AI to stop the Dumbledore Pandemic

It makes no noise and is barely heard of yet. Yet in 2019 globally it claimed the lives of 4.9 million people and it is estimated that the number could rise to 10 million per year by 2050, making it the leading cause of death in the West, ahead of heart attacks and strokes. All the numbers are beginning to be in place for public attention to focus on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a.k.a. The Silent Pandemic, recently listed by the World Health Organization as one of the ten most dangerous threats to public health.

Art for Ages: music, health and well-being of Older Adults

The project investigated the role of musical experience in enhancing the physical and mental wellbeing of older adults in nursing homes in Southern Switzerland.

For an accessible cultural territory

The common and widespread heritage along the many cultural, natural and landscape routes is hardly accessible to people with visual, hearing, motor and intellectual disabilities and not only from the point of view of orientation and mobility. PATI involves people with disabilities as supportive actors and expert guides in the process of co-construction of an accessible heritage.

Lugaggia Innovation Community

Lugano as a laboratory for the study of digital data

Monitoring the state of Lugano's health to obtain information on temperature, humidity, air quality, brightness and noise, involving citizens in the collection of digital data and promoting their understanding. It is from this assumption that the project Technology Environment Skills (TAC) started, which from 2020 to 2021 involved a number of fourth and fifth grade pupils. TAC introduced innovative teaching on the topic of digital data to bring the youngest children closer to the use of digital technologies, and at the same time encouraged a sense of active citizenship, aimed at developing sustainable and environmentally friendly behaviour.

More eco-friendly toys in the future

"XI" is a recycled plastic made from wood waste. Born out of a collaboration between Geomagworld and SUPSI, in the future it will be used in the production of the famous toys with a reduced environmental impact.

Sustainable Strategies and Responsible Business Models in the Cross-Border Region

The project envisages research activities on the theme of corporate sustainability. Starting from the analysis of regional economic, social and environmental policies, the research proposes to create guidelines that will allow companies to implement good practices and sustainability relations in synergy with public administrations.

Theatre and Autism: an educational journey inspired by "Rite of Passage"

Virtual Machina

In manufacturing, the teaching and practice of personnel often
requires the interaction with expensive, cumbersome, and potentially dangerous Machinery and Robots (M&R). V-Machina provides VR-based simulations for making such interaction easy and safe.

Virtuous: "tasty" research

A "virtual language" to predict the organoleptic properties of a food from its chemical composition or colour; intelligent software capable of reconstructing taste and perception thanks to multidisciplinary technologies such as artificial intelligence, data mining, bioinformatics, complex models at the molecular or cellular level.