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Apple acquires spin-off company Faceshift
As confirmed last week, Apple acquired the Zurich-based ETH spin-off Faceshift. Thibaut Weise, CEO of Faceshift, developed the facial tracking technology during his time as a researcher at the Computer Vision Laboratory.
BBC features 'Data-storage for eternity'
In its series "The Genius Behind", the BBC portrays a project by the researchers Robert Grass, lecturer in the group of Prof. Stark at D-CHAB, and Reinhard Heckel, former PhD student in the Communication Theory Group of Prof. Helmut Bölcskei.
Prof. Christian Franck receives Golden Owl
Prof. Christian Franck receives this year's teaching award Golden Owl for the D-ITET.
Nationaler Zukunftstag 2015
During the event "Nationaler Zukunftstag", a group of children visited our department last week. Short presentations and several practical examples, e.g. programming a Nao robot, provided the young visitors with exciting insights into Electrical Engineering.
Michele Magno receives Best Paper Award
Dr. Michele Magno from the IIS laboratory received a Best Paper Award at the Embedded Software and MicroElectronics "Green your electronics: less power, more value" eSame 2015 Conference for his paper and presentation "An Autonomous Multi-Sensor Wearable Device with Human Body Harvesting".
Student Exchange at D-ITET
An information event concerning student exchange took place at D-ITET yesterday.