ETH Meets You in Davos during the World Economic Forum
"Magic through Technology": ETH Zurich showcases its latest innovations in Game Technology and robotics. See, feel, hear, taste and play the magic of science and technology on 18/19 January 2017 in Davos.
ETH Zurich - located in the heart of Europe's centre for computer science and robotics research - invites you to take time-out from the WEF to visit our public exhibition - Magic through Technology and eat/drink at TASTELAB:
Time-Out Restaurant
Talstrasse 41
Davos Platz, Switzerland
ETH Zurich 360 Virtual Tour
Explore some of the groundbreaking discoveries and ideas generated behind the doors of one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Steer an avatar with your thoughts
Brain Runners is a brain–computer interface (BCI) video game that enables competitors to control the movement of an avatar by using only concentrated thoughts. You too can play the game and see how well it can read your mind.
Bring characters to life in 3D
ETH Zurich Game Technologists have developed unique technologies to enable an augmented-reality coloring book. You will see coloring book characters become animated 3D figures in real-time and come together to dance, sing, and play in a band.
Watch Magic Cubli
ETH Zurich’s Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control demonstrates magic through technology with the Cubli. A feat of engineering “magic,” the 15 × 15 × 15 cm cube combines several abilities -- jumping, balancing, and a controlled fall -- and is actually able to “walk.”
Rezero - a robot that glides as elegantly as a figure skater
Rezero is a unique Ballbot, able to balance and drive on a single sphere. Especially designed for high acceleration, it moves in a very organic and elegant way. Moving on a single ball, not on wheels, Rezero creates a new mobility concept for robots. This unique prototype Ballbot moves spontaneously in any direction as smooth and elegant as a figure skater on ice. Whether used as a guide, a toy, a service robot, or a daily aid, the Rezero Ballbot proves its potential navigating crowded environments.
Play with Augmented Reality
In this augmented reality game your team spirit is essential. Up to four players, each with a tablet, play around a cube-shaped augmented reality marker. The players have to physically move around the room and position themselves in front of the virtual doors in order to collect points and defeat the aliens that appear on the screen.
Be served by robot Igor
Inspired by the brains of mammals, including humans, researchers in ETH Zurich have created Igor – a serving robot. Modelling different levels of brain functions - from neural functions up to complex behaviors – researchers have developed Igor using four artificial cognitive systems: autonomous navigation, multi-modal perception and reconstruction of the environment, semantic facial motion tracking, and human body motion recognition and behavior analysis.
Taste a culinary affair between science and cooking
Five natural scientists with a passion for cooking revolutionize the way we think about food. The TASTELAB melds the latest methods and scientific knowledge to show the close relationship between science and food. Join ETH Zurich at the TASTELAB to experience cooking - from art of the perfect espresso brewing to the spectacular benefits of cooking “sous-vide.”
IDEAS LAB - Engineering Creativity with ETH Zurich
Professors Benjamin Dillenberger, Margarita Chli, and Kristina Shea present an Ideas Lab on how digital fabrication technologies are revolutionizing the way we build; how humanizing robotic vision is a first step towards creative interaction; and how optimizing 4D printing can render objects capable of reacting to their environment. WEF participants can join on Friday, 20 January, 9 a.m. in the Congress Centre.