Puff, the magic jacket: In this EU project, students design some surprising tech prototypes
When Anna Cain, a master’s student in Barcelona, was looking for inspiration for a school project, she was thinking about climate change and how technology might help.
There was a severe drought underway that “was really bad where we were living in Barcelona,” she recalls; “so I think it was just at the top of my mind.” What if, she and some friends wondered, you could get water directly from the air?
ATTRACT Academy: empowering Europe’s next generation of innovators
The ATTRACT Academy is revolutionising how students engage with deep-tech innovation and entrepreneurship. Born from the success of the ‘Young Innovators and Entrepreneurs’ pilot in ATTRACT phase 1, it scaled up its impact during phase 2, expanding its reach to multiple universities across Europe.
CBI A3 programme: empowering students across continents to tackle global challenges
The increasing complexity of societal challenges has led to the emergence of educational programmes that aim to equip students with the necessary skills to develop innovative solutions. These programmes focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, fostering global responsibility, and leveraging emerging technologies. By integrating different domains, including deep technology, design, and engineering, among others, such programmes prepare students to address issues aligned with global sustainability goals.
Sparking curiosity: the role of research infrastructures within the ATTRACT Academy
The ATTRACT Academy is an educational initiative designed to foster entrepreneurship among Europe’s young talent. Launched as part of the ATTRACT project, it brings together students from different disciplines, including physics, design, and finance to collaborate on real-world applications of emerging technologies.
ATTRACT Academy: a hands-on approach to training Europe’s future tech entrepreneurs
The search for skilled tech talent and entrepreneurial leaders becomes critical as Europe aims to advance in global tech markets. An answer to this challenge comes from the ATTRACT project, which seeks to combine deep-tech innovation with hands-on entrepreneurship training through its educational arm, the ATTRACT Academy.
Celebrating Innovation: highlights from the ATTRACT Pre-Final Conference
The ATTRACT Pre-Final Conference concluded successfully, highlighting the remarkable progress of the 36 projects funded under ATTRACT phase 2. Held in Grenoble, France, the event brought together researchers, students, and professors providing a platform for sharing their potential and envisioning future developments.
ATTRACT Pre-Final Conference: explore the 10 Student Programmes
ATTRACT is an initiative enabling the transition of the technology generated mainly for fundamental research purposes toward industrial and societal applications. It aims to streamline this process by creating an innovation ecosystem that reduces risk through funding and expertise. Furthermore, it also seeks to connect researchers with young innovators and potential investors to maximise the benefits of the new technologies to society.
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 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 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).