News

Within the frame of the Tech4Dev programme of EPFL EssentialTech Centre, our Programme Manager, Dr. Tiphaine Detoudeville, hosted a roundtable at the international ChangeNOW Summit on April 1st in Paris, titled “From Research to Impact Investing in Scalable Local Climate Solutions.”

From climate resilience and disaster response to sustainable reconstruction, the next cohort of Tech4Dev projects moves from research to real-world testing.

EssentialTech Centre opens 3 Semester projects open to EPFL students. These are for three projects in the Health and Sustainable Development areas: GlobalO2, GlobalNeoNat and RenAllCare. A fantastic opportunity to join a great team and work on meaningful projects.

AGILIS - our prosthetic foot developped with ICRC - is now tested in the field

Discover the latest progress in our GlobalNeoNat project, designed to reduce neonatal mortality in vulnerable regions with an affordable, energy-efficient incubator tailored for resource-limited settings.

The GlobalViewAid project enhances safety and independence for blind individuals by developing a navigation aid to complement the white cane, addressing its limitations. Prioritizing accessibility in low-income countries, it incorporates feedback from users in Switzerland and Colombia. With the second phase successfully tested, the team seeks funding to advance this impactful initiative.

The Geneva Technical Hub Programme - established to improve the lives of refugees and internally displaced people and their host communities, has successfully ended after a little over two years of intense collaboration with EPFL Labs and UNHCR.

GlobaldiagnostiX - developped at the Centre and now deployed by our start-up Pristem through the OpendiagnostiX South-Africa - has a major impact with more and more patient diagnosed.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), is thrilled to announce the launch of the 5th Humanitarian Action Challenge. And this time, the call is open to all International Organizations, offering this unique opportunity for research projects to all actors in the humanitarian field.