SKI MADE FROM ALGAE-BASED BIOPLASTICS

WNDR Apline Ski made from bioplastics

The start-up WNDR Alpine has replaced the environmentally harmful, petroleum-based plastics usually used in skis with algae-based bioplastics. Specifically, microalgae are genetically engineered to produce all types of different oils when grown and fermented in steel tanks. Much like a brewery produces beer. These oils are then used as building blocks to create new, biobased … Read more SKI MADE FROM ALGAE-BASED BIOPLASTICS

TURNING WASTE INTO 3D-PRINTED FURNITURE

The start-up Model No. Furniture creates tailor-made 3D-printed furniture items using an upcycling process involving sustainably sourced agricultural waste. The process uses different types of waste, such as maize husks and sugar cane, which are turned into biopolymers and plant resins, and then 3D-printed into various items of furniture like tables. A digital showroom enables … Read more TURNING WASTE INTO 3D-PRINTED FURNITURE

START-UPS MADE IN AUSTRIA: ROOM4PHYSIO

Room4physio Team

????: Magdalena Schauer This month’s start-up shows us that a global crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic, despite all odds bears a lot of opportunities as well. Room4Physio was founded during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020. The lack of remote solutions for physiotherapies during the pandemic led our Interviewpartner Oliver Alf and … Read more START-UPS MADE IN AUSTRIA: ROOM4PHYSIO

Low Touch Economy – An opportunity to grab

Low touch economy

With the COVID-19 pandemic starting earlier this year, companies have been facing several challenges and problems. However, a lot of opportunities turned up as well. In this post, we want to show you, how your company can adapt to the crisis and might even benefit from it. What is the Low Touch Economy? The Low … Read more Low Touch Economy – An opportunity to grab

START-UPS MADE IN AUSTRIA: FREEBIEBOX

In this month’s “Start-Up Made in Austria” we held our Interview with Moritz Lechner, Austria’s youngest founder. He founded Freebiebox just at the age of 13. Now aged 16 (June 2020), Moritz and his partner Chris Pollak are already leading a team of six young and motivated professionals. With recently launching their new product line “Lifestylebox”, they went the next step in developing their portfolio further.

A GERMAN TOWN WAS DIGITALLY CLONED FOR URBAN DEVELOPING

Which routes do pedestrians use most? Where do they prefer to be? Where is the traffic dangerous for cyclists? And where can it be made more fluid for motorists? Herrenberg, a small town in Germany is thinking about this and has now spent a month asking pedestrians to collect data with the help of an app and developed a virtual model of the town.