Karla Hajman

Wiping out a widespread disease is a notoriously difficult challenge on a global scale and malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest diseases to affect humanity. Malaria exacts a huge toll on human health and imposes a heavy social and economic burden, particularly on countries in sub-Saharan African and…

HOW ART CHALLENGES GRAVITY AND LIGHT IN OUR HABITAT The subversive power of art is playing a precious role in providing architecture with risky yet palpable visions of the future. No wonder Tomás Saraceno, an Argentinian artist and architect based in Frankfurt and Berlin, receives considerable attention these days. Saraceno’s…

Rocket-science without rocket-science: As a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center we develop and vend space science-based experiments and workshops to schools and universities. Our story-telling approach starts with catchy questions (“Who wants holidays on Mars?”, “How will we save our Planet”) and encourages pupils to participate in the course.…

An on-site, low-cost infrared spectral analyzer that determines the nutrients present in the soil for 1/26th of the price of other high-tech soil nutrient analyzers available in the market.   Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Climate change, Education, Engineering, Food & Agriculture, Green Tech, Social Cohesion, Precision Agriculture.

A chatbot tutor harnessing AI and audio to deliver personalised learning to any student on any phone. In 2020, we built a multi-award-winning solution for distance learning by radio to support children without access to the internet; We called it Rising On Air. We were able to scale it to…

PRESENTED BY Teresa Baumann NOMINATED BY Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Tags: Biopharmaceutical Process Development, Digital Twins, Mechanistic Modelling, Bioprocessing 40

Nominated by: Fridtjof Detzner, Planet A Presented by: Marek Chęciński

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Frederick Fenter. He talked about his role as Chief Executive Editor at Frontiers, the role of academic publishing in fostering public trust in science, the importance of open access and open science.…

Aleksey Makarov’s project aims to develop various size replaceable ventilation-installed bioreactors. The bigger ones are meant to be applied in malls, apartment or office buildings, the smaller ones – in a house.

Ayhay is a Montessori-inspired for-profit and national accredited primary school that provides quality education for children in Madagascar with affordable tuition and local Montessori materials.