Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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Open innovation lab JOSEPHS
In a participatory laboratory, interested people test unfinished products and help companies improve them.
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Cable-laying technology for narrow underground power lines
Thanks to a special laying technology for power lines the implementation of the energy turnaround can be simplified
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Climate lab Weimar
Scientists research how rooms can be air-conditioned using as little energy as possible
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Leuphana University – sustainable drug design
Scientists design biodegradable medicines with the help of computer-assisted processes
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Windcloud - the green research centre
A research centre obtains electricity for the first time directly from the region's regenerative energies
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dressLife – fewer returns of clothes bought online
With the help of Big Data a start-up wants to reduce expensive return deliveries of products purchased on the internet
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European quality standards - the best starting opportunities for premature babies
Parents and health experts across Europe have joined forces to improve treatment of premature babies
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Ideas Train – future concepts for regional transport
Passengers, employees, and operators jointly develop the optimal train ride of the future
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Energiepark Mainz – the largest hydrogen electrolysis plant of its kind
At the Energiepark Mainz, tests are being carried out to see how green electricity can be stored efficiently
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Modular production – flexible production system
An intelligent production method makes care construction more economical and more flexible
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Speech therapy app neolexon
A speech therapy app trains patients who have to learn to speak again free of charge
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OpenDataCity – Agentur für Datenjournalismus
An agency visualizes online data, thus giving every user free access to complex topics
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Continuum robots for surgery
Based on natural models, scientists have developed medical robots out of flexible and thin little tubes
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University Hospital Saarland – cross-generational palliative ward
On a palliative ward an interdisciplinary team looks after terminally ill children and adults
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Environment-friendly packaging Landbox
With a sustainable packaging box a startup is taking new paths in online retail
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Mecuris – 3D-printed protheses and orthoses
With the help of 3D prints patients can be provided with made-to-measure protheses
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Helping helpers: Humanitarian Logistics Organisation
An association helps non-profit organisations in the transport of humanitarian cargo
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(B)energy – mobile biogas technology
A social enterprise is selling biogas technology via franchisees in Africa and making biogas marketable
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Super single cell organisms for biomethane production
A novel biological procedure uses microorganisms to store electricity from wind and solar energy
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Tactonom – tactile graphics display for blind people
The new tactile graphics display gives blind people access to the digital world