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Our host Thomas Ramge talks to Prof. Dr. Sebastian Thrun, AI researcher, founder of Udacity and serial breakthrough innovator.
Listen to the episode (in German).
Listen to the episode (in German).
Our host Thomas Ramge talks with Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Director of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation.
Listen to the episode (in German).
Listen to the episode (in German).
They will receive up to one million euros each to further develop their technologies within the next 12 months.
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From the numerous applications, 17 institutions were invited to participate in the pilot project.
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Six out of nine teams could enter stage 2 of the Challenge afterwards.
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This presents some of the ways in which the promotion of leap innovations differs from traditional research and innovation policy. Because:
"Policies to promote leapfrog innovations are largely about correcting market dysfunctions that may prevent breakthrough developments from being realized more often. For example, investment opportunities may be lower because leap innovations are associated with higher risk. If the costs of inaction are not factored into market and business processes, technologically feasible decarbonization solutions may not be sufficiently generalized to be effective. When breakthrough developments require new combinations of knowledge and experience, they may not be produced quickly enough, or at all, within the existing innovation orientation of the research base and private sector."
The full chapter on disruptive innovations is available for reading here (in German).
"Policies to promote leapfrog innovations are largely about correcting market dysfunctions that may prevent breakthrough developments from being realized more often. For example, investment opportunities may be lower because leap innovations are associated with higher risk. If the costs of inaction are not factored into market and business processes, technologically feasible decarbonization solutions may not be sufficiently generalized to be effective. When breakthrough developments require new combinations of knowledge and experience, they may not be produced quickly enough, or at all, within the existing innovation orientation of the research base and private sector."
The full chapter on disruptive innovations is available for reading here (in German).
In order to solve the scaling problem, SPRIND proposes a program that uses freed-up production capacity of automotive suppliers to achieve the climate protection goals in Germany.
Read the position paper (in German).
Read the position paper (in German).
Impressions of the SPRIND Challenge Days in June 2022.
The SPRIND subsidiary GmbH Beventum offers possible solutions, from small wind turbines to high-altitude wind turbines. For the implementation, SPRIND has worked out three options so far.
Read the position paper (in German).
Read the position paper (in German).
To address this problem, the second SPRIND Challenge is now starting with five teams and possible solutions.
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Read the article.
Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger visited the SPRIND office on March 14 and presented measures on the further development of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation. Read the text (in German.)
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Our SPRIND T-shirt alone won't be enough to change that. But it obviously sparks something. We are very excited about all the support we have received.
Here you can see all the #SPRINDfluencers sharing their support.
Here you can see all the #SPRINDfluencers sharing their support.
Read the interview with Paul-Josef Patt (in German).
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Read the interview with Barbara Diehl on FokusTransfer (in German).
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Read about the [launch of the first SPRIND Challenge 'A quantum shift for new antiviral agents' in this article] (https://www.sprind.org/en/articles/first-sprind-challenge/).
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A plea by Rafael Laguna de la Vera and Erich Clementi.
Read the article here. (in German)
Read the article here. (in German)
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What have we learned in times of remote learning? Why should our schools become more digital? And how do we create a new diversity in politics?
Read the interview with Verena Pausder (in German).
Read the interview with Verena Pausder (in German).
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"Bei Spunginnovationen geht es nicht darum immer weiter zu optimieren, sondern grundsätzlich zu erneuern. Eine Sprunginnovation verändert die Welt grundlegend. Wirtschaftliche Macht verschiebt sich. Radikal neue Technologie hat manchmal sogar die Kraft, politische Systeme zu Fall zu bringen und neue zu erschaffen. Wir brauchen Sprunginnovationen gegen den Klimawandel, Armut und die großen Krankheiten. “Sprunginnovation” ist ein technisch fundiertes, wirtschaftlich weitsichtiges und politisch optimistisches Buch. Es analysiert die Voraussetzungen für Sprunginnovationen und erzählt von vielen spannenden Menschen, die sie vorantreiben."
The book is available since 22.09.2021 at Ullstein Buchverlag.
Here you can order the book "Sprunginnovation" (in German).
The book is available since 22.09.2021 at Ullstein Buchverlag.
Here you can order the book "Sprunginnovation" (in German).
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In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business. In conversation today.
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In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business. In conversation today.
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A conversation about open source and hacktivism, the interplay between innovation and politics, and what Taiwan learned from the Corona crisis.
"So while of course I am the digital minister of Taiwan, I’m also still a hacktivist, I’m kind of starting new ventures, too."
To the video with Audrey Tang.
"So while of course I am the digital minister of Taiwan, I’m also still a hacktivist, I’m kind of starting new ventures, too."
To the video with Audrey Tang.
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In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business.
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In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business.
Read the conversation with Barbara Diehl
Read the conversation with Barbara Diehl
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SPRIND was founded last year as an agency owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and dedicated to locating and promoting disruptive innovations. SPRIND is financing projects that are not eligible for private-sector funding due to still-unforeseeable prospects for commercial exploitation.
Go to article CLOSING THE GAP
Go to article CLOSING THE GAP
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The following personalities with proven expertise in science, business and politics accompany the activities of SPRIND.
Further information about the SPRIND supervisory board can be found here.
Further information about the SPRIND supervisory board can be found here.
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"I would replace the 'German fear' gene with a courage gene. We have achieved so much in Germany and Europe in the last 75 years. 120 years ago, the physics and chemistry books were written in German. We invented entire industries and were the world’s pharmacy."
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