The list of projects hosted and accelerated at our facilities thanks to IdeaSquare’s prototyping and instrumentation resources have included:
R&D&I
Stimulating instrumentation in research
At IdeaSquare, we host and support Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I) projects linked to CERN, as well as selected Knowledge Transfer activities. The activities within this area aim to stimulate early-stage ideas that can eventually turn into EU-funded projects or lead into other new technology development initiatives, especially around detection and imaging. In this way, we seek to facilitate the finding of novel solutions while generating a positive impact on society globally.
Fundamental research is CERN’s primary mission. Inspired by the way science is done at CERN, IdeaSquare exposes CERN scientists and engineers to exceptional students and young innovators to cast “out-of-this-world” ideas through experimental methods and a collaborative approach. In addition to offering physical space for detector R&D, the purpose is to inspire next-generation scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs by exposing them to the frontier R&D environment at CERN.
In its initial phase, IdeaSquare hosted 2-3 detector R&D projects related to experiments at CERN, funded by the EU. IdeaSquare is also used as an active test bed for the ATTRACT initiative, a wider proposal accepted by the European Commission for a dedicated detector R&D programme as part of Horizon 2020 framework programme.
