Challenge

The challenge is to address pollution, traffic congestion, and climate change.
Companies are now being held to stricter laws and mandates with regard to lowering emissions, in particular scope 3 emissions. However, recording and managing these is extremely difficult. Individuals also often feel powerless and struggle to see how their actions can make a difference and thus often require motivation to make a sustained change.
Creating equitable incentives and navigating the complexities of politics and responsibility add another layer to the challenge.
Solving this problem is vital for our planet's survival.

Solution

The STEP platform is a cloud based service that allows employees to opt in to a reward and verification system that helps them to optimise their commuting behaviour for sustainability, while accounting for their personal circumstances. Points earned can be exchanged in the STEP marketplace for benefits provided by their employer, e.g., subsidised food, drinks and even days off!
The employers benefit from the comprehensive analytics provided by STEP. This includes quantification of their scope 3 emissions and actionable insights to enable their employees to make sustained contributions to this mission and live happier, healthier lifestyles.

Impact

Our solution brings significant value to all of those involved.
Employees experience various benefits, such as reducing their personal carbon footprint, contributing to a broader environmental effort, and feeling a sense of impact. They may also potentially enjoy improved well-being, happiness, peer relations, and productivity.
For employers, our solution quantifies and reduces scope 3 emissions, leading to enhanced reputation, visibility, and environmental responsibility. Globally, better measurement and management of scope 3 contributes to a more sustainable future.
The user-centred-design approach taken provides the project sponsor with unique insights into solving congestion and the motivations which drive sustained positive behaviour change.

Amy Heatley Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Aoife McLoughlin Bio/Mechanical Engineering with Management Trinity College Dublin	Daniel Forrester Mechanical & Energy Engineering with Management Trinity College Dublin	Louise McKiernan Bio/Mechanical Engineering with Management University of São Paulo	João Marcos Duque Silva Chemical engineering University of São Paulo	Mariana Sato Architecture and Urbanism University of São Paulo

Challenge

Integrating a "remote service option" into the existing maintenance service is a crucial challenge for SEW. As customer expectations evolve, providing convenient and efficient remote support has become essential. This challenge is important as it directly impacts profitability, customer satisfaction, and the overall competitiveness of SEW in the market. Adapting to this demand ensures that SEW remains at the forefront of service innovation, meeting customer needs while optimising resource utilisation. Successfully implementing a remote service option not only enhances the customer experience but also opens up new opportunities for growth and improved operational efficiency.

Solution

The solution lies in developing a comprehensive remote service platform that seamlessly connects technicians and customers. DriveAuto is a game-changing platform designed to optimise technician efficiency and exceed customer expectations. With powerful features like Live Assistance, Serial Lookup, Automatic Documentation, Call Invitation, and Knowledge Base, DriveAuto empowers technicians to deliver exceptional service. By streamlining workflows and eliminating manual tasks, DriveAuto allows technicians to focus more on customer needs, resulting in increased satisfaction. This comprehensive solution ensures that technicians can provide personalised support, accurate troubleshooting, and seamless guidance, leading to enhanced customer experiences. Implement DriveAuto today and witness the transformation in technician productivity and customer satisfaction, setting your business on a path to success.

Impact

The implementation of DriveAuto has a profound impact on both users and technicians, offering significant advantages. Users benefit from the convenience and flexibility of a remote service option, receiving prompt assistance without the need for on-site visits. This leads to faster response times, reduced downtime, and increased productivity. DriveAuto enhances the user experience by providing efficient issue resolution, resulting in improved customer satisfaction. Ultimately, DriveAuto creates a mutually beneficial scenario, delivering tangible benefits to both users and sponsors, fostering loyalty and driving business growth.

Lasse Nehrdich Industrial Engineering and Management (M.Sc) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Hannes Takenberg Computer Science (M.Sc) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Paulina Sepulveda Economics Engineering (M.Sc) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	David König Information Systems (M.Sc.) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Gavin MacDonnell Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc) Trinity College Dublin	Robert Teeling Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc) Trinity College Dublin	Katie Kilroy Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc) Trinity College Dublin	Conor Kennedy Engineering with Management (M.Sc) Trinity College Dublin

Challenge

Have you ever heard about STEM?
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and it is an acronym used to refer to all these fields at once.
52% of students don't pursue STEM careers because they think they're too hard.

Solution

Our goal
We want to help kids develop an interest for STEM fields. We want to showcase STEM as a fun and interesting subject that is also part of their daily lives.

Impact

What makes us special: Periodic
Theme-Based
Hands On Mini Projects StoryTelling + Learning

Laura Alexandra Melo Biologist Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Juan Fernando Plata Systems Engineer Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Jorge Figueroa Soto Systems Engineer Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Manuel Alejandro Orejuela Electronic Engineer Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Faustus Gonsalves ISDI	Archana Bilgi Designer ISDI	Sayandeep Khamrai ISDI	VS Asfiya ISDI

Challenge

The responsibility of medication administration in inpatient settings typically relies on healthcare providers. However, in primary care, patients usually face this task by themselves, putting them at risk of medication non-adherence and poor disease control. This places a significant mental load on patients and requires management skills that not everyone possesses. Recognizing this challenge, we identified a crucial gap where autonomous patients desire to maintain control over their medication journey. Existing options either take away completely that responsibility or fail to accommodate their active lifestyles.

Solution

The d-kleep app helps patients to intuitively prepare their pillboxes thanks to a simplified and easy to understand view of their prescribed medications. With a color-coded system, users can easily place each medication in the right compartment. The app also enables a service from pharmacists to fill pillboxes for patients upon request. Additionally, patients can keep track of their symptoms and upcoming medical appointments and have their medical contacts all at one place.

With the d-kleep pillbox we want to emphasize the fact that having a chronic disease does not mean one has to give up on their active lifestyles. The modular detachable construction of this pillbox allows patients to seamlessly adapt their treatment to their routine. Moreover, ts ludic, discreet and visually appealing aspect makes the process of managing medications more enjoyable.

Impact

By adapting to patients' active lifestyles, we enable polymedicated patients to easily understand and manage their treatments with the app while being able to enjoy their lives like anyone else by having their medications handy with the modular detachable pillbox. We envision a future where patients are liberated from the constraints of complicated medication regimes. We strive for patients to autonomously navigate their medication journey, facilitating treatment adherence, disease control, and ultimately, health outcomes.

For Omnicell, this sets the opportunity to revolutionize medication management by developing solutions that supports patients’ autonomy and empower them.

Klervie Pensec Digital Marketing d.school Paris	Louise Noel Architect d.school Paris	Emilie Graziani Anthropologist d.school Paris	Emma Bedo Engineer d.school Paris	Daniela Zuluaga Medical Doctor Hasso-Plattner Institute	Pavel Zherebenkov Biomedical Engineer Hasso-Plattner Institute

Challenge

How can we generate and present ESG key figures transparently, comprehensively, and reliably for our corporate customers, starting with the product, through the production to the overall view of the company?

Solution

TierX is a revolutionary solution aimed at providing a new level of assurance and transparency to businesses regarding their supply chain operations. It allows companies to track shipments, monitor inventory levels, and access detailed analytics and insights that enable them to optimize their supply chain performance. Developed by industry experts, TierX leverages automation and predictive analytics to help businesses mitigate risks, reduce costs, and streamline their supply chain. From small business owners to large corporations, TierX offers a complete end-to-end solution that can help businesses achieve their goals and surpass customer expectations. Its powerful analytics, intuitive interface, and unprecedented transparency make it the ideal tool for anyone looking to transform their supply chain.

Impact

Supply chain transparency plays a critical role in today's interconnected world. We are dedicated to revolutionizing the way businesses operate by providing full visibility into supply chains and empowering organizations with comprehensive risk assessments of their suppliers.

Leo Schuhmann IT (Data Engineering) Hasso-Plattner Institute	Felix Heinzeller Business Administration Hasso-Plattner Institute	Lukas Hüller IT (Software Development) Hasso-Plattner Institute	Ann-Kristin Spindler Business Administration Hasso-Plattner Institute	Aïda Khemaïssia Global Design & Sustainable Innovation Côte d'Azur University	Elisa Zapata Sustainable design Côte d'Azur University	Evan Adeny Psychology and Economics Côte d'Azur University	Kiah Sophia Lawrence MSc SmartEdTech, Learning & Development Côte d'Azur University

Challenge

Mitigating climate change requires a focus on reducing the carbon footprint of industrial heating and cooling solutions. These processes are notorious for their high energy intensity, resulting in significant CO2 emissions. Notably, cooling and heating solutions contribute to 10% of the industry's carbon emissions. GEA, a global leader in the field, recognized the urgency to address this issue and sought a data-driven solution to optimize energy consumption, enhance efficiency, and decrease carbon emissions in their machinery. GEA's heating and cooling solutions, including compressors and chillers, find applications in diverse sectors such as food & beverage, oil & gas, and pharmaceuticals, amplifying the importance of their efforts.

Solution

Our innovative energy management tool, PowerPilot, revolutionizes the utilization of cooling solutions. By leveraging historical data, PowerPilot predicts via machine learning the future cooling requirements of machines. Users have the flexibility to optimize cooling machine usage based on energy price, carbon emissions, or a combination of both. Furthermore, PowerPilot integrates the potential of solar panels installed at the user's facility into the optimization process. This comprehensive platform empowers customers to optimize cooling solutions within individual plants and across multiple facilities, leading to substantial reductions in carbon emissions, improved efficiency, and cost savings.

Impact

PowerPilot, our energy management tool, has a profound impact on both the users and GEA. For users, PowerPilot enables optimized utilization of cooling solutions, leveraging predictive capabilities and allowing users to make informed decisions based on energy price, carbon emissions, and other factors. This results in reduced operational costs, enhanced energy efficiency, and decreased carbon emissions, aligning with sustainability goals. For GEA, PowerPilot offers a competitive edge by providing a comprehensive platform that addresses customer needs for carbon footprint reduction, increased efficiency, and cost savings.

Melanie Krause-Rebscher Business Administration Hasso-Plattner Institute	Matthias Schneider Data Engineering Hasso-Plattner Institute	Mostafa Elgayar Digital Health Hasso-Plattner Institute	Quirin Ertz Data Engineering Hasso-Plattner Institute	Marieke Hoell Industrial Engineering and Management Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Bjarne Louis Information Systems Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Nils Ness Industrial Engineering and Management Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Moritz Diener Information Systems Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Challenge

Identify the main issues involved in how fleets pay for fuel, understanding the role each part plays in the process (managers, drivers, fuel station staff) and making it more comfortable, time saving and faster.Upsand is a 3-in-1 solution for fuel expenses management. The fleet driver now has a more comfortable way to pay for fuel in an app that automatically sends reports for servers (without getting out of the vehicle in Brazil). The manager accesses that information on a service center that provides time-saving analysis of the fleet expenses, improved by a virtual assistant chat-bot. And a hardware solution (TUB in France and OBD in Brazil) provides real-time data collection from fleet vehicles.

Solution

Upsand is a 3-in-1 solution for fuel expenses management. The fleet driver now has a more comfortable way to pay for fuel in an app that automatically sends reports for servers (without getting out of the vehicle in Brazil). The manager accesses that information on a service center that provides time-saving analysis of the fleet expenses, improved by a virtual assistant chat-bot. And a hardware solution (TUB in France and OBD in Brazil) provides real-time data collection from fleet vehicles.

Impact

The main proposed value is optimising time spent in the process. With Upsand, fleet drivers have a smoother way to report fuel expenses, managers have far more and more reliable data to work on and a better UX, powered by AI analysis to manage their fleets.
Edenred sees these advances as essential to keep their customers' success high and the lead in its industry. Further development is in discussion to bring the solution to market.

Cyprien Dechance Industrial Engineering ENPC d.school Paris	Hugo Dodard Mechanical Engineering ENPC d.school Paris	Marie Pussard Electrical and Electronic Engineering ENPC d.school Paris	Heitor Feletti Design University of São Paulo	João Pedro Soares Mechanical Engineering University of São Paulo	Pedro Fuoco Mechatronics Engineering University of São Paulo

Challenge

How might we create a scalable solution that helps caregivers take charge of their own well-being and creates an attractive work environment?

Solution

InCosy is an innovative system designed to address the challenges faced by caregivers. It streamlines the process of collecting caregiver concerns during shift handovers and offers practical solutions through curated product recommendations. When a caregiver chooses a suggested solution, it seamlessly forwards the selection to the home lead who can then acquire the product and introduce it through a guided team briefing. Furthermore, to continuously enhance the system, caregivers are regularly invited to provide feedback, ensuring ongoing improvements and refinements to the suggestion system.

Impact

InCosy revolutionizes caregiving by actively engaging caregivers through its chat system, empowering them in the procurement process. Simultaneously, it assists home leads in acquiring essential tools, creating a better caregiving environment. With funding tips and comprehensive support, it enhances the appeal of Diakonie as an institution and employer. By combining caregiver empowerment, efficient procurement, and comprehensive support, InCosy drives positive change, ensuring caregiver satisfaction, advanced resources, and attracting top talent.

Anton Bracke Software Engineering Hochschule Mannheim	Jan Deiniger Industrial Engineering Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Melih Ekincioglu Software Engineering Hochschule Mannheim	Eva Hirschberg Industrial Engineering Hochschule Mannheim	Magnus Landwehr Industrial Engineering Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Melis Lekesiz Information Systems Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Paula Röttig Biomedical Engineering Hochschule Mannheim	Vasileios Xanthakis Industrial Engineering Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Challenge

Aeroponic farming is growing plants in the air without soil - the nutrition and water are sprayed straight to the roots. The aeroponic farm provides 9 times more yield with 90% less water compared to the traditional way, but the aeroponic system is very fragile and this creates issues with its usage. Also, the roots are in dark and moist space which makes it challenging for the user to monitor them and correct reaction requires expert knowledge. So, how to help the aeroponic farmer react effectively when the crops are at risk in the aeroponic potato farm through alarms and action recommendations?

Solution

To help the user with the problems we designed the AeroAlarm IoT system concept. It gathers data from the aeroponic plant root space in real-time and transforms the special data into understandable insights to be reacted and acted on to mitigate the fragility of the system. The system includes an imaging module, an IoT platform, and an app. The user value comes from the app as it helps to understand the urgency of the issue, issue’s location, suggests the cause and treatment, and makes it possible to find additional support from experts.

Impact

By improvement of monitoring, diagnosis, treatment of plants in aeroponic system it shortens radically the time user now puts into the same actions to define issue and correct treatment. This results in increase of yield, reduction in plant loss, and reduction of human and time resources for maintaining the aeroponic plantation. So, by making this farming technology itself more resilient and reliant, we improve the chance to implement it in urban areas.

For Attract this means meaningful use case for their arising iAll technology based on liquid crystals.

Otto Helakorpi International Design Business Management – Tech track Aalto University	Linnea Seeskari International Design Business Management – Arts track Aalto University	Alischa Thomas International Design Business Management – Tech track Aalto University	Kia Vuoksenmaa International Design Business Management – Business track Aalto University

Challenge

Climate change affects beekeeping worldwide and results in two serious problems for honeybees, varroa mites and climate fluctuation. Varroa mites are pests that attach to honeybee's body making the bee weak. Furthermore, the mites infect honeybees' larvae resulting in new bees being born with different disabilities, like deformed wings. On the other hand, the fast-changing climate and unstable weather make bees confused. For example, they get out of the hive too early in the Spring, with nothing to pollinate and cold weather returning result in colony losses.

Solution

Our solution is a modular device that is easy to insert at the entrance of the beehive
and to upkeep. The gateway consists of three parts: a varroa mite treatment module, a tunnel system and sensor module.

Bees can enter and exit the hive freely through the tunnels. Underneath the tunnels there is a shelf filled with a larvae smelling chemical that attracts the mites. The Mites reach the chemical through the slits in the tunnels and are left there. holes that are at the bottom of the tunnels. The sensor module at the bottom of the system enables monitoring of the bees' activities.

Impact

We provide a novel solution to the most urgent need of beekeepers that is cost-effective and easy to use. At the same time, it is a pathway to introduce digital solutions into the beekeeping industry that are already needed for the new challenges that are awakened due to our dynamic environment.

The solutions’ adaptability allows beekeepers to configure the device for their certain needs, increasing the well-being of their honeybee colonies.

Juan Gil Escribano Electrical Engineering Aalto	Laura Putkinen Business Management and Education Aalto	Reti Kilvet Designer Aalto	Jaana Talja Business Aalto	Fabian Andersson Business Administration Linköping University	Lovisa Sajland Business Administration Linköping University	Märta Sund Biomedical engineering Linköping University

Challenge

Gen Z only knows little about financials and how to invest. However, they are very interested in learning more about the topic yet think that banks are old and not representing their needs. Meanwhile, creators only accumulate little wealth over a long period of time. They usually depend on a sum of money today and usually cannot wait until ad revenues add up over time. Their followers are willing to support their favorite creators sometimes even without getting a return than just great content. With Sellable they get the opportunity to get attractive returns while supporting their favorite creator.

Solution

Sellable is an investment platform where investors and creators meet. It is a new banking ecosystem for Generation Z and the creator economy to enable creators to live a financially independent life and for Gen Z to learn more about financials from a young age. Through an auction system, creators get enabled to set the price they wish their video to sell for while maintaining ownership of their video. Investors can bid a price to the listed video, which they are willing to pay. When winning the auction, the investor then receives part of the creator's ad revenues over time, while the creator gets the money upfront.

Impact

On the one side, sellable enables platform users to support their favorite creator while benefiting from a potentially attractive return. On the other side, creators receive money upfront and do not need to wait until ad revenues add up over time. For our corporate partner, the solution enables access to a young investor group and also an entry field into the creator economy which might grow over time. This makes the bank a first mover in the field.

Deborah Dhanapal University of St. Gallen	Florian Meier University of St. Gallen	Julian Zabbarov Hasso Plattner Institute	Sebastian Apitz Hasso Plattner Institute	Fabian Lange Hasso Plattner Institute

Challenge

In & out the Matrix : How might we redesign the project-team's value and impact when operating in and between the hybrid world?

Giving employees the flexibility to work from home, it becomes more difficult to understand where colleagues are and to reach them as fast as working in the office together.
People rely on calls, text messages or company-wide information that is often badly maintained, hard to find or non-existent. Individually leading to time-consuming pauses waiting for answers and being constantly distracted by notifications resulting in efficiency loss for the company.

Solution

Knock is an application integrated in already existing communication platforms.
The app elaborates existing data like employees’ calendar and individual network connection to visualise colleagues in a simple overview. The visualisation displays their status (available, available if necessary, inaccessible), detailed information on their inaccessibility as well as where they are working. Privacy settings let the user decide with whom to share how many details of the calendar.If the status is available or available if necessary, you are able to start a Knock (a video call with additional information) through three simple clicks.

Impact

Thanks to Knock, employees can work in a focused and respectful environment, knowing who and where to reach colleagues and who not to disturb. They will also have fast and efficient interactions by knocking on virtual doors that enhance collaboration and help to create and maintain a personal network of people.
Studies show that a hybrid workplace increases employee satisfaction, which in turn increases employee retention. Furthermore, the company benefits from an increase in overall productivity due to less wait time and distractions.

Anna Matic IT Systems Engineering Hasso-Plattner Institute	Leonard Petter IT Systems Engineering Hasso-Plattner Institute	Benedict Heyder Data Engineering Hasso-Plattner Institute	Serena Roncaglia Psychology of Wellbeing and Social Inclusivity Università di Bologna	Sofia Bercigli Advanced Design Università di Bologna	Paolo Sanna International Politics and Economics Università di Bologna	Barbara Menna International Management Università di Bologna

Challenge

IIT has developed a technology that mimics photosynthesis, called the artificial leaf.

The technology is not yet ready to be implemented on an industrial scale. To further develop the technology, IIT needs to collaborate with companies who could
benefit from the implementation of the artificial leaf. However, due to the technology’s current low development level, most companies don’t feel comfortable
investing - presenting us with a paradox.

The challenge of the project is to find a way to show to the companies the benefits of investing in and implementing the artificial leaf technology in their processes.

Solution

Introducing: CO/LAB. This innovative software transforms the onboarding experience of the artificial leaf and helps the scientists at IIT find companies to develop their technology. CO/LAB creates an interactive simulation of the implementation of the artificial leaf technology. This software takes the various questions that often get lost during meetings and creates an organised, concise platform where all of the data can be viewed in a coherent manner. After finishing the simulation, companies will receive a detailed report of the results to bring back to their financial team for assessment. If a company is not satisfied with the initial results, the simulation can be revised to fit the needs of the specific company.

Impact

The value this software provides IIT lies in the innovative model of an onboarding experience it facilitates. This innovation is inherent in the interactive space which
allows IIT and companies to collaborate and to evaluate the Artificial Leaf technology together. CO/LAB creates a common language between all parties, to smooth
out the communication issues that typically occur in onboarding meetings.

IIT can collect reliable data from companies to further develop the technology and start a potential partnership.
Companies can visualise the technology and see if it is beneficial for them, saving them time and resources.

Our software aims to streamline the technology development process in order to implement sustainable innovation at this critical stage of our existence.

Hannah Bahney Sustainable Design Université Côte d’Azur	Fatima Abid Education Technology Université Côte d’Azur	Timo Thijsen Sustainable Design Université Côte d’Azur	Andrea Baroni Service Design Università di Bologna	Giorgia Dominici Economics and Management Università di Bologna	Alexander Koppelt Electrical Energy Engineering Università di Bologna

Challenge

How might we balance the needs of sustainability and convenience in future urban mobility?

Solution

Despite private cars emitting 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year there are still 1.5 billion car users worldwide. Why? Because, in terms of convenience, private cars are the most attractive option, providing users with privacy, comfort, reliability, and a sense of safety.

The SPOD is the future of sustainable urban transport. It provides a hybrid solution, bringing you the comfort and convenience of your car, with the eco-friendliness and efficiency of a public transport system.

Impact

As SPOD Connect is a fully-electric transport system it has zero exhaust emissions. What’s more, even after considering the indirect emissions from manufacturing, maintenance, and the charging of SPODs, SPOD Connect produces 90% less CO2 emissions than a private diesel car.

As well as helping reduce transportation emissions, SPOD Connect contributes to more efficient use of road space. With 6 SPODs occupying the same space as one car, the SPOD Connect system will help ease congested roads and reduce traffic.

Finally, SPOD Connect provides commuters with a sustainable solution that doesn’t compromise the safety, comfort, and convenience of their cars.

Anneliese Walsh Electronic and Computer Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Beatriz Segatti Environmental Engineering University of São Paulo	Finan Levingston M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Giselle Jensen Architecture and Urbanism University of São Paulo	Jules Olier M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Rachel O' Grady Electronic and Computer Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Ross Sumie Electrical Engineering University of São Paulo

Challenge

Fluorene cellulose fiber (FLCF), developed by Osaka Gas Chemicals, is a cellulose material extracted and modified from plants to be highly recyclable.

Our goal is the commercialization and marketization of this material for future products.

There are two main challenges for us, one is how to find suitable application scenarios for this material, and the other is how to make good use of FLCF with existing technology, or what are the ways to turn FLCF from a mere material into a product.

Solution

For the above problems, we conducted a lot of need-finding and benchmarking in the early stage, and we also conducted a lot of brainstorming, based on our summary of the advantages of FLCF as a material, we narrowed our scope a little bit and finally settled on micro-mobility.

Our focus field is micro-mobility, which will have lightweight, highly recyclable, ease of travel, and some future-oriented advantages. This micro-mobility will bring more safety, convenience, and fun to people's travel life, and aims to become one of the common modes of travel in the future.

Impact

For our target users, the emergence of arke brings them a new travel experience with greater safety and security and more efficient travel. Especially when traveling, arke can bring more fun to their trip. At the same time, when using arke made of FLCF, they are also doing their own contribution to the energy-saving and emission reduction of the Earth.
For OGC, we bring a viable FLCF commercialization and marketing solution that is not only for the current market but also for the future, which is more in line with the values and business plan of OGC as a material company.

Bisheng Wu Material engineer Kyoto Institute of Technology	Kagari Miyamoto Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Olivia Zhou Product Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Tamaki Hamato Engineering Kyoto Institute of Technology	Ariella Vanya Graphic designer Swinburne University of Technology	Ben Wood Product Design Swinburne	Orin Giesbers Product Design Swinburne

Challenge

The number of General Practitioners (GP) is decreasing year after year. The number of GPs retiring is way above the number of newcomers. In addition to that, new GPs want a balanced work-life.

Seniors, especially those living in rural areas, feel like they are in danger. They don't have a nearby trustable medical system. Today, the only solution offered to them is remote consultation. But this new technology isn’t attractive or trustworthy for them.

That is why we worked on the challenge: “How might we better cover rural areas with medical services through a combination of local and digital offerings?”

Solution

At DAMU practices, patients get the chance to take digital consultations in a trustworthy environment - the teleconsultation room. There is a medical staff that has the same tasks as in usual practices, like greeting, scanning the insurance card, or taking measurements. Additionally, the medical assistant can join the appointment whenever needed to help the patient e.g. to take off clothes.

Other staff are responsible for the technical setup and the connection to the doctor, so the patients don't have to handle that.

In the teleconsultation room, itself are four different tools to enable examinations.

Impact

Interpersonal interactions - this is the crucial point in the DAMU practices. Everything about a doctor's visit there is designed to create a trustful, real and human relationship between patients, doctors, and the technology that connects them. This innovative design pairs digital consultations with physical examinations.

This is a possibility for Medicas to take care of more patients, especially those living in rural areas. Their employed doctors do not have to move to rural areas and can work flexibly from different locations for the same patients. This makes the job more attractive than before.

Julia Habben Communication Design University of Applied Sciences Mannheim	Hannah Braun Biomedical Engineering University of Applied Sciences Mannheim	Maximilian Kürschner Software Engineering University of Applied Sciences Mannheim	Jennifer Miller Information Technology University of Applied Sciences Mannheim	Quentin Lagache International Strategic Management École des Ponts ParisTech	Maylis Stephant Chemical Engineering École des Ponts ParisTech	Solo Randzato Mahatsindry Data Engineer École des Ponts ParisTech

Challenge

Harvia is one of the largest sauna interiors manufacturers. Their challenge for us is to come up with a new concept of sauna that facilitates future wellness.

We found out that sauna can be applied not only as a relaxing treatment but also as a way to heal muscles.

In the gym industry, the main focus is on training devices rather than before and post-workout equipment.

Solution

We decided to take infrared heaters that are widely used in saunas into a new application: a device that prepares and relaxes gymmers before and after a workout.

The direct heat from the heaters combined with light stretching activities can accelerate the warm-up process and therefore, reduce injuries in the gym.

Impact

With Flow, Harvia could enter the $96.7B gym market all over the world. We have identified gyms as being very similar in both markets, Finland and Japan, but also all over the world. Also, the health and wellness trends are relatively similar all over the world. Meaning implementation is very similar in different markets

Gwen Tran Computer Science Kyoto Institute of Technology	Arihiro Okawa Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Ai Shimizu Bio Technology Kyoto Institute of Technology	Daiki Goshima Architecture Kyoto Institute of Technology	Marius Augustin International Design Business Management Aalto University	Laura Suomalainen International Design Business Management Aalto University	Matias Rinne International Design Business Management Aalto University	Emilia Tognetty International Design Business Management Aalto University

Challenge

How might CRIF improve its offering by focusing on Micro Enterprises' target?

In this challenge, the bank plays an essential role, which must be the channel for the BtoBtoC offering provided by CRIF. In our target, we have considered companies with turnover below 10 million and less than 20 employees. It is regarded as a relevant challenge since Italian firms are represented mainly by micro-enterprises.

Solution

MicroBooster is a comprehensive service offered by banks to micro-entrepreneurs. It is centered on a predictive analysis tool powered by CRIF and is able to identify and suggest personalized growth opportunities for small businesses. To do this, MicroBooster leverages banks’ data capabilities and business clients' networks, but also data of both qualitative and quantitative nature provided by the entrepreneurs themselves.

Entrepreneurs are also provided with solutions to implement these opportunities, with the possibility to act autonomously or choose the bank as a holistic partner during the process.

Impact

MicroBooster will benefit both banks and users. In fact, the first ones enhance the relationship with micro-entrepreneurs and the second ones can take action, having strategic connections through banks’ networks. The central values that differentiate this service are:

- Proactiveness. Banks reach users’ needs in advance thanks to a proactive approach;

- Integration. Several solutions related to strategic and economic aspects of the company in one single platform;

- Immediacy. Banks already have many types of data, so the process is smoother and less time-consuming than traditional consultants;

- Continuity. Long-run relationship between firms and banks with periodical analysis.

Giuseppe Sidoti Law and Economics Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna	Akshita Shah Innovation & Design ISDI School of Design and Innovation	Marco Bertazzoli Business and Administration Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna	Sakshi Joshi Innovation & Design ISDI School of Design and Innovation	Lucia La Forgia Artificial Intelligence Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna	Shagun Gupta Innovation & Design ISDI School of Design and Innovation	Yuliia Chentukova International Management Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna	Ankit Kaul Innovation & Design ISDI School of Design and Innovation

Challenge

The challenge was given to bring the museum and their target groups closer to each other and make the museum a crucial element of people’s everyday life.

Solution

Center piece is a platform for digital content creation that appeals to citizens and museums alike, promotes dialogue and low-threshold learning, and integrates with established online behavior.
Center Piece allows the society to interact with the museum and to co-create together; so-called "modules". These can be mini-courses, activities, thematic debates, or stories. For this, they can use numerous media, e.g. videos or chatbots. In this context, museums have the opportunity to make their online catalogs available for use in modules. The modules created in this way can in turn be expanded by both sides into more comprehensive formats (e.g. courses). In addition, users can also use the modules and courses on Center Piece for further training, to be inspired by them, or to enter into subject-specific dialogs. Appropriate incentives encourage this behavior.
Center Piece is not a closed system. Rather, it is intended to integrate with the natural online behavior of users. Center Piece is thus a complementary online offering to popular platforms.

Impact

The platform opens up a digital space for creativity, dialogue, and co-creation. It allows the museum to reach out to people who haven’t been a typical museum visitor so far, to learn from and create with them. For users, it offers a place to experiment, a chance to find like-minded people, present their skills, share their and gain new knowledge.

Finn Bail Industrial Engineering and Management Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Sebastian Gries Industrial Engineering and Management Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Lisa Tran Economics Engineering Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Corinna Zylka Science Media and Communication Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Samantha Portas Chemical and Process Engineering Warsaw University of Technology	Gabriela Domaradzka Electronics and Computer Science in Medicine Warsaw University of Technology	Agata Rzezniczuk Cartography Warsaw University of Technology

Challenge

Develop a solution that allows young professionals and young families to eliminate as much unwanted mobility as
possible. (final challenge/vision)

Solution

We realised that the need of our users was not necessarily to enhance their mobility experience, but rather to eliminate as much unwanted mobility as possible. Therefore we created allberto, a peer-to-peer platform which enables people who want to outsource a variety of daily tasks in order to save time, with people who want to flexibly earn money by providing these tasks. Generali, as a key player of our solution, makes this experience risk free, providing all necessary (and wanted) insurance and social security policies.

Impact

Our solution strengthens Generali’s position as an innovative insurance company that thinks outside the box and goes beyond selling insurance. By insuring the allberto services, Generali could make a step into not only making the problematic situations (typical for the insurance business) easier to handle, but even improve the daily life of their customers.

The value for the user is two-sided. If the user is looking for a way to flexibly earn money, allberto is the perfect platform to capitalize on his/her skills and make use of his/her free time.
If the user is looking for an easy/fast way to get all tasks done (e.g. cleaning, laundry, etc.) allberto offers the perfect simple and risk-free solution for it.

Josseline Ross Management University of St. Gallen	Fabio Strässle Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Christoph Huber Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Joana Costa Design Thinking Porto Design Factory	Helena Moreira Design Thinking Porto Design Factory	Sara Ferreira Design Thinking Porto Design Factory

Challenge

“How might we connect planting to eating? The carbon impact of transporting food - in particular produce (a large percentage of which ends up uneaten), is being increasingly recognized as problematic.
Global trends in urbanisation have led to a spatial and intellectual disconnect between where food is grown and where it is consumed. Further, the nature of modern urban living and working creates significant pressures on individuals in terms of implicit and explicit choices they make around food purchasing, storage and consumption.

Solution

SuaFazenda creates a distributed, data-driven infrastructure for 21st century agriculture and healthy eating. The role of Fazendo Cubo evolves from their current role to focussing on the germination and earlier growth stages, and management and processing of the data from the individual solution elements. These three elements are:
- hydroponic growth and collection units based in condominium buildings allowing freshly grown produce to be ordered and collected to individual user’s home buildings.
- an app that allows people to order fresh produce to be transferred to collection units but Fazendo Cubo staff
- individual growth units for users who wish to take even further ownership of their produce growth, where the final stages of growing can take place in their own homes.

Impact

Individual consumers get to order the freshest possible produce at the point at which they need it, and delivered (and in most case grown!) in their own apartment buildings. Motivated individuals can take this further and grow their own produce in easy to manage controlled ways, assisted by the physical units and data-driven approach managed by Fazendo Cubo.
Fazenda Cubo builds a larger base of loyal customers while needing smaller premises for their growing. The data gathered from all the units allows for sophisticated optimisation of growing, logistics and balancing of supply and demand.
The produce being locally grown using sophisticated hydroponic methods means that overall energy and water consumption are significantly reduced, while eliminating the need for pesticides.
The net result is a sophisticated ecosystem that connects planting to eating, and reduces the carbon impact of the food supply chain.

Natalia Oshiro Environmental Engineering University of São Paulo	Gabriel Rodrigues Environmental Engineering University of São Paulo	Diôgo Lopes Naval and Ocean Engineering University of São Paulo	Meg Tyrell Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Mark Nugent Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Abdulqadir Abshir Engineering with Management Trinity College Dublin	Breen Elliott Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin

Challenge

How might we design a solution that leverages digital (technology) experiences to efficiently scale global innovation and foster a trustworthy development of innovation capabilities adapted to Nestlé Global culture? With hundreds of Nestlé's brands across the globe and on multiple continents, it has become essential to keep the entire group connected on various levels. Therefore, fostering intercontinental and regional collaboration through digital channels has become a critical imperative, and the desire has never been stronger, especially in light of recent global events.

Solution

Knowstlé is a platform that empowers Nestlé's employees and creates a collective intelligence. The platform is supported by a browser extension that allows employees to add findings easily to their projects and share them with their colleagues. Based on these findings, we can identify similar projects in the company, connect their project members and recommend useful articles. We tested Knowstlé thoroughly and received great feedback for the idea and the smooth user experience.

Impact

The value of Knowstlé is to save an enormous amount of time for the user. By identifying similarities in projects at an early stage, time and frustration are saved, as there is less double work and therefore less frustration due to the increased transparency. For the user, the most significant value of the platform lies in breaking silos and connecting experts across departments and locations. In addition, saving time through joint research and simultaneous matching with similar projects represent the value proposition for the user.

Zoe Hille Business Administrations Hasso Plattner Institute	Sebastian Brito IT-Systems Engineering Hasso Plattner Institute	Jan Westphal IT-Systems Engineering Hasso Plattner Institute	Lorena Fernandez Electrical Engineering University of São Paulo	Almir Ribeiro Couto Production Engineering University of São Paulo	Pedro Luis Bacelar dos Santos Mechatronics Engineering University of São Paulo

Challenge

Our challenge is to create a new camping experience utilizing “cooling”.
Even with the increasing diversity of camping trends in recent years, outdoor cooking always remains one of the most important activities for all campers. To enjoy the camping cooking experience, campers are looking for new cooking devices that can deliver delicious camping food with a wide range of ingredients in a simple process.
Even though controlling the temperature is one of the important methods of cooking, there are few outdoor cooking gear utilizing cooling.

Solution

Mogii is an outdoor cooking device that specializes in "Super cold smoked food".
Super cold smoking is a new cooking method which smokes foods while controlling the temperature between -10℃ and 10℃. Compared to other methods of smoking, some ingredients can be melted or grilled. However, Mogii allows a variety of ingredients to be smoked in a good condition.
With Mogii, campers can smoke foods for roughly 15 minutes by simply burning smoke chips. This simple cooking process gives campers a taste of the unknown "super cold smoking" that cannot be experienced at higher temperatures.

Impact

Using cooling technology, Mogii gives the camp food a new depth of flavors and expands the range of foods that can be cooked at the campsite. This makes Mogii an innovative outdoor cooking gear ment for all campers.
Our target are people who pursue unknown tastes whilst camping that can be loved by men and women of all ages.

In addition, Mogii enhances sociability by bringing everyone together at the campsite to share their first-hand surprises and new taste discoveries. Mogii allows campers to take their taste buds on a journey into the unknown.

Ayaka Mizuno Product Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Laura Hoppula Graphic Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Shin Okamoto Management Kyoto Institute of Technology	Zhen Li UI Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Jackie Lin Interior Design Swinburne University of Technology	Mark Vandersteen Product Design Swinburne University of Technology	Guo (Terry) Chen Design Swinburne University of Technology

Challenge

“How might we bridge the educational challenges faced by migrant students in Finland?”

While Finland is renowned for its educational system, the country’s migrant students consistently score 25% less than their native peers in standardised tests.

One of the main reasons behind this disparity is the language barrier, however, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the move to remote online learning, a digital divide has emerged between native and migrant students with a lack of access (other than phones) and familiarity with typical learning platforms/software coming to the fore.

Solution

The resulting solution, Nosta, is an online collaborative learning platform connecting migrant students and providing a unique learning experience through
online games. Nosta welcomes students of all skill levels who wish to elevate their language skills and create connections with their peers, to benefit their education.

Students,via their schools, are granted access to the platform, where a unique algorithm creates dynamic groups of learners with the appropriate characteristics to facilitate optimum group-based peer learning, assisted by facilitators/teachers.

Drawing further on the latest pedagogical techniques, learning is facilitated through game-based play activities to ensure that fun, friendship and social integration are created in tandem with language learning.

Impact

As a result of the online collaboration that occurs while playing various language learning games, students expand their vocabulary and gain confidence in speaking Finnish. The benefit of which is reflected in their improved academic performance at school and will continue to reflect positively for years to come as fluency in Finnish is key to finding a job in Finland. As part of the ongoing efforts by Plan International to integrate migrant students to the Finnish community, the use of Nosta will provide them with valuable tools designed specifically to achieve that purpose.

Hesham Shaarawy Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Agathe Jaillard Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Hannah Mc Mullin Engineering with Management Trinity College Dublin	Samyukta Santhakumar International Design Business Management Aalto University	Yen Pham International Design Business Management Aalto University	Johannes Nikola International Design Business Management Aalto University	Anne Rinne International Design Business Management Aalto University

Challenge

The challenge was to create a solution to better serve the stakeholders involved in an automotive glass replacement. Changing the glass of a vehicle is a complex task in itself. How to improve the efficiency and quality of this service? To answer this question, the Design Thinking Team focused on the repair center's main issues, and how to solve it.

Solution

Vigia is a mobile app that provides a management system for the main daily tasks in a repair center. When it comes to inventory management, you have the tasks of checking availability of a product, inserting a product in stock, or removing the product. In addition, this system has functionalities to facilitate other tasks of the repair center, such as scheduling, customer registration and a data dashboard, which summarizes important operational information. From Saint-Gobain's point of view, making Vigia available to its customers could open up possibilities such, as expanding the company's database.

Impact

Vigia's main objective is to make the tasks of repair centers much simpler and more efficient. Making stock control more accurate and faster, the employee and owner of the repair center will have information that will allow them to make better decisions. In addition, acting in the agility of tasks such as scheduling and registering customers, Vigia will allow the repair center to serve more customers more satisfactorily and make greater profits.

Giulia Cardella Mechatronics Engineering University of São Paulo	Gustavo Rubo Mechatronics Engineering University of São Paulo	Igor Rosmaninho Environmental Engineering University of São Paulo	Ariel Ramos Economics University of São Paulo

Challenge

By 2022, almost all company vehicles will be equipped with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to comply with EU road safety guidelines. Those smart safety features rely on a windshield-attached camera, which therefore must mandatorily be calibrated after each windshield replacement by positioning a calibration panel at a specific distance.
However, current tools often have tedious processes and are too bulky to be transported close to the customer, wasting precious time for both automotive glass replacement technicians and drivers.
This led us to our challenge: how could we improve the calibration tool for a faster service without compromising on mobility?

Solution

Designed with technicians, beamm improves the calibration equipment and simplifies the calibration procedure.

Thanks to self-centering tyre-targets and a slide-and-lock aluminium structure, deployment is now a child’s play. Within minutes, beamm is ready to calibrate, with only two easy steps to perform.

Firstly, the technician simply aims our laser rangefinder at targets, capturing positioning data in the blink of an eye. Secondly, clear instructions are provided thanks to our software, allowing the technician to swiftly place the calibration panel to its correct position.

Now only the car’s ADAS algorithm has to be launched for a successful calibration!

Impact

In comparison with other ADAS calibration tools, beamm is twice as fast, without compromising on precision. Moreover, thanks to its foldable, lightweight and sturdy design, beamm can easily be fitted inside a van and moved to another workshop, closer to the customer.
For drivers, this ensures a faster and more reliable calibration service, minimising the time without a vehicle and improving road safety.
For technicians and our sponsor, this empowers them to serve more customers per day, but also widens their working range. In addition, our ergonomic and playful process limits physical and mental stress.

Césane Elan Product Design d.school Paris	Colombe Andrieux Data science d.school Paris	Martin Besnier Biology and Urban Planning d.school Paris

Challenge

Improve the psoriatic patients’ journey in order to offer them support, considering that they have to deal with lifelong treatments. These patients face numerous difficulties because they suffer from stigmatization along with life impacting symptoms, often leading to a withdrawal from society. Medical care is essential, but patients tend to abandon all treatments due to the difficult identification of the disease and symptoms uncertainty, especially when they only have 15 minutes consultations with their dermatologist.

Solution

An app was developed for psoriatic patients to index all their medical information and history, psoriasis related or broader, registering everything in an all-in-one tool. Everyday, they can also add new symptoms and crises. During the consultation, physicians can access an online plateforme with a temporary code provided by the patient. Thus, they can visualize all the patient’s data on a clear and synthetic board view, with current symptoms, treatment history and medical background. Extra features on the app offer reminders, but also an easy way to order the treatment directly from the pharmacy.

Impact

Information transfer through a board visualisation enables to save time during the medical consultation, for both patients and physicians. Patients do not have to tell their story all over again, and physicians can collect precise and precious information in a few clicks. Together, they have more time to focus on the most important aspects of the disease. The solution helps physicians better adapt their care solutions, which leads to a better patient’s involvement in the medical journey. Moreover, the app features help relieve the patients’ mental load imposed by the disease on a daily basis.

Chiara Scagliarini Physics UniMoRe	Luca Gherardini Computer Science UniMoRe	Olha Lesyshyn Management Engineering UniMoRe	Andrea Merli Business Administration UniMoRe	Ana Carolina Soman Graphic Design d.school Paris	Thomas Jannodet-Girardot Mechanical Engineering & Industrial Design d.school Paris	Léa Damian Biotechnology & e-Health Engineering d.school Paris

Challenge

How might we rethink the way CRIF is engaging with current and prospect clients in B2C and B2B2C,
with a special focus on the customer journey and engagement of Gen-Z groups and individuals?
As for Gen-Z becoming incredibly important as a future customer group, they have different needs and expectations than generations before.

Solution

Young people of generation Z want to make a direct impact with their choices but they often lack a quick solution that helps them do so.
ESGo lets you scan any product and search any company.
It provides the customer an easy to understand score based on scientific and quantified factors. The score consists of the categories, Environment, Social and Governance. This way the customer can see if the company's behavior is in alignment with their own values and make the correct choices. Sharing ideas and discussing products with your community helps to further promote responsible behaviour and get inspiration for ESG compliant products.

Impact

Thanks to ESGo generation Z is finally able to easily contribute towards sustainable brands. Adopting a more active and responsible role in their consumer choices can now be integrated into their everyday life. Gathering reliable information about the way companies truly behave in terms of environmental, social and governance topics has always been tricky before. With CRIF providing the score the consumer knows there is a trustworthy company, known as the market leader in credit scoring, evaluating the ESG factors.
In this way CRIF is able to build a close relationship with generation Z. A generation that will be a future target group but needs to be addressed differently.
A generation that leads the change the world needs.

Patrick Stralek Economics	Florian Ullrich Economics	Cem Olgar Industrial Design	Laura Mazucca Computer Engineering University of Bologna	Martina Bambi Service Design University of Bologna	Klein Tahiraj Artificial Intelligence University of Bologna	Damiano Camponio Business Administration University of Bologna

Challenge

Solution

Impact

Challenge

How might we reinvent international money transfer in terms of availability, trackability, usability, and transparent costs for private customers? Borderless life becomes more regular, including occasionally international payments. International Money Transfer (IMT) is a matter of qualifying global life and maintaining meaningful relationships. However, IMT has been deemed a hassle process containing many pain points, such as security concerns, hiding cost, complicated data input, and uncertain transaction process. PostFinance, one of Switzerland's leading financial institutions, has historical significance and offers affordable prices to its customers. However, recently PF continuously loses customers leading to decreasing revenue when it comes to IMT services. To address these issues, PF wants to reinvent the IMT experience for people in Switzerland.

Solution

Our intensive research shows that Swiss usually trust their banks. However, since opening a new bank account is considered troublesome, even if another bank like PostFinance has a better offer, Swiss usually do not bother to change their bank services. Therefore, we introduce SwiEasy: an available IMT service for everyone. No need to register for a new bank account, users can access a handy, effortless IMT service that has fewer clicks and data input assistance. Plus, SwiEasy supports multiple payment options. Users can pay with their credit cards, own bank account, or even pay at the Post Office. Last, but not least, SwiEasy is transparent. It shows exchange rate, cost as well as real-time status tracking that can even be shared between users and recipients.

Impact

SwiEasy will benefit both users and PF. It helps people to access secure, effortless, and transparent IMT services. On the other hand, it guides PF to fit both existing and potential customers´ needs. Easy access, effortlessness, transparent cost, and traceable transaction process make the IMT service less troublesome and more trustworthy. Hopefully, PF can retain more satisfied customers with SwiEasy. In addition to the main APP functions, we introduce a marketing plan that helps users to discover PF IMT service easily and encourages users to share their experience with others in need.

Florian Hübscher IT-Systems Engineering Hasso Plattner Institute	Samuel Hummel Innovation Management University of Potsdam	Teresa Marie Koller Strategy & Management in International Organisations Linköping University	Lamei Tang Strategy & Management in International Organisations Linköping University	Tanvir Ahmed Strategy & Management in International Organisations Linköping University

Challenge

Students entering university now have grown up with unprecedented access to information. While the university environment has changed, the pace of change has been dramatically slower than what they have experienced in society.
Looking at the staff, there is a broader mix of experience and perspective - some will be ‘early adopters’ of all modern technology and some will be 'late adopters’.
Staff, who are already burdened with high staff-student ratios and increased administrative loads will have concerns about any further changes to how they operate or the introduction of new tools, processes, and procedures.

Solution

ModuleM is an online platform that gathers data from students and lecturers such as expected completion time of module activities, overall workload, and student feedback of module content. This data can then be used to create a visual representation of a course's overview to quickly identify student workload imbalances and to help academics identify areas of possible improvement in their modules by having a holistic view of the student experience. This transparency will facilitate a true partnership between students and academics.

Impact

This platform has the potential of reducing the number of time lecturers and course coordinators spend on admin tasks while providing more transparent workload expectations to help reduce student anxiety. Courses' workload distributions can now be visualized, which academics can use to remedy any workload imbalances, which will help students produce higher quality work, create a healthier, more manageable schedule, and reduce the number of class representatives' complaints. The platform will visually identify over-assessment areas that can reduce both student and staff workloads whilst achieving the same learning outcomes.

Eve Gleeson Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Cian Wallnutt Electronic Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Eoghan Killalea Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Harry Lo Mechanical Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Amanda Freitas Product and Graphic Design University of São Paulo	Marcus Vinicius Roso Mechatronics University of São Paulo	Liang Shen Molecular Science University of São Paulo	Caio Hudson Electrical Engineering University of São Paulo

Challenge

Create cool and useful features for autonomous driving that humans can't do.

Solution

Impact

Andreas Doring Technical University Munich	Katharina Oberst Technical University Munich	Mitali Agarwal Technical University Munich	Moritz Wolf Technical University Munich	Philipp Kernstock Technical University Munich

Challenge

Portuguese citizens are not ready for the European Union regulation that requires the sorting of biowaste from the year 2023. They lack knowledge in sorting biowaste and its impact. They lack motivation. And the current solutions are only a few and outdated.
The challenge is to design a product that broadens the knowledge of Porto citizens about sorting rules, waste prevention and with gained skills improves food waste collection.
Also, ideally, it has to be a long-term solution, most helpful in the first years of implementing the biowaste separation system.

Solution

Our team aims to help our sponsor Lipor by proposing a solution in form of a mobile application called “UiN” that allows the users to collect and afterward exchange points from throwing away biowaste. To do so, citizens would get special tags to be used in biowaste bins equipped with our electronics. The application itself consists of a community tab for exchanging experiences, a rewards section, in which discounts in grocery stores and movie tickets can be selected, and an info tab to learn about food waste sorting do’s and don’ts.

Impact

Our key proposition is to suggest a new way of sorting waste, trying to incentivize reduction and prevention of food waste, zero waste lifestyle, and though all these components create a positive environmental impact. The solution aims to increase the overall sorting percentage when compared to regular means of sorting within the first few years after the new sorting system is implemented. To offer rewards, Lipor would partner with local businesses which would positively stimulate their growth.

Joao Figueiredo Stock and Procurement Management Porto Polytechnic	Gonçalo Oliveira Product Design Porto Polytechnic	Katarzyna Wojdalska Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering Aalto University

Challenge

A lot of people, especially Millennials, experience the dentistry in a very negative way, they always postpone the appointments, and they don’t know how to take care of their oral health in the right way. Discover a way to make people take care of their teeth constantly as a part of their lifestyle. Create a solution with a specific focus on prevention.

Solution

Daisy is a personal oral care assistant that supports the user in taking care of his oral health. IT’S A COMPLETE SERVICE that includes the main device, the dedicated app, and the opportunity to stay in contact with the dentist.

The user, doing a self check-up, can monitor his general oral health condition and the risk of the two mouth pathologies: caries and gum disease. The result will appear on Daisy or on the app for detailed information and personalized tips. The user will be able to contact one of the available dentists for suggestions and doubts.

Impact

With our solution we aim to create a lifestyle based on oral care prevention. The goal is to avoid the fear of an unexpected oral diagnosis to the dentist with painful procedures. Our solution gives the possibility to the patient to monitor his oral health condition through a self check-up. The value we give to the user is the control of their oral health condition changing the approach to the dentist experience offering to them the real value of prevention.

Federico Lorenzi Design University of Bologna	Alba Garcia International management University of Bologna	Eleonora Zanon Semiotics University of Bologna	Bozena Deka Engineer Warsaw University of Technology	Tomasz Michalak Engineer Warsaw University of Technology	Pawel Szafranski Engineer Warsaw University of Technology

Challenge

Both Italy and Japan have suffered greatly from earthquakes and have developed their own methods of relief. However, there is still room for improvement and innovation. In doing research, the team found that people who stay in their homes after an earthquake suffer both physically and mentally. The goal was to find ways to help and support these House Refugees by supplying them with goods, information, and community.

Solution

The team came up with Kintsugi, a three-part automated storage system to help support disaster relief victims.
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Information Zone: The first need is a lack in giving and receiving information. To create a communication channel there is a display where information is broadcast to volunteers.
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Auto Food Distribution Zone: The aim of this part is to distribute automatically to people what they need, in particular food. In doing so, the system has to provide a fixed amount of food per person, and, at the same time, it has to control whether someone is trying to steal a greater quantity or not.
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Handed Distribution Zone: In the handed distribution zone. house refugees can get supplies, for example, mothers can get much needed baby supplies. Hand distribution is important because it gives a reason for people to talk and connect, forming a stronger community.

Impact

Marco Bonari University of Modena And Reggio Emila	Rossella Bersani University of Modena And Reggio Emila	Andrea Monti University of Modena And Reggio Emila	Miho Torigoe Kyoto Institute of Technology	Akemi Yamamoto Kyoto Institute of Technology	Akihiro Ogawa Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

The student team was challenged to integrate the Floor in Motion into places that need it the most: hospitals and nursing homes.
Tarkett decided that the elderly and those who take care of them would benefit most from their motion sensor flooring. As people age and their health declines, so too does their ability to recover from falls (no matter their cause). With an alert to any falls, medical staff and caretakers have the ability to react in a more timely manner to prevent worse injury-or even death-to the elderly.

Solution

The team came up with a way to use tablets on mobile caretaker’s carts connected to the Floor in Motion system to help the monitoring of patients. They set up a pilot usage in a nursing home to help caretakers monitor residents during the night to help them be more aware of activity and the risk of falls. This prototype of the product used Floor in Motion floor panels in the rooms and a tablet secured to a cart to allow caretakers to stay in motion while still being able to monitor the system.

Impact

The Floor in Motion and the enhancements added to it by the student design team work together to create a safer and more comfortable home environment for the elderly.

Céline Brunel d.school Paris	Gabrielle Sergent d.school Paris	Romain Delenda d.school Paris	William Wattequant d.school Paris	Joey Ho Nihei Kyoto Institute of Technology	Yuki Takeda Kyoto Institute of Technology	Ryonosuke Ono Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

How might Helvetia keep and attract young adults as customers considering the challenges of the 21st century?

Solution

Young adults do not want insurance; they want a solution that is tailored to their specific needs.
They also expect a solution that is independent of time and place. Zäme as an ecosystem addresses these needs and enables young adults in shared apartments to share everything that needs to be shared. The prototyped functions of shared flat insurance and expense management are provided to the flat-share residents via the Zäme application.

Impact

With Zäme we created a solution taking care of most of the problems of young adults living in shared flats: insurance, document management, cost splitting. With the business model shift from charging insurance per household to charging per flatmate, Helvetia gained access to more customer data to increase the customer lifecycle value. Zäme was launched as Flink to the market, and elements of the solution are still used in their Smile direct insurance products.

Paul Cornec Management, Organisation und Kultur University of St. Gallen	Geraldine Lüdi Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Georg Mihatsch Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Timo Hegnauer Business Informatics University of Zürich

Challenge

As one of the well-known automobile manufacturers in the world, Renault has put a great amount of thought into the future of cars. Believing that Autonomous Vehicles contribute to the progress and overall safety of automobiles, Renault challenged the team to create a safe and comfortable ride-sharing experience while also keeping the ride itself completely autonomous.

The team found two factors to focus on: psychological safety and cleanliness. Present day ride-sharing involves trusting and being in close contact with strangers; with the addition of a driverless vehicle, it is more important than ever that users feel that the vehicle and the environment they travel in will not feel dangerous, uncomfortable, or as though the user has been stripped of control. With a focus now set, the team set out to begin prototyping.

Solution

The culmination of their iterative prototyping was the Renoru, a combination of interior vehicle design and monitoring system that was created with the user’s utmost comfort in mind. The space inside the Renoru uses translucent partitions between seats to separate the ride-sharing users; this design was chosen over previously more claustrophobic prototypes due to its allowance for ample and comfortable space. The installed screens mounted in front of the users provide details such as their current location and ETA throughout the ride. The infrared picture comparison system can detect any lost or misplaced items throughout the car as pictured below. Whether or not the items remain, the vehicle itself has the ability to decide if the car is suitable for continued operation.

Impact

The Renoru allows advancement in the ride-sharing service without compromising what makes ride-sharing appealing in the present. The user can see the other riders while still being in their own space.

Erik Aas Borge Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Helge Soltvedt Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Garsmark Jonas Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Neraal Jakobsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Eiji Yoshida Kyoto Institute of Technology	Akari Iwamoto Kyoto Institute of Technology	Hayata Umemura Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

People are gaining more awareness around the topic of sustainability; some are trying to adapt behaviours. However, we are often stuck in our habits and the complexity and lack of transparency lower our motivation to take action.
On the other hand, entrepreneurs willing to launch projects in the area of sustainability might have a hard time to receive funding and to know if there is demand for their product or service in Switzerland.

Solution

The Compass App will give individuals a personalised guide for a greener consumption and enable them to support
local sustainable projects.
Our user gets a holistic view about his behaviour he could not get before - additionally he can have an impact and support project ideas from entrepreneurs by giving the cheers he collected. The entrepreneur will get access to funding and once the project is realized all users can benefit since new alternatives are available and together they impact the whole community.

Impact

Our solution provides a compass to a more sustainable lifestyle for individual users while it provides a platform to get funding and support to realize sustainable projects to the entrepreneur group.
To our partner PostFinance, our vision is that they will take a leading role in driving sustainable behaviours for the young generation in Switzerland. They will give individuals an opportunity to understand their behaviour and provide a platform to coordinate sustainable business ideas and support entrepreneurs during their initial steps.

Denise Gubser Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Léa Montavon Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Renato Lipovac Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Simeon Pilz Business Innovation University of St. Gallen	Sina Oberholzer Business Innovation University of St. Gallen

Challenge

UPM Grada ™ Plywood was newly developed which implies materials and processes that allow for the production of more durable and stronger bonds in plywood. For this technology, the challenge was to create a product that opens up new opportunities while solving packaging waste to start the need-finding process.

Solution

Inspired by the social security Kela maternity package in Finland, where expecting families receive a starter package for the mom and the baby (i.e. baby clothes, formula, diapers, breastfeeding equipment), it showed that a prominent factor in growing families is the financial hardship. The creation of TUPA, a multi-functional baby product allows to be turned into an infant/baby bed with a rocking crib, a table, chairs, and stepping stool or a toy box.

Impact

Overall, the Tupa can save families up to 710 EUR (~86,000 JPY) with its multiple combination of furniture. By providing a multi-functional baby product with the help of UPM’s new technology, the design team hopes to ease the financial weight placed on new families so that they can better enjoy life’s most precious package.

Julia Pettersson Hakava Architecture Aalto University	Tuomas Sahramaa Product design Aalto University	Heikki Soininen Mechanical Wood Engineering Aalto University	Paul Warrunthorn Kittiwongsunthorn User Experience Design Aalto University	Haruna Kawashima Kyoto Institute of Technology	Kento Misawa Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Rumi Yoshida Kyoto Institute of Technology	Mamiko Nagao Design Engineering Management Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

Getting from A to B is something that is taken for granted by most. This, however, can be a major problem for people with intellectual disabilities who can not find their way around without assistance.
This prevents these individuals from travelling independently and means that they require supervision every time they need to go somewhere. Current navigation tools are not appropriate for them due to their complicated interfaces. The challenge for the team was to make navigation simple for all.

Solution

An intuitive graphical language is used to give turn-by-turn directions to the user through a smart-watch, while the partner (e.g. carer) can set the destinations, monitor progress and communicate, if required, with the user.

It gives peace of mind to the carer by giving them live reports on the users heart rate, position and battery usage. Activity reports are used to update the carer on key performance measures.
The use of intuitive directions makes it simple for the user to complete their journeys. Walking instructions are also integrated with public transport and a panic button can be used by both parties in the case of an emergency.

Impact

It was found that other navigation platforms don’t include important information, such as where it is safe to cross a road, what side of the road a destination is and the orientation of the map is not very intuitive. waytoB, however, allows people to go to new places independently. The instructions are based on real time location and orientation data, which makes the navigating experience as easy and stress free as possible.

Before this, it took carers months to teach those with intellectual disabilities a route from their home to the care center. Now waytoB shortens this process, while simultaneously giving the carer peace of mind as they are updated about the users progress in real time.

Robbie Fryers Engineering with Management Trinity College Dublin	Talita Holzer Saad Production Engineering Trinity College Dublin

Challenge

Surfboards, boats, wake-boards: there are many different ways to enjoy the water. Through interviewing water enthusiasts, and through experiencing different activities themselves, the team discovered that standing on water is a truly exhilarating experience. However, surfing and other activities where one can stand on water is difficult and requires practice. Could there be someway novices can stand on water? Yanmar challenged the students to develop an entirely new water-based experience.

Solution

The team's answer is the Wheebo, an omni-directional, jet-powered platform which allows the user to turn with a simple shift of weight or change of tilt. The simplicity of the interaction and stability of the machine delivers a fun activity that is accessible to people of all levels of water experience.
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Through iterative prototyping, the team delivered a final prototype that included:
-Round platform with a central rotating jet underneath that allows the users to ride standing, sitting, or lying down.
-Bluetooth connected wristband to control the speed of the Wheebo
-Mobile app (connected via bluetooth) that customizes the Wheebo by adjusting the stability and sensitivity of the direction change sensors.

Impact

The Wheebo give its users the chance to enjoy the waters even though they are novice to standing on the water. While the diesel engine and pleasure boat manufacturer Yanmar can proof to be a pioneer in extending their collection of water pleasure boats.

Brendan Parsons Design Strategy and Innovation Swinburne University of Technology	Anisha Bijur Yang Design Strategy and Innovation Swinburne University of Technology	Chun Cheng Swinburne University of Technology	Gergely Barna Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Namina Sakai Kyoto Institute of Technology	Ryohei Nomura Architecture Kyoto Institute of Technology	Yumeno Arima Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

The student team from Hasso Plattner Institute and Tongji University found that in China exists a knowledge gap in terms of treating wastewater efficiently. Currently, in wastewater treatment industrial parks in China, wastewater emerging from factories is collected in one pool, ignoring all possible synergy effects of wastewater. Additionally, the situation in China concerning water pollution is quite serious, especially since big factories often discharge their wastewater illegally into rivers and lakes. Hence, their challenge was to redesign wastewater treatment processes in China focusing on how factories clean their wastewater using industry 4.0 trends.

Solution

Wastewater treatment operators in China ignore the possible synergy effects of wastewater. The properties of wastewater such as pH, temperature, or the chemical oxygen demand (COD), serve as important physicochemical characteristics. These properties can be studied well and combined righteously to achieve synergy effects, which in turn will help in saving costs and energy. Thereby making the treatment process more sustainable. Analysing this situation, the students developed a smart web application, which can analyse and provide the recommendations to the wastewater treatment operator to better classify the wastewater.

Impact

The Shouhu web application is set to benefit the treatment plant operator to save costs of additives, reduce energy consumption, add flexibility in production and create a smart basic system for information sharing at the treatment plant. Shouhu blends in with the GF range of hardware and software products. Shouhu is highly benefited by sensor technology, in tracing the physical and chemical properties of wastewater. This could lead to the generation of a large amount of valuable data to GF from wastewater treatment plants, which could help in developing better data-driven models for effective wastewater and analytical chemistry predictions.

Anton von Weltzien IT systems engineering Hasso Plattner Institute	Nina Kiwit Digital Health Hasso Plattner Institute	Spoorthi Kashyap Digital Health Hasso Plattner Institute	Huihua Zhang Product Service System Design Tongji University	Xuanchen Liu Design Strategy & Management Tongji University	Yilei Zhang Advanced Industrial Design, D&I Tongji University

Challenge

“How might we design a support service for chronically ill patients that helps them throughout the patient journey and encourages them to take an active role in bettering their everyday life?”

Solution

Abbi is the product of nine months of collaborative effort to create a way of communicating and delivering a service that supports chronically ill patients.
The solution we found in the end is an easy-to-use chatbot. It gives our corporate partner maximum flexibility to further develop the service in the future. The current focus of Abbi lies on exercises for people with MS, and has been proven to addresses real patient needs.

Impact

Abbi provides a user centered option for people with MS to track their condition regularly, and thus provide the information health care professionals lack most based on our research to further adjust and tailor treatment options. It does so in an inobtrusive fashion guiding its users through a set of exercises tailored to their current well-being and level of physical ability. Being independent of conservative treatments and reaching across the B2B environment of our corporate partner to establish direct B2C relationships this solution allows valuable insight on user behaviour in real time which might be used in an infinitesimal number of ways – while observing data protection laws and ethical standards.

Anna Rontojannis Business innovation University of St. Gallen	Sebastian Rappen Management, Organisation & Culture University of St. Gallen	Chitrak Mitra Economics and service design Aalto University	Antti Surma-aho Product development Aalto University	Xuanbei Lu Geoinformatics Aalto University	Dang Nguyen Science in informatics University of Zurich

Challenge

How might we support people living with narcolepsy to predict & manage their condition? This was the challenge between the Hasso Plattner Institute and the design factory Melbourne at the Swinburne University of Technology. The students found that behavioural changes are a fundamental part of managing narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is treated by a combination of medications and adopting behavioural changes and better lifestyle habits such as sleep hygiene, exercise and diet. As narcolepsy is so diverse and each person’s experience so varied, the challenge for many people with narcolepsy and their specialists is to understand their condition and how the various symptoms and lifestyle factors correlate.

Solution

Habitual, your Narcolepsy companion.
Habitual will enable people with narcolepsy to learn about their individual condition and understand how their symptoms, medications and other factors correlate with each other.
The student have found that with regular tracking, you can see how your condition correlates with your medication, your lifestyle and most importantly the impact on your sleep. As narcolepsy is so diverse, with Habitual people with narcolepsy can track their specific symptoms. With regular use, they will be able to use the tracked data to adapt their lifestyles, schedules and habits better. In the future, the students hope Habitual will be invaluable to people with narcolepsy by benefits both immediate and over the longer term.

Impact

We understand that daily tracking may be a burden for people with narcolepsy. That’s why they can choose what time of day they would like to track to optimize their energy. We have created questionnaires of the most common narcolepsy symptoms as well as being able to track what matters to you. Habitual provides programs which are integral to building and managing a unique routine and schedule which is a fundamental part of managing narcolepsy.
One of the benefits to the user will be the insights they can gain from the tracked data. My data will provide correlations to show the patterns and trends between various parameters such as their symptoms and habits. Habitual combines the data into a report that provides a summary of the symptoms and management over a longer period of time. This report is customizable and aims to facilitate better conversations between patient and practitioner.

Wiktoria Staszak Digital health Hasso-Plattner-Institute	Julius Severin Digital health Hasso-Plattner-Institute	Juan Carlos Niño Digital health Hasso-Plattner-Institute	Manami Ray Design Design Factory Melbourne	Ethan Zhang Design Design Factory Melbourne	Melanie Calleja Design Design Factory Melbourne

Challenge

In the context of Industry 4.0 and a more connected working model with IoT, BMW Group challenged the student team from the Hasso Plattner Institute and the University of St.Gallen with the following problem: enhance BMW Group to make machine errors more visible and bring planning processes to a data-driven working model. Particularly within remote machine monitoring, the planning and error-solving processes remain largely manual and lead to inefficiencies and high costs. In order to grasp the underlying errors of machine downtimes, a physical inspection is often necessary which requires the machine staff to frequently travel to the plants.

Solution

IRIS is a flexible solution that bridges the gap between error-occurrence and error-analysis. A modular monitoring kit, consisting of cameras and environmental sensors, can be installed on a production machine within minutes, temporarily or permanently. In combination with a web-based application on a tablet, the error locations can be quickly identified. Error incidents are automatically sequenced and visualized in an intuitive dashboard, displaying all important metrics on a specific occurrence for evidence-based decision making. The Dashboard is accessible through the cloud.

Impact

IRIS enables the planners and machine operators to have an always accessible and up-to-date picture of the machine performance across the global BMW network. This can save BMW approximately 50% of the time needed for troubleshooting their machines. The use of IRIS in more distant plants results in a significant reduction of travel costs for planning competencies, as they have the tools for remote error analysis.
For BMW Group the implementation is very attractive with an ROI above 100% and a break-even in less than a year.

Moritz Blattner Business Innovation University of St.Gallen	Livia Keller Management University of St.Gallen	Pia Spori Business Innovation University of St.Gallen	Christian Reich Business Innovation University of St.Gallen	Marvin Thiele IT Systems Engineering Hasso-Plattner-Institute	Jonas Bücker Cyber Security Hasso-Plattner-Institute	Eugenia Alleva Digital Health Hasso-Plattner-Institute

Challenge

How can we motivate young customers to engage in private retirement provision and to become active at an early stage together with HUK-COBURG?
Currently, young people have a huge problem to start engaging in retirement planning, even though most of them are aware that in Germany the state pension is not sufficient due to the demographic change. With solely relying on the state pension, young people will most likely not be able to keep their standard of living in retirement. People should, therefore, act as early as possible. However, today only about half of the German population makes private financial provisions.

Solution

Future.ly presents personal real-life scenarios for understandable retirement planning and an easy and flexible way to invest savings for your retirement. Our solution provides people with the possibility to shape their life in retirement according to their ideas and visions. Future.ly guides the users to a better understanding by providing support with the Budget planner. After people gained an insight into their current financial possibilities and the implications on their standard of living in retirement, they can start with shaping their life. Future.ly is a flexible insurance that can be adapted to every life situation.

Impact

Challenge

How may we design a flexible and different offer that improves access to higher education, considering the need for a University degree and the changes generated by the fourth industrial revolution?

Solution

Lerny is a higher education platform designed to help people who want to acquire practical or job skills, through short courses digitally.
It differs from other platforms thanks to its 5 key characteristics that are:
- Accompaniment Program
- Lerny “Connects”
- Sponsorship Program
- Ally, the academic guide
- Lerny “Social”

Impact

At Lerny our goal is to bring higher education to all those people who do not have that opportunity. Especially in some areas of Latin America, where this access is too low.
Then we believe by increasing access to higher education brings development for any society. Furthermore, it helps people to transform their reality and improve their lifestyle.
This platform is currently being taken further into the Javeriana's project plan.

William Aguirre Zapata Computer Engineering Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Daniela Chaves Delgado Communication Design Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Isabela Cálad Lopez Industrial Engineering Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Luis Alejandro Acosta Yela Electronic Engineering Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali

Challenge

In a hotel room, minibars or hotel fridges are usually available in standard sizes since they need to provide an appropriate inner volume for users. As the food stored within could be perishable, they are not dependent on the key cards that control the electrical supply to hotel rooms and their power supply needs to be turned on and off manually. Continually switched on fridges would consume a large amount of energy in all the hotel rooms as a whole unit.

Solution

Our solution Frio is a smart device that uses the micro-cooling technology by Kaimen to provide a compact exterior surface that is smaller than the current standard size by 100 mm while providing the exact same inner volume. Frio is a comprehensive energy-saving solution that comprises a physical smart fridge which will be placed in the hotel rooms and an integrated digital system can be controlled by the hotel staff to monitor the power consumption and profit savings in varying periods across all hotel rooms.

Impact

The system can be integrated with varying property management systems as per the convenience of the hotel staff to identify the check-in and check-out dates of the customers to accordingly switch the refrigerator on and off. It is a space and energy optimization solution that can be monitored and controlled to minimize manual effort and yield profits in the long run.

Prarthan Baxi Design Swinburne University of Technology	Ricardo Costa Entrepreneurship and Innovation Swinburne University of Technology	Sanika Dandekar Design Swinburne University of Technology	Matthew Wohlabaugh Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Narumi Ono Architecture Kyoto Institute of Technology	Reo Yasue Computational Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Takumi Kaiya Computational Design Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

To identify problems that small-scale multi-variety farmers’ experience, and develop an innovative user-centred solution that reduces pain points to ensure efficient farming practices and maximising farmers’ productivity.

Solution

An autonomous mobile field robot that monitors and analyses crop health and farming conditions via cameras and sensors to formulate digestible information for farmers via application. The application allows farmers to observe their crops and informative data, schedule tasks, weather forecasting and check previous data to recognise patterns and the effect that their farming actions have on crops.

Impact

Precise data allows farmers’ to make smarter farming decisions to improve crop health and maximise yields. Autonomous vehicle ensures farmers’ can maximise land and time management and can boost overall productivity. Application allows farmers’ to set task and build schedules to ensure they can improve efficient.

Liam Tai Olynyk Business Swinburne University of Technology	Josh Bragagnolo Industrial Design Swinburne University of Technology	Natasha Miles Communication Design Swinburne University of Technology	Akimi Ono Architecture Kyoto Institute of Technology	Hikaru Inoue Informatics Kansai University	Masaya Kibayashi Space Design Kyoto Institute of Technology	Yuki Tamiya Electronic engineering Kyoto Institute of Technology

Challenge

An ever-increasing percentage of the population requires the use of a catheter. There are, however, potentially detrimental effects of using a catheter on both the mental and physical health of the person. Recently conducted research shows that catheter users experience negative mental health impact due to prolonged use of catheter bags. One of the reasons for this is the inability of a person to determine the fill level of their bag throughout the day. Prolonged anxiety concerning potential health repercussions from a full bag and dependence on others, can lead to a significantly lower quality of life. Our solution restores independence, granting users power over their daily lifestyle.

Solution

Volyymi is a discrete, smart solution that measures the volume of urine in a catheter bag as well as determining the hydration levels of the person throughout the day. Real-time information is easily accessible through an interactive, easy to use app, allowing the user to personally tailor fullness and hydration alerts. This information allows users to monitor their bag fullness and eliminate fears of overfilling. Hydration level monitoring allows users to maintain healthy hydration levels and monitor indicators of dehydration.
The solution can be easily attached to pre-existing catheter bags requiring minimal alteration of current leg bag positioning.

Impact

If it can’t be measured it can’t be managed. By giving the user vital information about their urine output levels, they can take more control of their lives and regain some of their independence.
Wheelchair users will commonly dehydrate themselves due to fear or anxiety that the bag will overflow. By giving the user the peace of mind that they know exactly when the bag needs to be emptied, they can increase their liquid intake, which is proven to improve the immune system and reduce the likelihood of contracting a UTI.

Adam Hynes Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Molly O’Mara Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Rebecca Grimes Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Seán McMahon Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin	Aleksi Salmi Mechanical Engineering Aalto University	Juha Vuorenalho Computer Science Aalto University

Challenge

Students entering university now have grown up with unprecedented access to information. While the university environment has changed, the pace of change has been dramatically slower than what they have experienced in society.
Looking at the staff, there is a broader mix of experience and perspective - some will be ‘early adopters’ of all modern technology and some will be 'late adopters’.
Staff, who are already burdened with high staff student ratios and increased administrative loads will have concerns about any further changes to how they operate or the introduction of new tools, processes and procedures.

Solution

Students entering university now have grown up with unprecedented access to information. While the university environment has changed, the pace of change has been dramatically slower than what they have experienced in society.
Looking at the staff, there is a broader mix of experience and perspective - some will be ‘early adopters’ of all modern technology and some will be 'late adopters’.
Staff, who are already burdened with high staff student ratios and increased administrative loads will have concerns about any further changes to how they operate or the introduction of new tools, processes and procedures.

Impact

Challenge

How may we optimize the patient journey for patients in rheumatology sections in order to reduce the diagnostic delay? Rheumatic pathologies affect 2-3% percent of the population, but patients have to wait on average 6 months for a rheumatologist consultation and to be diagnosed. This delay could have consequences and is linked to the lack of specialists and the fact that patients are not directed to the right professional when their first symptoms appear.

Solution

One of the biggest problems we witnessed during our research was the lack of means of communication for private doctors to specialists in hospitals. This led to an inability of general practitioners to address urgent patients to specialists, whose waiting list can be up to 6 months. Our solution, Daodad, is a digital platform aimed to better connect doctors. It allows them to search for specialists using advanced criteria and directly ask for an urgent timeslot or peer-to-peer consultation. This platform was specifically designed with and for doctors, all this with a real focus on data privacy.

Impact

From almost 6 months of waiting for a specialist consultation to less than a week, Daodad allows drastically fastened medical care of patients with rheumatic inflammation.
As these pathologies are known to be degeneratives, so starting the treatment much earlier in their patient journey will have a highly positive impact in the process of controlling the disease.
Also, it turns out that this platform works for all doctors, and thus, all pathologies, allowing us to see potential for positive impact much beyond the scope of our initial briefing.

Valeria Baggia Industrial Engineering d.school Paris	Eric Behar Engineering Artificial Intelligence and Big Data d.school Paris	Yeira Ramirez Strategic Design d.school Paris	Younes Benyamina Business d.school Paris	Margherita Stanga Product Design Politecnico	Luiza Medeiros Communication Design Politecnico di Milano	Ivan Peñarada Industrial Design Politecnico di Milano

Challenge