team of computer and behavioral scientists, to study how humans think about the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. We designed a game, the Moral Machine, in which people decide what a self-driving car should do when it is faced with…

How Novel Methods in Neuroscience Open up New Horizons in Research and Therapy Beginning ten years ago, Karl Deisseroth and several of his students developed the most disruptive technology neuroscience had seen in a long time. Optogenetics is a method to control single kinds of brain cells with a light-triggered…

Ten years ago, Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel was the first to couple laser-trapped atoms with light in glass fibers that are 100 times thinner than a human hair. This achievement was a door opener for the field on quantum nanophotonics. There, one studies the interaction of atoms, molecules, or artificial atoms…

SOFA proposes a more efficient system to distribute research funding than the present grant proposal review process. All researchers periodically receive an equal and unconditional base amount of funding, but they have to donate a fraction of everything they receive to other researchers of their choice. As such, funding circulates…