ETH Meets You at CeBIT 2017
ETH Zurich meets you at CeBIT, in Hannover, Germany, 20 - 24 March 2017. CeBIT is one of the world's leading trade fairs for digitization in business, education, and society. Focusing on how the top-ranked university in continental Europe transfers tech knowledge to society, we will feature ETH spin-off companies Fotokite and Verity Studios.
Fotokite – Aerial Filming Made Easy
Fotokite creates tethered aerial robotics systems making aerial photography and filming accessible to everyone. FAA approved, Fotokite’s easy to fly commercial drones are being used for sports analysis, industrial inspection, and news broadcasting. Born in ETH Zurich’s Flying Machine Arena, one of the world’s most advanced research labs in aerial robotics, Fotokite overcomes challenges related to safety, flight endurance, portability, regulation, and accountability that prevent the wide-spread use of everyday aerial robotics. With deliveries made to news agencies such as: CNN, BBC, and AFP, as well as, to NASA and thousands of other entities, Fotokite expands the boundaries of aerial robotics in consumer and enterprise spaces.
Verity Studios – Where the magic is real
Verity Studios produces drone show systems for live events and stage productions, like external page Cirque du Soleil’s show PARAMOUR currently running on Broadway. Its custom-made flying machines and indoor positioning system enable show creators to produce Synthetic Swarms and complex aerial choreographies using any number of drones of varying sizes. They can interact with performers onstage and their motion and onboard lighting can be synchronized to music, video, and other stage effects. Verity Studios drone show systems are safe and highly reliable. An ETH Zurich spin-off company, Verity Studios also partnered with ETH Zurich and Cirque du Soleil on the film “external page SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters” that won the 2016 New York City Drone Film Festival (NYCDFF) Featuring Drones category.
Spin-offs at ETH Zurich - From the Lab to the Market
Freedom, particularly academic freedom, responsibility, an entrepreneurial spirit, and an openness to the world - the values of Switzerland are the foundation of ETH Zurich – the top-ranked university in continental Europe. ETH Zurich is a key contributor to Switzerland’s economy with patented technologies, innovations, and spin-off companies from data science to robotics and from nanoscience to cutting-edge medical technologies.
As a public university in Switzerland, ETH Zurich not only bears a responsibility for education and world leading research, but also for the transfer of knowledge to society. Knowledge transfer directly supports the advancement of the Swiss economy. This innovative university generates nearly 100 patents, 200 inventions, and 25 spin-off companies each year and has created an estimated 2,500 jobs over the past 20 years. Experience has shown that 92% of ETH spin-offs endure beyond the first five years. ETH Zurich offers a broad array of start-up support instruments and engages a network of partners from industry, science, and the public sector.
List of ETH Zurich spin-offs: external page bit.ly/ETHSpin-offs