Computer game to treat neck pain
Winterthur/Volketswil ZH – Researchers at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences have created a computer game that helps alleviate neck pain. The business partner Hocoma will be bringing the development to market.
GIANTS Software writes new chapter in success story
Schlieren ZH – Software developer GIANTS Software from the Greater Zurich Area has created a very successful game with its Farming Simulator. A league has now been set up for this game, and it is drawing in the crowds.
ISRA VISION acquires Photonfocus
Lachen SZ – Germany’s ISRA VISION AG is acquiring Photonfocus AG from the Greater Zurich Area, which specializes in industrial image processing technologies. ISRA VISION intends to focus on growth potential with embedded sensor technologies and in smart factory automation.
Greater Zurich is becoming a center of electric aviation
The international electric aviation scene will once again meet in Grenchen in the canton of Solothurn in September. The smartflyer electric aircraft is also being developed there, allowing the aircraft’s initiators to continue a long aviation tradition and benefit from the region’s highly specialized precision industry.
Versantis launches first clinical study
Zurich – The biotech startup Versantis from the Greater Zurich Area has initiated its first clinical study. First patients are being treated with the drug therapy VS-01 at the hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt. This drug has been developed for the treatment of liver diseases.
Sygnum and SEBA granted digital asset bank licenses
Zurich/Zug – Sygnum and SEBA have both been granted a banking and securities dealer license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). This is the first time this license has been awarded to digital asset specialists.
20th anniversary of GZA: Added value for the Greater Zurich Area since two decades
Researchers print salt template for bone implants
Zurich – Researchers at ETH Zurich have produced scaffolds made of salt and magnesium for bone implants that are both stable and bioresorbable. And they come from a 3D printer.
Microsoft to open data center in Zurich
Zurich – Microsoft is opening a data center in Zurich in order to provide a Swiss cloud service with locally stored data. In the future, data from foreign companies might also be stored there. There is considerable interest in Switzerland as a data location.
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