From 25 to 27 October, the third Cybathlon will take place in the Swiss Arena in Kloten, Switzerland. This is the world’s largest competition in which people with disabilities master everyday tasks with the help of newly developed assistive technologies. For this Cybathlon, the six existing disciplines were further developed, and two new ones added: a race with intelligent vision assistive technologies and one with assistant robots.
Not all pain is the same. Depending on the cause, it requires different therapies. A team led by ETH Zurich has now developed a method that enables physicians to better distinguish between physical and psychosocial pain.
On 31 July 2024, Julie Derron, who completed her Master's degree in Food Science in September 2023, won the silver medal in the triathlon at the Olympic Games in Paris. Congratulations on this success from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology!