Janethkareen Kitsovi

Marco Hutter: Breaking the Wall to Intelligent Mobile Robots – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Human limitations in tasks involving precision, repetition, and hazardous conditions have sparked a transformative wave of innovation in robotics. Unlike humans, robots excel in areas demanding unwavering accuracy, tireless repetition, and the ability to work…

Our project is cultivating a STEM Workforce, by equipping Educators in under-represented communities with project-based learning tools, STEM resources, and refining Educator’s instructional pedagogy where students are allowed to solve ill-defined problems, make real-world connections while deepening their content knowledge and preparing them for STEM careers and future-focused options across…

HOW PSYCHOPHYSICS AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY CAN IMPROVE OUR FOOD CHOICES If we could trust flavour as a guide to a healthy diet, the world would be a happier place, and probably without the endless fight between Atkins and Zone diet fans. Unfortunately things aren’t that easy. Our taste for food depends…

At Flushh, Kaveto Tjatjara builds innovative waterless toilets for underserved communities in Namibia and transforms human waste into biochar.

Quantum Computing arguably presents the biggest shift in computer science since its inception. After 25 years of fundamental theoretical and experimental research, the top leaders in the field worldwide have committed themselves to the development of quantum computers as a real technology, solving real computational problems. The panelists of this…

Despite outperforming boys in science subjects up until grade 8, less than 10% of Pakistani engineering graduates are women. We believe societal pressures and stereotypical fear of math and science inhibits inclination to STEM education and consequent STEM careers for many young girls in Pakistan and globally. Games built around…

Grand societal challenges can no longer be solved in ivory towers and back rooms. Diverse expertise and multidirectional knowledge exchange are increasingly important. But how can such collaboration work without compromising the autonomy of individual fields? Focusing on Science & Politics, this round table will explore how scientific knowledge can…

A wearable to ease medical practitioners from using multiple devices for measurement enabling faster diagnosis with data transfer to stake holders to determine the medical treatment or course of care.   Tags: Covid-19, Digital Health, Med-Tech, Mobile Health.

Nominated by: Marco Casteleijn, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland Presented by: Christopher Landowski

In my project, we work on the possibility of encoding information in OAM modes and multiplex these modes in optical fiber for transmission. Tags: Science Communication.