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Here you will find the latest research and innovation news out of Germany and from our partners in the US.

Bringing Today’s Technology to Seniors
Nepos

The aging population is one global megatrend of our time. There are currently 0.7 billion people 65 or older in the world. By 2100 it is predicted that number will be 2.5 billion. Unfortunately, this aging population has been largely excluded from another megatrend: digitalization. Berlin-based startup Nepos aims to change that.
The Fitness Studio for Your Brain
NeuroNation

Although physical fitness has long been considered central to a healthy lifestyle, brain training’s potential has not yet become cemented in the collective consciousness. NeuroNation aims to make people more aware of the importance of cognitive fitness.
A Holistic Approach to Parkinson’s Disease
MedEngine

MedEngine’s story begins in London where founders Christian Mellor and Philipp Brunnbauer were lab partners and biomedical engineers at Imperial College. After realizing the potential for a low-cost medical device that could continuously monitor Parkinson’s Disease, Mellor and Brunnbauer teamed up to found MedEngine GmbH in 2017 in Berlin.
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Call for Applications
College for Life Sciences

The College for Life Sciences is a unique program of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute for Advanced Study, to promote excellent early-career postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences and medicine.
Germany’s “Future of Work” Campaign

Hosted by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), the “Future of Work” campaign seeks to acquire international cooperation from three countries on topics such as education and big data, industry and networking, workplace and society and more.
Future of Work: VR for Planning
R3DT

R3DT offers the most user-friendly VR tool for industrial engineering.
Future of Work: Human-Machine Interaction
Wandelbots

Based in Dresden and founded in 2017, Wandelbots is a startup dedicated to the human-centered programming of robots. Their work enables non-programmers to teach industrial robots more quickly and cheaply without writing a single line of code.