Interview
“Big Tech is not the problem”
Research
ETH Zurich
Professor Ciira wa Maina is the Chair of Data Science Africa, a founding member of the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN), an initiative to democratise artificial intelligence (AI). In an interview with ETH News, he explains how AI can help African farmers and why Europe benefits from cooperation.
“We needed to know how far and how fast the event could travel”
Research
ETH Zurich
Brienz has just been evacuated for the second time. The decision is based, among other things, on thousands of simulations that ETH professor Jordan Aaron has produced using a computer model he developed. In an interview with ETH News, he explains why this model was used.
“We should take a more relaxed approach to sleep”
Research
ETH Zurich
Sleep problems have become a widespread issue. In a new popular science book and in an interview with ETH News, ETH sleep researcher Caroline Lustenberger describes the do’s (and don’ts) for when you can’t get to sleep.
Everyday routines as the key to logging in
Research
ETH Zurich
Smart homes are intended to make life easier, but logging into individual devices is often still an onerous task. Researchers from ETH Zurich have investigated how everyday routines could be used for secure and user-friendly authentication – with no need for cumbersome passwords.
Technology transfer at Empa
TechTransfer
Empa
How do innovations get out of the lab and into the wider world? There are different ways, summarized under the term technology transfer. In this interview, Marlen Müller, Head of Knowledge and Technology Transfer at Empa, explains why collaboration with industry is in Empa's DNA, what got Switzerland to the top of international innovation rankings and how researchers benefit from projects with partners from industry.
“Geoengineering will not solve the problem of climate change”
Research
ETH Zurich
A team led by ETH climate researcher Sandro Vattioni has shown that diamond dust released in the atmosphere could be a good way to cool the climate. However, it is still not a sustainable solution to climate change, says Vattioni in an interview with ETH News.
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