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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.



TU Delft x IdeaSquare x Nikhef e-summerschool – A Virtual Success!

TU Delft

From the kickoff on the 2nd of June until the final demo day on the 22nd of July, 20 students from the University of Amsterdam, Delft University of Technology, and Erasmus University of Rotterdam, have been working on challenges using ATTRACT Technologies in new ways. By using Design Thinking they have been gathering information about different user needs and how to meet those needs with their chosen ATTRACT technology.

 



Design the Future

In October 2021, IdeaSquare hosted Design the Future, an educational programme developed in-house by Pablo Trello.
Design the Future WristbandEd Student Project In October 2021, IdeaSquare hosted Design the Future, an educational programme developed in-house by Pablo Trello.

CBI A3 2021

CBI A3 2021

During 3 days in November, CBI A3 took place at IdeaSquare. Students from Inno-Space Mannheim used the open space and its many AV solutions, the machine shop as well as some containers to carry out their challenge based innovation (CBI) design thinking project (DTP).



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