Spring 2023 Projects

Our projects from Spring 2023

Find all the projects supported by the HUB in Spring 2023. This includes participants in our UCreate2 exploration workshop, our UCreate3 acceleration program, as well as our Residents+, who benefit from access to the Villanova and some coaching support.

Spring 2023 Projects

Our projects from Spring 2023

Find all the projects supported by the HUB in Spring 2023. This includes participants in our UCreate2 exploration workshop, our UCreate3 acceleration program, as well as our Residents+, who benefit from access to the Villanova and some coaching support.

UCreate3

Academly

A leadership, project management and mentoring tool for academics.

ATIPIKEY

Train companies to value atypical talent by creating customized training on and through inclusion.

 

COcean2

Use the high carbon sequestration potential of the ocean to enable companies to contribute to the collective decarbonization effort.

www.cocean2.org

EthiS

To provide support to professionals in public and private institutions faced with value conflicts or ethical dilemmas.

EcoCompteur

A meter to see live water and electricity consumption, coupled with a tracking app.

HydroGeoNext

Platform offering on the one hand a wide range of solutions for analysis and processing of field data, hydrogeological tests and, on the other hand, a dynamic and collaborative hydrogeological database.

Iterator

Helping innovators minimize their risks by reducing the time and cost of iterations and augmenting the efficacy of hypotheses testing.

Repère Digital

An educational application to help parents with their children’s digital use.

UCreate2

Cashmer & Leather Export

Identified problems : fash fashion is largely responsible for global warming and social inequality.

Suggested solution : exporting cashmere from Mongolian goats.

Conviction

Identified problems:professional investors and savers invest little or not at all in start-ups or companies that are positively active and have an impact on the environment, while these struggle to obtain financing.

Suggested solution : impact crowdfunding platform using blockchain technology.

EarthpAct

Identified problems : observation of a certain individual inaction in the face of the ecological crisis.

Suggested solution :promoting a manifesto in action: offer to make one to ten commitments to significantly reduce your ecological footprint.

Eco Resilience

Suggested solution : an educational application to help parents with their children’s digital use.

EPIFAIT

Identified problems : the land in the garden or in the region is often not used.

Suggested solution : making ceramic ornamentation with local materials.

Family Senses

Identified problems : families in vulnerable situations face more difficulties when the need for support arises.

Suggested solution : a project that aims to accompany families with children, with a focus on families in vulnerable situations.

Game-in

Identified problems : The health problems associated with our sedentary lifestyle are increasingly recognised; motivation is often one of the causes of our inactivity.

Suggested solution : platform facilitating meetings between people wishing to practice a sport activity.

Green Consulting

Identified problems : companies are responsible for 2/3 of CO2 emissions.

Suggested solution : making the company’s process more sustainable.

Guardian

Identified problems : lack of rigour and systematic collection of witness images in the judicial investigation process; lack of tools at national level.

Suggested solution : development of a means of collecting witness images from crime scenes to ensure their integrity.

Klaria App

Identified problems : many people find it difficult to understand the content of press articles, especially for complex issues.

Suggested solution : making information informative by creating a clear Q&A approach through AI for news and articles.

Le bureau de l'histoire

Identified problems : the lack of links between history in the academic world and the rest of society.

Suggested solution : a collective of historians for the study and valorization of local heritage.

Alexandra Schmidt & Natacha Isoz

Machine learning EDCS

Identified problems : more than 140,000 chemicals are in commercial use in Europe, but only a fraction of them have been assessed for their potential hazard.

Suggested solution : a machine learning framework for identification and prioritization of endocrine disruptor risk assessment.

MyCHILD

Identified problems : observation of a communication that is outdated and not appropriate to the needs of day care centres, parents and children.

Suggested solution : a mobile application for a fluid, modernized and facilitated flow of information and communication between the kindergartens/schools and the parents.

MyMuseum

Identified problems : the lack of visibility of museums and art galleries to a neophyte public.

Suggested solution : an application that would centralize museum offerings.

Unmatched

Identified problems : the difficulty of finding environmentally friendly smoking accessories.

Suggested solution : providing original smoking accessories with an emphasis on efficiency and biodegradability.

Resident+

Colibri

Sports and ecological activities in exchange for rewards.

Gaëtan Gallandat, Luca-Baptiste Ruef

OOPS

Creation of a space (bar/cafe) dedicated to queer women* in the Lausanne area.

Aïda Khelifa, Laura Pasquier

Locamap

Creation of topographic maps allowing children to organize family walks through Switzerland.

Nicola DeParis, Virgile Thévoz, Mathilde Rietsch

LiveHigh
MBENEFITS

Investment decision support tool, specialized in the evaluation of investment projects in energy performance and decarbonization.

Mycorhize

Supporting local authorities and businesses in developing a comprehensive, systemic sustainable development strategy.

Cyril Héritier, Guillaume Dubuis, Jérémy Balet

POUSS'ENSEMBLE

Creation of collaborative permaculture gardens for an ecological, social and solidarity-based transition.

SeaStem

Encourage the production of sustainable algae.