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Demonstrating the potential of citizen science for monitoring the SDGs at the Crowd4SDG Final Conference

The culmination of three years of Crowd4SDG was showcased during the Final Conference on 17 March, which delivered the results of Crowd4SDG and demonstrated the potential of citizen science for monitoring the SDGs.
Crowd4SDG Final Conference: demonstrating the potential of citizen science for monitoring the SDGs The culmination of three years of Crowd4SDG was showcased during the Final Conference on 17 March, which delivered the results of Crowd4SDG and demonstrated the potential of citizen science for monitoring the SDGs.

ATTRACT showroom: meet the funded projects

ATTRACT showroom: meet the funded projects

The ATTRACT Showroom, a virtual platform which contains the most relevant information about each of the funded projects during phase 2, has just been launched.



Offering hospitals services directly at home – the focus of OPER.CBI

A good way to reduce the pressure on hospitals is to offer some of their services directly at home.
OPER.CBI students visiting CMS A good way to reduce the pressure on hospitals is to offer some of their services directly at home.

Design the Future x Terraforming 2022

In this workshop, students from UPV/EHU in the Basque country took the first steps ...to be ready for embracing the seemingly impossible!
Design the Future x Terraforming 2022 In this workshop, students from UPV/EHU in the Basque country took the first steps ...to be ready for embracing the seemingly impossible!

CBI A³ 2022

CBI A³ aims to empower students with the mindset and skills to be change makers, imagining and realizing futures that respect humans and the ecological systems we exist in.
CBI A3 creating their cloud chambers at S'Cool LAB CBI A³ aims to empower students with the mindset and skills to be change makers, imagining and realizing futures that respect humans and the ecological systems we exist in.

IdeaSquare brought its Journal of Experimental Innovation at the International Design Factory Week 2022

The International Design Factory Week 2022 was hosted this October at the Future Design Factory in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Catarina Batista at the International Design Factory Week 2022 The International Design Factory Week 2022 was hosted this October at the Future Design Factory in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Cinzia Da Via: “An ecosystem like ATTRACT is essential for Europe”

Cinzia Da Via: “An ecosystem like ATTRACT is essential for Europe”

ATTRACT Q&A

ATTRACT offers an opportunity to study the construction of an innovation ecosystem. In this regard, Cinzia Da Vià, ATTRACT R&D&I committee Co-chair and Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester, reflects on how the environments involved in that ecosystem are the basics for the economy.



Prototyping profile: Inspection robot for the CMS' cavern

Inspection robot for the LHC

CERN operates the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) the largest particle accelerator ever built. Four main experiments were established on its circumference with the purpose of resolving major scientific enigmas. The general-purpose detector CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) is one of these experiments.



Innovation4Change - 7th edition

seventh edition of Innovation4Change

60 young managers, scientists and storytellers present their visions for the future!

On Monday, June 27, the seventh edition of Innovation4Change, the Impact Innovation program organized by the Collège des Ingénieurs Italia, CERN IdeaSquare and the Politecnico di Torino, came to a close.

This year's winner was Team Ferrovie dello Stato Italiano, with their Greensect waste processing system. Second place went to Team UNICRI, while third place was shared by Team Movyon and Team CNH Industrial.



EduMind – innovative learning tool for autistic children designed by IdeaSquare students

Student building the table support for EduMind

Students were tasked with taking a CERN technology and applying it to a real-world social problem. Their application could vastly improve learning outcomes for autistic children.



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