Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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Kinderheldin – Digital midwife services
A start-up provides advice on pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding via chat and phone
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Future City Langenfeld
A city becomes a testing ground for ideas for the retail trade of the future
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WindNODE – Showcase for intelligent energy from north-eastern Germany
A region serves as a laboratory for testing flexible solutions for managing power consumption
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Underwater pumped-storage power station
Deep-sea energy storage allows large quantities of electricity to be stored in an eco- friendly way
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Miniscule quantum sensor for new measurement methods
Researchers develop a sensor small enough to test hard drives and measure brain waves
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Marktschwärmer internet platform for regionally grown food
An online shop lets consumers buy directly from the producer and pick up the produce later at the market
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Neunkirchen Upcycling Centre
Based on designs by design students, jobseekers and migrants manufacture good-as-new utensils and furniture from commercial waste
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XenoGlue – biocompatible adhesive for medicine
Using intestinal bacteria, researchers have developed a paste that binds bones together
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‘Digitale Dörfer’ platform
Digital services connect villagers to ensure quality of life in rural areas
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Entern – autonomous robots for planetary exploration
Space robots that independently explore caves and craters on celestial bodies
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Lumenaza – digital marketplace for regional electricity
A software platform connects regional energy producers and consumers in a digital marketplace
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Klexikon.de – Online encyclopedia for children
Volunteer authors are creating the first free internet encyclopaedia for children in easy-to-understand language
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Smart Service Power – Technology platform for home care
An intelligent technology platform supports at-home care
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Privalino – Safe chatting for children
A start-up app protects children from cyberbullying and online abuse
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StackFuel online data analysis training
This start-up’s interactive online tutorials turn employees into data specialists
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WoodShirts – T-shirts made of wood
A start-up uses wood fibres to produce T-shirts that are soft, tear-resistant, and environmentally friendly
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Journeyman
A start-up provides craftsmen with short-term jobs abroad and supports them in their preparations
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3-D scanners for seeing-eye industrial robots
Using a 3D scanner based on light field technology, robots may soon be able to see better than humans
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CorrelAid – Data analysis for the greater good
Volunteer data analysts help social organisations use data analysis for their goals
