Quick Start for Creators and Innovators
As part of the inaugural Deutsche Telekom Award: Ethik der Digitalisierung, ARRTI honors one scientific paper and one business plan each that address the following question:
How can AI help us take greater account of our ethical standards in everyday life, in politics and also in science? The awards are endowed with 5,000 euros each.
Detailed information on the call for entries can be found here.
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The prize for the first KIT Sustainable and Responsible Innovation Challenge goes to the two research projects FIMMaterial and NEWOOD, which harness innovative materials based on mycelium (structural part of fungi) for industrial application.
During the 12-month funding period, the ARRTI-sponsored prize also includes joint reflection on possible consequences of the aforementioned project goals and the resources used, in line with the call to "do good in a good way".
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The prize for the second KIT Sustainable Innovation Challenge goes to the team of Batcam and their idea to develop glasses that warn of obstacles, as well as recognize objects and much more. The idea is to create a platform that will support blind people in their daily life's.
The prize, funded by ARRTI, includes a 6-month sponsorship for the Challenge winners. This support is intended in particular to kick-start the team's further development and thus contribute to the realization of the business idea.
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Idea for a modular battery system wins the KIT Sustainable Innovation Challenge 2021, hosted by ARRTI, and receives 6-month sponsorship.
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Research
The Institute of Human and Industrial Engineering (IFAB) offers workshops on ELSI topics (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications). These workshops enable innovators to be sensitized to the ethical, legal and social challenges involved in their products.
Innovation
Founders, Developers and other Innovators are supported by the Innovation subproject on their journey from ideation towards the development of a business model through a wide variety of offers. Together with EnTechnon Institute for example, we offer this via the Acceleration Program upCAT. Furthermore, we provide Networking opportunities together with Gründerschmiede or other networking partners from the KIT ecosystem.
