Spark Award Videos

Spark Award trophy

The Spark Award is given for the most promising invention at ETH Zurich resulting in a patent application. The Top 5 nominees are presented in videos every year.

Videos: MRTNPICTURES / ETH Zürich

2023

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Recyclable anticorrosion coating for metals with self-​healing properties
Marco F. D’Elia, Walter Caseri, Markus Niederberger, Mirko Magni, Stefano Trasatti

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Enhancing bispecific antibody therapies with healthy donor T cells
Edo Kapetanovic, Sai T. Reddy, Cédric R. Weber, Rodrigo Vazquez-​Lombardi

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Combating fogging with transparent, sunlight-​selective nano-​absorbers
Iwan Haechler, Gabriel Schnoering, Efstratios Mitridis, Thomas Schutzius, Dimos Poulikakos

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

All-​textile wireless motion sensing for the next generation of smart clothing
Chakaveh Ahmadizadeh, Tyler Cuthbert, Valeria Galli, Carlo Menon, Pierre Roberjot

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Paper-​based electrochemical diagnostics
Léonard Bezinge, Chih-​Jen Shih, Andrew deMello, Daniel A. Richards, Akkapol Suea-​Ngam

2022

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Method for site-​selective protein functionalization
Edgars Lakis, Jörn Piel, Daniel Richter

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Structure for sensor integration in complex surfaces
Christofer Hierold, Cosmin Roman, Johannes Weichart

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Ultrafast structure activity relationship by photo-​CIDNP NMR spectroscopy
Matthias Bütikofer, Roland Riek, Félix Torres

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Marbled meat analogue extrusion device and method
Martin Hofmann, Jan Vermant

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Central bank digital currency with unlinkable transactions and privacy preserving regulation
Srdjan Capkun, Kari Kostiainen, Karl Wüst

2021

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Multi-component fibrous moulding materials with deaeration features and manufacture thereof
Paolo Ermanni, Christoph Schneeberger, Nicole Aegerter, Joanna Wong, Shelly Arreguin

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Two-tier encapsulation of poorly soluble molecules in artificial protein cages
Donald Hilvert, Thomas Edwardson

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

A long non-coding RNA as a potent and specific cell death effector of cancer cells
Renato Paro, Tosca Birbaumer, Yanrui Jiang, Tommy Schlumpf, Makiko Seimiya

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Tunable electro-optic modulator for boosting the efficiency of telecommunication systems
Rachel Grange, David Pohl, Fabian Kaufmann, Marc Reig Escalé

By playing the video you accept the privacy policy of YouTube.Learn more OK

Programmable synthetic droplets and their uses
Paolo Arosio, Marie Kopp, Umberto Capasso Palmiero, Carolina Paganini

2020

Video Chemical tools for fibrosis and tumour imaging

Chemical tools for fibrosis and tumour imaging
Helma Wennemers, Matthew R. Aronoff

Video Self healing, post curable networks

Self healing, post curable networks
Elia Guzzi, Mark Tibbitt

Video Evolutionary Trap Vaccines

Evolutionary Trap Vaccines: Inactivated oral vaccines driving bacterial enteropathogens into evolutionary dead-​​ends
Emma Wetter Slack, Wolf-​​Dietrich Hardt, Médéric Diard

Video Snappy: Fast blockchain payments with practical collaterals

Snappy: Fast blockchain payments with practical collaterals
Srdjan Capkun, Aritra Dhar, Kari Kostiainen, Karl Wüst, Vasilios Mavroudis

Video Metallic and plasmonic nanoprobes for scanning probe microscopy techniques

Metallic and plasmonic nanoprobes for scanning probe microscopy techniques
Amit Kumar Sachan, Renato Zenobi

2019

Video Removal of fluoride from water

Removal of fluoride from water using amyloid fibrils and transition metal nanoparticles
Sreenath Bolisetty, Qingrui Zhang, Raffaele Mezzenga

Video Zippable ribbons

Shape approximation by zippable ribbons for fast and easy assembly
Christian Schüller, Roi Poranne, Olga Sorkine-​​​Hornung

Video Tangible mobile programming interface

Tangible mobile programming interface for non specialists
Stéphane Magnenat

Video oxidative fluorination

A general, mild synthetic method for the oxidative fluorination of heteroatoms
Cody Ross Pitts, Nico Santschi, Antonio Togni

Video Spatial correlation coding

Spatial correlation coding
Shawn Divitt, Lukas Novotny

2018

Video Treatment of intestinal diseases with consortia of living bacteria

Treatment of intestinal diseases with consortia of living bacteria
L. Berchtold, Ch. Chassard, T. de Wouters, F. Kurt, Ch. Lacroix, M. Meola, M. Reichlin, G. Rogler, F. Rosenthal, M. Scharl, M. Spalinger

Video A new drug candidate for treatment of heart failure

More life for old hearts - a new drug candidate for treatment of heart failure
Joshua Abd Alla, Muriel Grämer, Stefan Wolf, Ursula Quitterer

Video No screws, no glue - a modular multipanel system

No screws, no glue - a modular multipanel system
Cornelius Senn

Video Zero-​power receiver for touch communication

Zero-​power receiver for touch communication
Michele Magno

Video Virtual rails for safe and collision-​​free multi-​​drone flight

Virtual rails for safe and collision-​​free multi-​​drone flight
Otmar Hilliges, Tobias Nägeli

2017

Video A novel antiviral defense strategy

A novel antiviral defense strategy
Luigi Maddaluno, Michael Meyer, Sabine Werner

Video Rollback protection for secure digital currencies

Rollback protection for secure digital currencies
Srdjan Capkun, Aritra Dhar, Kari Kostiainen, Sinisa Matetic, David Sommer

Video The Myosuit – textile-​​powered mobility

The Myosuit – textile-​​powered mobility
Jaime Duarte Barriga, Robert Riener, Kai Schmidt

Video Graphite flakes as cathode material in rechargeable aluminium chloride-​​graphite batteries

Graphite flakes as cathode material in rechargeable aluminium chloride-​​graphite batteries
Maksym V. Kovalenko, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Shutao Wang

Video Recycling positrons for unique material characterization

Recycling positrons for unique material characterization
Paolo Crivelli, Lars Gerchow

2016

YouTube Hand-​​held ultrasound imaging of speed-​​of-​sound for breast examination

Hand-​​held ultrasound imaging of speed-​​of-​sound for breast examination
Orçun Göksel and Sergio Sanabria

YouTube Formulation for lymphatic system fluorescent imaging

Formulation for lymphatic system fluorescent imaging
Davide Brambilla, Michael Detmar, Jean-​​Christophe Leroux, Steven Proulx

Video Heavy metal free quantum dot emitters

Heavy metal free quantum dot emitters
Vanessa Wood, Maksym Yarema, Olesya Yarema

Video Universal heat flux sensor with embedded temperature measurement probes

Universal heat flux sensor with embedded temperature measurement probes
Thierry Meier, Philipp Rudolf von Rohr

Video Sub-​​micron 3D metal printing

Sub-​​micron 3D metal printing
Luca Hirt, Stephan Ihle, Janos Vörös, Tomaso Zambelli

2015

Video A highly efficient screening platform to identify T cell specificities for the development of sensitive diagnostics or therapeutics

A highly efficient screening platform to identify T cell specificities for the development of sensitive diagnostics or therapeutics
Jan Kisielow, Manfred Kopf, Franz-​Josef Obermair

Video Mineralization of wood in a liquid exchange process

Mineralization of wood in a liquid exchange process
Ingo Burgert, Munish Chanana, Vivian Merk

Video Removal and recovery of metals by specific filter membranes

Removal and recovery of metals by specific filter membranes
Screenath Bolisetty, Raffaele Mezzenga

Video Cyclic-​lipids as therapeutics agents for acute and chronic inflammation

Cyclic-​lipids as therapeutics agents for acute and chronic inflammation
Peter Bretscher, Erick Carreira, Julian Egger, Stefan Freigang, Manfrfed Kopf

Video Novel method to add fluorine atoms to pharmaceutical relevant structures

Novel method to add fluorine atoms to pharmaceutical relevant structures
Jakub Saadi, Helma Wennemers

2014

Video Highly increased performance of memristive devices

Highly increased performance of memristive devices
Sebastian Schweiger, Felix Messerschmitt, Jennifer Rupp

Video Improved wound healing by structured cellulose patches

Improved wound healing by structured cellulose patches
Simone Bottan, Aldo Ferrari, Maximilian Fischer, Tobias Lendenmann, Dimos Poulikakos

Video Live metric and interactive 3D reconstruction on mobile phones

Live metric and interactive 3D reconstruction on mobile phones
Petri Tanskanen, Lorenz Meier, Kalin Kolev, Mark Pollefeys

Video Smart dynamic casting of free-​form concrete structures

Smart dynamic casting of free-​form concrete structures
Ena Lloret Kristensen, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Robert Flatt

Video Highly stable antimicrobial proteins

Highly stable antimicrobial proteins
Andreas Essig, Markus Künzler, Daniela Hofmann, Gerhard Wider, Markus Aebi

JavaScript has been disabled in your browser