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Science Booster

Get involved and help researchers and citizen scientists find out more about the world that surrounds us! Over the past 4 years, the Science Booster Channel has helped raise over 1 million Swiss francs for science projects.

Interested in raising funds for your science project, too? All necessary information and the conditions of participation are available here. You can also contact us by email: science@wemakeit.com.

Booster Status

2nd

Booster cycle concluded

Total of projects backed

Kids / Youth, Technology, and Education

GirlsCodeToo

GirlsCodeToo aims to foster and nurture the curiosity, skills, and creativity of girls. We teach tech skills that help them make career and educational decisions for their future! Wanna get involved?

by GirlsCodeToo, Zürich, Lugano, and Lausanne

34% funded

CHF 6’973 pledged

19 days to go

Science, Kids / Youth, and Education

Microbes go to school

Microbiology must get out of the lab. Under our wing, biology students learn to popularize science by teaching kids the bright and dark sides of microbes.

by Team Microbes, Neuchâtel

18% funded

CHF 3’785 pledged

17 days to go

Science, Publishing, and Education

New approach on pyramids!

Egyptology looks at the pyramids from a cultural-religious perspective. That is not enough. Therefore, many questions are still open. We complement research with pragmatic, technical considerations.

by Inspyred Research, Weinfelden

1% funded

EUR 105 pledged

28 days to go

Science, Film, and Festival

Science Film Festival '21

The 4th Global Science Film Festival is taking place from 19 to 28 November 2021 in Zurich and Bern. The festival program includes film screenings, debates and awards. Be part of it!

by Silvie Cuperus, Samer Angelone, and Beno Baumberger, Zürich and Bern

151% funded

CHF 7’590 pledged

40 backers

Science and Sport

A thesis for track and field

Why do athletes run so fast? With your support, I want to bring a new look at the performance of top athletes by quantifying the impact of their careers.

by Maxime_Walt, Lausanne and Strasbourg

101% funded

CHF 20’230 pledged

65 backers

Exhibition and Technology

Mit Hightech ins Mittelalter

Wolltest Du schon immer mal mit einer App in die mittelalterliche Welt eintauchen und mittels neuster Technologie museale Objekte neu erleben? Genau das möchte dieses Ausstellungsprojekt ermöglichen.

by Noemi Bearth, Bubikon

101% funded

CHF 5’080 pledged

59 backers

Startup, agriculture, and Technology

Digitizing Farming in Kenya

SOKO is an agriculture startup that aims to digitize sheep farming. It will empower smallholder farmers to make a living from raising healthy sheep and sell them without going through intermediaries.

by Sabine Godinez and Mwangi Maina, Kenia

103% funded

CHF 15’470 pledged

100 backers

Science, Fashion, and Environment

Local Colours II

The Local Colours project is a more sustainable alternative for industrial textile dyeing – Swiss linen, regional waste, natural colours and local partners.

by Carys Schutzbach & Achim Ecker (ZHAW), Caroline Fourré, and krismller, Wädenswil and Zürich

121% funded

CHF 18’224 pledged

163 backers

Science, Environment, and Animals

Wir tun mehr für das Meer!

Als Wohltätigkeitsorganisation will Donating Hands für KYMA sea conversation & research ein Kurzportrait und Content für ihre Medienkanäle erstellen. So wird KYMA in Wachstum und Reichweite gefördert.

by Thomas Murschetz, Sicilì and Zürich

100% funded

CHF 8’050 pledged

33 backers

Science and Film

SciFilmIt - Zurich Hackathon

SciFilmIt bridges the gap between science and emotion through film. Help us bring scientists and artists together to innovate science communication and create cinema films that we share with you.

by SciFilmIt - Zurich Hackathon, Zürich

107% funded

CHF 2’154 pledged

16 backers

Science, Community, and Environment

Happy Home make it your own

CAD Arbeit für 3 Modellhäuser, damit arme Familien im Selbstbau ein modulares, einfaches, stabiles und bezahlbares Heim bauen können. Unterstütze uns die Prototypen in Serienproduktion umsetzen!

by Franz, Si Racha

106% funded

CHF 21’214 pledged

42 backers

Science, Community, and Environment

Expedition Glacialis

A human adventure on the sailing boat Atlas in the Arctic that combines SCIENCE & EDUCATION. We will study and census marine mammals, birds, pollution and climate change.

by Virginie Wyss, Richard Mardens, and Arnaud Conne, Ilulissat and Açores

101% funded

CHF 40’571 pledged

244 backers

Science, Environment, and Education

Planetary Sustainability 21

Megaconstellations in the night sky, junk in Earth's orbit, the race to the moon and its resources: planetary sustainability comprising Earth and its space environment is ever more important. #SDG18

by Dr. Andreas Losch, MBA, Bern

100% funded

CHF 21’090 pledged

32 backers

Science, Community, and Technology

Smart Sanitizer

We invite you to our test launch to experience the «Smart Sanitizer» device. Our mission is to set the new hygienic standards our community needs. #StrongerTogether

by Dominique Henri and Dominique Henri, Bern and Münsingen

101% funded

CHF 5’098 pledged

25 backers

Science, Publishing, and Education

L’école, ça se critique ?

Pensez-vous qu’il est temps d’améliorer l’enseignement ? Soutenez notre projet d’ouvrage illustré pour repenser l'école et soyez les premiers à découvrir notre méthode !

by La socio illustrée, Geneva

120% funded

EUR 6’010 pledged

91 backers

Science and Environment

Help us save coral reefs

Our coral reefs are dying at an incomparable pace. And with them 25% of all animal species in the sea. We are rebuilding coral reefs with an exciting, scalable 3D-printed reef system.

by Ulrike Pfreundt and Marie Griesmar, Zürich

116% funded

CHF 70’185 pledged

453 backers

Science, architecture, and Environment

DEMO-MI2

Construction and experimentation of a pavilion demonstrating natural methods of cooling for an outdoor public space in summer conditions.

by Projet DEMO-MI2, Fribourg

118% funded

CHF 5’905 pledged

50 backers

Science and Community

Studie Versteckte Kinder

Hat Dir die Isolation im Lockdown zu schaffen gemacht? Für die Kinder von Gastarbeitern, welche versteckt in der Schweiz aufwuchsen, war eine solche Isolation oft über eine lange Zeit hinweg Alltag.

by Bea, Zürich

100% funded

CHF 22’100 pledged

30 backers

Science, Journalism, and Animals

Natur zu Hause

Entdecke die Natur vor deiner Haustüre! Der Blog «Natur zu Hause » entführt Dich mit spannenden und wissenschaftlich fundierten Beiträgen in die wunderbar vielfältige Natur im Siedlungsgebiet.

by Verein StadtNatur, Zürich, Bern, and Lucerne

189% funded

CHF 9’493 pledged

70 backers

Science and Kids / Youth

Less antibiotics for babies

Too many babies receive antibiotics. For the health of future generations, we need to reduce antibiotic exposure in early-life, while safely treating those in need of these life-saving treatments.

by Eric Giannoni, Martin Stocker, and Varvara Dimopoulou Agri, Lausanne and Lucerne

105% funded

CHF 21’120 pledged

81 backers

Science, architecture, and Environment

Living in the KREIS House

What does sustainable living look like and in particular, how does it feel? In the KREIS House, visitors experience a sustainable life style, and at the same time become part of a research project.

by Devi and Laila, Hombrechtikon

153% funded

CHF 30’639 pledged

127 backers

Agriculture, Technology, and Environment

Bud, you won't freeze!

Spring frost can cause serious damage when the buds start to emerge. The project provides real-time temperature monitoring and alerting tool to act quickly and decisively in case of frost.

by Pierrot, Arzier-Le Muids

200% funded

CHF 4’006 pledged

13 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

Corina gegen Corona

Eine junge Biochemiestudentin der Uni Bern realisiert zusammen mit Industrie- und Akademiepartnern während eines 2.5 monatigen Biotechnologie Praktikums einen neuen ultra low-cost Corona Test.

by Urs and Corina, Bern

202% funded

CHF 16’167 pledged

63 backers

Science, Photography, and Environment

Behold The Ocean

Adventure climate research in Patagonia: a photography and film project about a scientific expedition on The Strait of Magellan and the effects of climate change.

by Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, Punta Arenas and Zürich

134% funded

CHF 24’244 pledged

120 backers

Science, Publishing, and Community

deFlameYou!

Vor 20 Jahren vermutet, heute bestätigt: Zivilisationskrankheiten haben einen gemeinsamen Nenner. Das E-Book mit Infographiken vom Bestsellerautor zeigt, wie man sie & das vorzeitige Altern bekämpft.

by Paolo Colombani, Bern and Zürich

120% funded

CHF 35’008 pledged

66 backers

Exhibition, Science, and Technology

Vegetables on the moon

How can we feed astronauts in environments where no life exists? We are building a highly efficient system that can offer the optimal conditions for vegetables to grow sustainably, even on a moon.

by Edi, Lucerne and Wädenswil

186% funded

CHF 11’215 pledged

48 backers

Photography, Kids / Youth, and Environment

Projet Tana

Un livre pédagogique Helvético-Malgache. Une démarche pour la conservation de la biodiversité de Madagascar. Des enfants et des caméléons. Rejoignez l'aventure !

by Projet TANA, Geneva and Antananarivo

147% funded

CHF 17’730 pledged

94 backers

Science, Community, and Kids / Youth

Störungen früh erkennen

Ich möchte einen Fragebogen zur Erfassung von Auffälligkeiten in der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in einer Studie wissenschaftlich überprüfen. Hilfst Du mir dabei?

by Marc Birkhölzer, Basel

122% funded

CHF 28’204 pledged

69 backers

Science, Journalism, and Education

higgs – Das Wissensmagazin

higgs ist das erste und beste unabhängige Wissensmagazin der Schweiz: Wir schreiben aus Leidenschaft über dich und die Welt. Damit wir weiter mit Wissen um uns werfen können, brauchen wir dich.

by team higgs, Winterthur

110% funded

CHF 122’435 pledged

971 backers

Science, Environment, and Animals

Grosse Abendsegler schützen

Wir wollen möglichst viele Baumhöhlenquartiere der Fledermausart Grosser Abendsegler in Zürich und den Zürcher Stadtwälder finden & markieren, um sie so vor Baumfällungen zu schützen.
Hilf uns dabei!

by Verein StadtNatur, Zürich

247% funded

CHF 12’356 pledged

94 backers

Science, Community, and Environment

LogAir: crowdmap air quality

Current available data on air quality isn't sufficient for avoiding exposure or for cities to develop effective policy. Generate real time data with our low-cost device, be part of the solution!

by Julieta, Emmanuel, and Nicolas, Geneva

191% funded

CHF 11’100 pledged

27 backers

Science, Food, and Environment

CO₂-Score of all foods

We aim to calculate the CO₂ balance of 109,000 food products - and to make this data publicly available free of charge. This still needs some preparatory work. Can you help?

by Manuel Klarmann and Judith Ellens, Zürich

136% funded

CHF 53’336 pledged

485 backers

Science, Journalism, and Community

AVENUE – Die Zeit ist knapp

Countdown. Stress. Deadline. Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht? Wir, Corinna und Mario, suchen für unser Magazin Avenue nach den besten Antworten. Kämpft mit uns gegen die Zeitpleite!

by Corinna Virchow and Mario Kaiser, Basel

176% funded

CHF 26’497 pledged

167 backers

Science, Community, and Environment

Replanting Rainforest

Our project will explore how resilient reforestation of Asian rainforests is achievable in collaboration with native communities. To reduce our footprint, we want to travel there by container ship.

by Ennia and Cameron, Vang Vieng, Miri, and Kuala Lumpur

162% funded

CHF 13’008 pledged

31 backers

Science, Community, and Education

Kaleido Retreat

A transdisciplinary multi-day residential programme open to participants of all ages, genders and nationalities, offering workshops and talks that inspire us to discuss, experiment, learn and enjoy.

by Kaleido, Zürich

207% funded

CHF 8’309 pledged

39 backers

Science, agriculture, and Education

HUMUS sapiens retreat 2019

Open Soil: We conduct research on the secret ingredients that make plants happy. Let’s explore what is going on in the ground beneath our feet. Your chance to join and support the project!

by Julian Chollet (mikroBIOMIK), dusjagr, and Josephine Blersch, Munich

203% funded

EUR 9’160 pledged

22 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

Robotik WM 2019

Wir nehmen an der Weltmeisterschaft in Robotik in Sydney, Australien, teil, um uns mit den besten Uni's der Welt zu messen. Helft mit!

by hftm.team.solidus and jonas.jauslin, Biel/Bienne and Sydney

228% funded

CHF 6’860 pledged

19 backers

Agriculture, Technology, and Environment

Save water with IoT

Help us provide farmers with a tool to better manage the irrigation of their fields in real time, saving pumping costs and up to 30% water

by Pierrot, Geneva

200% funded

CHF 8’038 pledged

21 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

EPFL Rocket Team

Soutenez une équipe d’étudiants de l’EPFL et aidez les à construire un engin capable d’atteindre 3’048 mètres d'altitude et remporter la plus grande compétition internationale de fusées.

by EPFL Rocket Team, Truth or Consequences

219% funded

CHF 4’390 pledged

21 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

Congolese space rocket

Help us support Congolese engineer Jean-Patrice Keka to build the Troposphere 6 rocket, the first African rocket bound for space! This time, we're going to make it!

by Christian Denisart, Daniel Wyss, and Jean-Patrice Keka, Kinshasa and Lausanne

128% funded

CHF 25’778 pledged

144 backers

Science, tourism, and Education

Studyweek Aserbaidschan 2019

Wir sind eine Gruppe von 8 Tourismusstudenten/-innen der HTW Chur, die für ein Studienprojekt die touristischen Möglichkeiten Bakus entdecken möchten. Über jede Unterstützung sind wir sehr dankbar!

by Studyweek Aserbaidschan, Baku and Chur

210% funded

CHF 5’255 pledged

19 backers

Science, tourism, and Environment

Verhinderung Massentourismus

Wir sind acht Studenten, die Tourismus an der HTW Chur studieren. Anfang Juni werden wir uns auf den Azoren mit dem Forschungsthema «Verhinderung von Massentourismus» auseinandersetzen.

by Studyweek Azoren, Chur

206% funded

CHF 4’124 pledged

24 backers

Science, Community, and Education

ReSeq: Reuse DNA Sequencers

We want to reuse older DNA sequencers and turn them into advanced instruments for more general scientific research. Help us develop software so everyone can repurpose and avoid wasting these machines.

by kaspar, jmarkham, and bengtsjolen, Lucerne

200% funded

CHF 10’048 pledged

27 backers

Science and Technology

Fly to Space with me in 2019

Allow Boris Otter, 49 years old, to launch his Space Project on 12.04.2019, which is to go to Space in 2019 and to share it by offering the chance to 5 Space Tourists to join him inside the Spaceship.

by www.swiss-space-tourism.ch, Geneva

152% funded

CHF 15’230 pledged

39 backers

Science, Community, and Kids / Youth

Arthrite de l'enfant

Des médecins du CHUV veulent faire avancer la recherche sur l’arthrite de l’enfant. Mais pour ça, ils ont besoin de nous! Finançons leur projet pour aider les enfants qui souffrent de cette maladie.

by Nolwenn Marchal, Lausanne

216% funded

CHF 5’948 pledged

56 backers

Science, Startup, and Environment

hiLyte: Ecological Battery

At hiLyte, we developed an ecological battery that is safe, low-cost, practical and on demand! Help us bring our prototype to emerging countries where kerosene is still used for lighting.

by hiLyte, Lausanne

147% funded

CHF 51’614 pledged

337 backers

Photography, Film, and Environment

Macromascar

Un documentaire et un reportage photo! Ensemble, nous réaliserons un projet de développement durable à Madagascar, puis une exposition et des cinéma-conférences à Fribourg!

by L'équipe Macromascar, Nouvelle Planète, and Association Glocal, Fribourg and Antananarivo

122% funded

CHF 36’680 pledged

258 backers

Science, Community, and Education

Barrierefreie Bildung GL/HB

Hürden abbauen! Gemeinsam mit gehörlosen und hörbeeinträchtigten Menschen (GL/HB), denn in der Schweiz haben sie bislang deutlich schlechtere Bildungs-Chancen als z. B. Sehbeeinträchtigte.

by Christiane Hohenstein, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik, LCC and Larysa Zavgorodnia ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik, Winterthur and Zürich

207% funded

CHF 10’395 pledged

29 backers

Science and Environment

Artenvielfalt der Erebien

Diese faszinierenden Schmetterlinge gehören zu den artenreichsten Gruppen der Schweiz.Sie sind vom Klimawandel bedroht aber wir wissen nicht einmal wie viele Arten es gibt! Hilf uns es herauszufinden!

by Erebien, Basel, Bern, and Grindelwald

203% funded

CHF 10’182 pledged

30 backers

Science and Community

Psilocybin and Depression

We want to conduct the world’s first placebo-controlled study to treat depression with psilocybin, the active ingredient of the magic mushroom. But we can’t do this without your help!

by Katrin Preller and Franz X. Vollenweider, Zürich

119% funded

CHF 59’762 pledged

190 backers

Science and Community

Wie tickt die Schweiz?

Worüber denkt unsere Gesellschaft nach, wie redet sie und was beschäftigt sie? Wir wollen eine App entwickeln, die in allen vier Sprachregionen zeigt, wie die Schweiz tickt.

by Angewandte Linguistik ZHAW, Winterthur

203% funded

CHF 10’180 pledged

13 backers

Science and Environment

Wetterstation Mauren

Nach vier Wetterstationen im Liechtensteiner Oberland soll auch im Unterland eine erste Station zur Föhnerfassung installiert werden. Ein Projekt, dass bei jedem Wetter eine Investition Wert ist!

by Kenny Vogt, Mauren

256% funded

CHF 7’698 pledged

44 backers

Science, Kids / Youth, and Education

Projet Super Tempête

L’objectif du projet Super Tempête est de modéliser un avion radio-commandé puis de l'imprimer en 3D pour expliquer les concepts de la mécanique du vol et de l’aérodynamique à des classes de secondaire.

by Association TM Tempête, Gland, Renens, and Lausanne

211% funded

CHF 9’500 pledged

5 backers

Science, Environment, and Education

SpirulineBienne

Mache mit beim Abenteuer der 100% Bieler Mikroalge! Lerne sie zu produzieren, entdecke sie zu konsumieren oder genieße ihre vielfältigen Tugenden für die Gesundheit und Umwelt.

by SpirulineBienne.ch, Biel/Bienne

154% funded

CHF 16’248 pledged

38 backers

Science, Journalism, and Environment

App' Cosmétiques

Mon shampoing est-il nocif pour ma santé? Grâce à votre aide, la FRC développera une app mobile gratuite qui signalera si les substances contenues dans vos cosmétiques sont à risque ou pas.

by La Fédération romande des consommateurs, Lausanne

240% funded

CHF 38’411 pledged

651 backers

Science, Kids / Youth, and Education

BixAn.ch works!

The project «BixAn.ch works!» provides parents with a better access to educational and leisure activities and checks the use and effect of the website. Help us to provide education for all!

by Emanuela Chiapparini, Zürich

207% funded

CHF 12’009 pledged

65 backers

Science, Community, and Kids / Youth

Escolhares 2018

Public health care for the eyes of Brazilian children is missing. We are a group of Swiss & Brazilian medical students that want to change that. Help give eye exams and eyeglasses to 2’000 children!

by Katia Steinfeld, Rio de Janeiro and Lausanne

229% funded

CHF 6’889 pledged

44 backers

Science, Startup, and Environment

Save the Bees

The varroa mite is the main reason for bee deaths, we have found a solution to defeat the parasite. Support us in making our innovation accessible to all beekeepers.

by Pascal and Willi, Winterthur

190% funded

CHF 95’446 pledged

565 backers

Science, Environment, and Education

Planetary Sustainability

Space junk, space tourism and space mining make clear: we need a new (18th) UN Sustainable Development Goal: our space environment, and the development of an ethics of planetary sustainability.

by Dr. Andreas Losch, MBA, Bern

221% funded

CHF 22’101 pledged

44 backers

Science, agriculture, and Education

Humus sapiens

Open Soil: Research on the secret ingredients that make plants happy. Let’s explore what is going on in the ground beneath our feet. Let's dig deeper together. Your contribution to a soil solution!

by Julian Chollet (mikroBIOMIK), Maya Minder, and dusjagr, Zürich and Munich

225% funded

EUR 20’252 pledged

62 backers

Science and Publishing

To the Edge of the World

How a Swiss became one of the the first polar tourists in history... A journey through space, time, and the mystical landscapes of the High North. (Please note: The book will be published in German.)

by Sandra Walser, Zürich

216% funded

CHF 23’867 pledged

115 backers

Science, Kids / Youth, and Education

Teaching Genetics in Congo

Join us to help fund tuition fees for Dr. Gerrye Mubungu, a young paediatrician from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), so she may implement a new medical genetics study program in Kinshasa.

by Patricia Teixidor and Hugues Abriel, Kinshasa

212% funded

CHF 12’767 pledged

43 backers

Science and Education

Emotions in Management

This project is part of my PhD thesis at the University of St.Gallen. I want to find out how emotions and personal relationships influence startup founders’ & managers’ behavior.

by Anne Rickelt, St. Gallen

211% funded

CHF 21’111 pledged

52 backers

Science, Photography, and Animals

Wilde Nachbarn entdecken

Interessiert es Dich, welche Wildtiere in Deinem Wohnquartier unterwegs sind? Mit Hilfe von Wildtierkameras, werden Deine wilden Nachbarn sichtbar – auch in der Nacht, wenn Du schläfst.

by Verein StadtNatur, Bern, St. Gallen, and Zürich

221% funded

CHF 22’128 pledged

95 backers

Science, agriculture, and Environment

Naturschutz: Monte di Ces

Mit welcher Bewirtschaftung kann die Landschaftsqualität optimal gefördert werden? Eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wissenschaft und Bio Bergbauer legt die Grundlage für eine nachhaltige Landnutzung.

by Fabio, Chironico, Faido, and Semione

251% funded

CHF 20’106 pledged

59 backers

Science, Environment, and Education

Climate science for everyone

Each year 15,000 new climate research articles are published. This research is vital in creating solutions for climate challenges, but is inaccessible to most people. Climanosco is set to change this.

by Climanosco and Michel Bourqui, Zürich

218% funded

CHF 21’871 pledged

25 backers

Science, Kids / Youth, and Environment

Sterne für alle!

Sterne anbieten. An alle. Das ist mein Traum. Hier finanzieren Sie ein Teleskop, um Menschen zu begegnen. Schulen, Vereine, Jugend-, Kultur- und Beratungszentren, Sie? Sterne für alle!

by LucasC., Neuchâtel, Geneva, and Bern

308% funded

CHF 4’673 pledged

14 backers

Science, Publishing, and Community

Syndrome du Cri-du-Chat

Pas à pas, le livre qui traite du syndrome du Cri-du-Chat, une maladie génétique rare. Contenu du livre: définition du syndrome par le corps médical. 15 récits de famille de Suisse, France et Canada

by Entreligne – Olivier Collaud, Suisse

224% funded

CHF 13’477 pledged

74 backers

Science, art, and Technology

odenwilusenz Hackerspace

Wir bauen einen Hackerspace in Beringen (Schaffhausen).
Besucher mit Freude an Wissenschaft, Technik, Kunst und Informatik unterstützen sich gegenseitig bei technischen Projekten.
Mach auch mit!

by odenwilusenz, Beringen

226% funded

CHF 9’265 pledged

35 backers

Science, Film, and Environment

Sub-rec Les trésors du Léman

Nous explorons les fonds du Léman depuis plus de 40 ans, cherchant à mieux le connaître ainsi que ses trésors. Nous avons besoin de votre aide pour améliorer notre efficacité, ess. dans les recherches

by SUB-REC, Lausanne

256% funded

CHF 28’241 pledged

12 backers

Science, Politics, and Community

Histoires d'élection au 18e

Pour reconstituer une élection du 18e, nous avons besoin d’objets particuliers tels qu’un scrutin (urne) avec ses tiroirs et godets, un sac et des billes blanches et dorées pour le tirage au sort.

by Les 18èmes d'Yverdon et Région, Yverdon-les-Bains

212% funded

CHF 21’271 pledged

52 backers

Science, Community, and Art

Hackuarium needs you, too!

Three years ago, Hackuarium opened a laboratory for curious minds looking for answers to their questions. Why are our bees dying? Can I safely swim in the lake or make yeast sing? Help us do more!

by Hackuarium, Lausanne and Renens

240% funded

CHF 24’040 pledged

54 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

Fablab Onl'Fait

Onl’Fait is an open educational technological maker space, where everybody - artisans, children, artists, curious - is welcome to learn, make, share, fix, create, discuss, teach, fail and tinker.

by Onl’Fait, Cristina Olivotto, Sébastien Mischler, and Mathieu Jacquesson, Geneva

242% funded

CHF 24’256 pledged

79 backers

Science, art, and Environment

Biohack Retreat Klöntal 2017

Biohacking is Citizen Science! With YOU we enable this unique global gathering of biohackers and artists to give you an insight of how an open collaborative exchange can rethink the world we live in.

by dusjagr and Maya Minder, Glarus and Zürich

243% funded

CHF 18’288 pledged

51 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

Projet Spectro-Pointer

Notre projet étudie les OVNI d’un point de vue scientifique, en temps réel, grâce au captage de la signature spectrale du phénomène lumineux observé. Cette signature est analysée dans notre DB.

by Spectro -Pointer Project, Renens

212% funded

CHF 19’105 pledged

17 backers

Science, Technology, and Education

Swiss Quantum Optics @ USA

My name is Julius Vering and my passion is Quantum Optics. This summer, I am the only Swiss student to conduct research at the world famous MIT. But I need you support to make this dream come true!

by Julius Vering, Boston

248% funded

CHF 11’170 pledged

32 backers

Science, Kids / Youth, and Education

At The Heart of Congo Kids

A pediatric doctor from the University Clinics of Kinshasa (DR Congo) needs to purchase scientific equipment to do his research and get advice from Swiss cardiologists. Can you help us?

by Patricia Teixidor and Hugues Abriel, Kinshasa

231% funded

CHF 16’183 pledged

69 backers

Science, Community, and Technology

HORAO

The HORAO project puts the most brilliant minds to work on improving technologies that visualize the exact border between brain tumor and healthy brain through a global prize-based competition!

by Philippe Schucht, Michael Murek, and Irena Zubak, Bern

138% funded

CHF 69’110 pledged

230 backers

Science, Community, and Environment

Water Drop DNA

In the past 20 years 10% of nature was destroyed by humans.And in 60 years?This project assesses the health of lakes & oceans with Mike Horns support and aims to raise awareness and preserve our world

by Bang Bang Agency, Lausanne

165% funded

CHF 33’011 pledged

108 backers

Science and Education

ftero - Airborne Wind Energy

Student project at ETH Zurich with the goal to develop an autonomous and aerodynamical optimized Airborne Wind Energy System.

by ftero, Zürich

211% funded

CHF 21’136 pledged

34 backers

Science and Community

SkinReactor

SkinReactor – make a difference in treatment of severe burns for children. With our cell-growing machine especially designed for bioengineered skin, every child will only need one surgery!

by SkinReactor, Zürich

211% funded

CHF 15’843 pledged

22 backers

Science and Environment

The Sea Cleaners

Let’s clean the oceans together with the first sailboat raking up the seas to collect plastic wastes.

by The Sea Cleaners, Geneva

123% funded

CHF 61’877 pledged

248 backers

Science and Education

Foodautonomie für Luzern?!

Der Trend Urban Gardening aus New York pflanzt sich jetzt auch langsam in Luzern fort. Meine Maturaarbeit erklärt, um was es sich genau handelt und mit einem Experiment will ich den Trend untersuchen.

by Chiara98, Lucerne

258% funded

CHF 2’581 pledged

29 backers

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