Our sense of touch is vital to us humans — so why not equip robots with it? For this, one needs durable and fault-tolerant hardware with a variety of sensors, as well as modern approaches to data processing. Gordon Cheng’s group might just revolutionize the field of robotics by having solved these challenges. In this […]

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death, often also in young and healthy people. Julia Herzen is working on a novel technology that will enable us to find out more about why this is the case. In this talk, she introduces her method using X-Ray radiation with standard laboratory equipment to not […]

How can it happen that, in an election, the voters’ will is turned upside down? Our voting systems are never entirely fair, but math can help at least make them fairer. One natural goal is to optimize the size, shape, and location of the electoral districts. In this talk, Peter Gritzmann sheds light on the […]

As a child, did you want to live up in the treetops? This dream could just become possible: by combining living and traditional building materials, Ferdinand Ludwig creates new types of structures that grow, live, and could one day even house us. In this talk, he shares his vision of this future and explains the […]

Why do we support a colleague when they’re in the hospital with a broken leg, but tiptoe around the topic when they’re suffering from depression? With her own history of mental health issues, Dominique knows better than most that talking can change everything — and about the potentially catastrophic consequences of not taking care of […]

What does the Munich police communicate? And how? They use social media for information and risk prevention purposes, as well as to help keep the city safe in a crisis. However, communicating online as a public authority is extremely challenging both on a political and on a personal level. Marcus da Gloria Martins gives us […]