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BFH teams successful at Cybathlon

28.10.2024 Two teams from Bern University of Applied Sciences put their expertise to the test at the international competition for assistive technologies with and for people with disabilities. With solutions that...

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The Gebert Rüf Foundation is funding another BFH start-up

17.04.2024 Yan Scholl, founder of Swiss Plasma Polishing, has received CHF 150,000 in funding from Gebert Rüf Stiftung to develop an automated polishing machine, which works with the innovative “plasma electrolyte jet”...

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Two BFH start-ups receive BRIDGE funding

19.12.2023 Two start-ups from Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH have successfully applied for the BRIDGE funding scheme, which is supported by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency and the Swiss National...

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For better health and mobility: researchers develop electrostimulation system

06.11.2023 To make it easier for people with limited mobility to move independently and at the same time improve their health, researchers at Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH are developing an intelligent...

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The countdown has begun: one year to go until the Cybathlon 2024

25.10.2023 In exactly one year’s time, three teams from Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) will be pitting their wits against teams of developers from all over the world at the Cybathlon 2024. The aim of the...

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Cybathlon 2024: Team BFH-CybaTrike participates in a test race

10.10.2023 In preparation for Cybathlon 2024, Team BFH-CybaTrike took part in a first test in the Functional Electrical Stimulation Bike Race.

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BFH researchers develop innovative rehabilitation device

20.09.2023 To improve the whole-body rehabilitation of patients who are confined to bed, researchers at BFH are developing a new type of rehabilitation device together with the start-up Liberty MedTech and Reha...

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Review: BFH at SINDEX 2023

14.09.2023 The Swiss technology fair SINDEX was once again the meeting point for various players in the field of innovation and key technologies. BFH presented interesting and interactive exhibits.

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“Tangible role models are the best way to get students excited about entrepreneurship”

12.09.2023 eClimber, Auto-Mate Robotics, Microcyte, eMobility+: no fewer than four startups have received funding from the Gebert Rüf Foundation in the past two years. Yacine Bouazdia, an expert in entrepreneurship at...

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«Being an engineer with a physical disability, I see things from both perspectives»

28.08.2023 In the past three months, PhD-student Diana Guimaraes from Porto, Portugal, has been an intern at the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Engineering at Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH. As an engineer...

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Feeling with your feet: high-tech hand prosthesis relays tactile sensations to the sole of the foot

05.07.2023 Prosthetic hands do not provide users with information about how hard or soft an object is. To overcome this, scientists at the Institute for Human Centered Engineering HuCE at BFH have been researching...

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BFH and Sensopro are developing a new training device

26.06.2023 An innovative training device called Motor-Sensopro is intended to enable training of the foot and ankle joints as well as balance in a safe environment. It is being developed by the company Sensopro...