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Logitech Joins the EPFL “Under One Roof” Project

Published:10.02.14 — The Swiss firm, whose European headquarters are located in EPFL's Innovation Park, has given a substantial support to the Pavillions that are to be built on Place Cosandey.

Sochi: Our Tweeted Emotions Decrypted in Real Time

Published:07.02.14 — EPFL researchers will track emotions of the viewing public during the Olympic Games in Sochi. Via social media, they will show in real time what people are feeling during the competitions.

Amputee Feels in Real-Time with Bionic Hand

Published:05.02.14 — Dennis Aabo Sørensen is the first amputee in the world to feel sensory rich information – in realtime – with a prosthetic hand wired to nerves in his upper arm. Sørensen could grasp objects intuitively and identify what he was touching while blindfolded.

New financial support for IT-related research projects

Published:05.02.14 — EPFL and ETH Zurich are jointly entering into a new research partnership with Microsoft Research. Over five years, Microsoft Research will provide five million Swiss francs of funding to support IT research projects. Microsoft researchers will also work closely with the scientists at the two universities.

Spintronics: deciphering a material for future electronics

Published:03.02.14 — Topological insulators are the key to future spintronics technologies. EPFL scientists have unraveled how these strange materials work, overcoming one of the biggest obstacles on the way to next-generation applications.

The Alumni Association Becomes an EPFL Service

Published:30.01.14 — EPFL’s Alumni Association is now an official service of the school. This next step in the association’s evolution, passed in a general meeting, will allow more synergies between EPFL and its graduates and among alumni themselves. The current team that leads the Alumni network’s growth will continue to direct this new office.

Towards a new type of solar cell

Published:29.01.14 — EPFL scientists have uncovered how lead iodide perovskite semiconductor transfer electrical charges to other materials upon irradiation. The milestone discovery allows for a better understanding of the functioning of revolutionary photovoltaic cells with unprecedented power conversion efficiency.