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Hello there Wicky Qin, designer of an award winning sleep mask
Wicky Qin, a KTH student and product designer, has worked with an international team to produce a sleep mask to improve sleep. The product has three modules: Neural Signal Detection, Bone Conduction and Light Stimulation, which are combined to improve the user's sleep quality. Now, the BEKVÄM sleep mask has been named this year's national winner of the James Dyson Award. Published Oct 14, 2024You have designed a sleeping mask that may improve the quality of sleep by connecting brain signals with light and sound functions. Now the product has been named this year's national winner of the pr...
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KTH moves up in Times Higher Ed ranking
In the new ranking, KTH places higher than all but two Swedish universities. (Photo: David Callahan) Published Oct 09, 2024KTH continued its climb in the THE World University Rankings thanks in part to a strong score for its research environment.
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New features for the course and programme directory
Published Sep 20, 2024The course and programme directory has new search functions and a new layout of course pages.
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KTH student enhances technical preparatory year with new educational content
KTH student Nora Dunder has developed a method for translation that takes cultural differences into account. The result: a course in KTH's educational programme. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Sep 19, 2024Nora Dunder travelled to the U.S. for a summer internship at the University of California, Berkeley. She returned to KTH with new content for the "Mathematics for Preparatory Year II" course, part of ...
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Students design autonomous aircraft at bootcamp
Students from KTH participated at a summer boot camp at the University of Sao Paolo. The “Project-Based Learning” course focused on a multidisciplinary practical experience, minimal traditional lectures, and direct industry involvement. Published Sep 16, 2024A recent international bootcamp provided students with hands-on experience in the field of aeronautics. The event brought industry experts and students together to work on real-world projects, such as...
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Fewer chore disputes with students' new app
KTH students Victor Fredrikson, Marcus Påhlman and Elias Floreteng have developed the Accord app. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Sep 16, 2024It’s here. The mobile app that aims to reduce arguments over washing dishes, doing laundry, and vacuuming. It calculates who contributes the most around the house, in percentage terms. Then it’s up to...
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Better understanding of charging options for electric trucks
When KTH student Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane came to Berkeley, he had to change his mind. But that went well too. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Sep 10, 2024When Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane arrived in Berkeley this summer for an eight-week internship, he expected to work on making electric vehicles up to 30 percent more energy-efficient as part of the N...
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German exchange student arrives at KTH after bicycling 1,800 kilometres
1800 kilometres by bike in 13 days can help anyone realise how little they actually need in life. Published Aug 27, 2024He’s the exchange student who just bicycled all the way from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Stockholm and KTH. In just under two weeks, he pedalled 1,800 kilometres and arrived in Stockholm 6 kilograms lighte...
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KTH research behind the hexagonal table tennis racket
KTH alum Andreas Zandrén, CEO of Stiga Sports, came up with the idea to further develop the traditional shape of the table tennis racket. The angular racket was designed in collaboration with KTH researcher Mikael Karlsson (to the right in the photo). Published Aug 26, 2024The eyes of the world were on the hexagonal table tennis racket when Truls Möregårdh won Olympic silver in 2024. Behind the initiative for the new design is KTH alum Andreas Zandrén, CEO of Stiga Spor...
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Find and cite – new online course for master's students
Published Aug 23, 2024As a master's student, you need to be able to search for information, select and evaluate sources, and correctly cite the sources. KTH Library has developed the course Find and cite where you can lear...
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Internship strengthens research ties with UC Berkeley
Dilip Khatiwada, Erica Eneqvist (Stockholm Stad), Daisy Kerr and Rebecka Engström in Stockholm City hall during Kerr's visit in Stockholm. Published Aug 16, 2024Switching places for a research internship over the summer, two students from KTH and University of California, Berkeley focused on energy research, generating valuable insights in sustainability and ...
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Students' software would protect against counterfeit medicines
KTH students Fabian Forsberg and Kristina Hoang have developed a solution to check whether medicines are genuine or not. Photo: Magnus Glans Published Aug 14, 2024Two students from KTH Royal Institute of Technology have invented a solution to tackle the problem of counterfeit and substandard medications, which account for nearly half a million deaths annually i...
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"A manifestation for equality"
Academic Pride is coordinated by KTH this year. Published Jun 28, 2024On Saturday 3 August, the Pride Parade will pass through Stockholm. KTH's President Anders Söderholm will walk in the parade for Academic Pride - a collaboration between universities and student organ...
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Will reduce emissions in cows farts
Initial laboratory tests showed a 92 to 99 per cent reduction in methane with the new feed additive. Photo: Kasper Nymann Published Jun 28, 2024KTH student Martin Blomberg and researchers have developed a new type of food additive that has the the potential to reduce methane emissions from cow burps and farts by about 90 per cent. The additiv...
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Tanzania is a model for a new educational initiative
Faith Hungwe is one of the twelve exchange students who participated in this year's Maggan Hub. Photo: Peter Asplund. Published Jun 26, 2024The need for new sustainable solutions to societal problems is great, and time is short. In a new initiative, the Maggan Hub, KTH students get the chance to engage in complex societal challenges linke...
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KTH and UC Berkeley students switch places for eight-week research internship
“This research will hopefully make life easier for students in Sweden,” Nora Dunder says of the project she is working with in California this summer while enrolled in the Digital Futures Summer Research Internship. Seen here presenting her project to other students in the programme, Dunder is one of six KTH students at Berkeley for the summer. At the same time, six UC Berkeley students are working on research at KTH. Published Jun 19, 2024A dozen students from Sweden and California switched places last week for summer research internships focused on digital transformation, kicking off a new exchange between KTH Royal Institute of Techn...
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KTH looks at support for researchers in Gaza
Nina Wormbs, responsible for Scholars at Risk at KTH. (Photo: Sara Appelgren) Published Jun 18, 2024KTH is a member of the international network Scholars at Risk, SAR, which works to support researchers who are at risk. Nina Wormbs, Vice Dean of Faculty and responsible for SAR at KTH, can KTH do an...
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Protesters evicted from the courtyard
The pro-Palestinian protesters camping in the courtyard have been evicted by the police. Published Jun 14, 2024KTH has applied for and been granted permission to use the ground in the courtyard for a conference on 17 June. This means that those who have been camping there since 14 May and who do not have permi...
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More participants in THE's Impact Ranking - KTH in 72nd place
KTH has been ranked on eight of the 17 global goals in THE's latest Impact Ranking. Image: OTW Published Jun 12, 2024On June 12, Times Higher Education's (THE) Impact Ranking 2024 was presented. The results show that KTH was ranked 72 out of 1,963 universities.
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KTH students received SEK 50,000 each: Here are the results
KTH student Weronika Tuszynska's thesis aims to assess the severity of forest fires using satellite data and artificial intelligence. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Jun 10, 2024At a time when surveys such as The Nordic youth barometer show that interest among young people in sustainability issues is on the decline, there is evidence to the contrary. Like the 12 KTH students ...
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