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A pilot project may be able to help sick children lead a normal school life via a small robot. Researchers hope that by using an avatar, the social isolation that accompanies long-term illnesses will be reduced. (SRF Einstein, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or...

Currently, there are very few sex workers who focus on the needs of people with disabilities. This situation is going to change thanks to workshops that specifically address this clientele. (SRF 10vor10, swissinfo.ch) The sex drive of men with disabilities is often the same as that of their healthy peers. But there are very few sex workers who specifically cater for these needs. Spotting a business opportunity in this, Isabelle Koelbl has founded the company sexcare. She wants to make it...

Scientists have dyed the melt water from the Plaine-Morte glacier to improve understanding of future water management under climate change. A water tracing experiment was carried out on the Plaine Morte glacier above Crans-montana in canton Valais as part of the Swiss National Research Program NRP 61. (SRF Einstein, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on...

The love story of Röbi Rapp and Ernst Ostertag has been turned into the feature film “Der Kreis” or “The Circle”. It reveals the inner workings of the pioneering gay organisation by the same name. (SRF Kulturplatz, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to...

Jan Skoyles became the CEO of The Real Asset Company in July 2014. She is a regular guest at The Keiser Report. We Are Change Rotterdam interviewed her at the 'Geld voor de Toekomst' congress at Erasmus University in Rotterdam on 20 September 2014. Jan's company website: http://therealasset.co.uk/about/meet-the-team/ Want to support us? http://www.wearechangerotterdam.tv/weneedchange

Jan Skoyles became the CEO of The Real Asset Company in July 2014. She is a regular guest at The Keiser Report. We Are Change Rotterdam interviewed her at the 'Geld voor de Toekomst' congress at Erasmus University in Rotterdam on 20 September 2014. Jan's company website: http://therealasset.co.uk/about/meet-the-team/ Want to support us? http://www.wearechangerotterdam.tv/weneedchange

Mark Basla, Vice President, DVIRC, interviews Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy, during DVIRC annual manufacturing executive conference. Chandler discusses the US manufacturing employment trends gaining back 600,000 jobs, and the multiple effect whereby for every manufacturing job, 2 - 4 jobs are created outside of manufacturing. He also addresses the US skill shortage challenges where the school systems are not generating the STEM skills required for the jobs, essential to...

A Swiss-Indian enterprise has plans to develop 1,000 special hydro-electric power plants in remote Indian villages with no electricity. The plants will be copies of a gravitation water vortex plant in the village of Schöftland, canton Aargau – the only one in Switzerland. The innovative plants are small, simple, low maintenance and built to last. (SRF Schweiz Aktuell, swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report...

East-West relations are more strained than ever as a result of the Ukraine conflict. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned of the consequences of an arms build-up in an exclusive interview with Swiss public television. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or...

A new kind of sponge being developed in Switzerland could help contain future oil spills. Researchers at the Empa materials testing lab have created the sponge by modifying the chemical properties of nanocellulose in order to absorb mineral oils. (SRF Tagesschau, swissinfo.ch)  -- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews...