The exhibition featured prototypes and interactive installations at the crossroads of science, engineering, and design. 2/2

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Next year’s edition? EPFL, Neuchâtel 2026 — here we come! 🇨🇭 2/2

From self-healing materials for lithium-ion battery cells 🔋, to power-dense electrostatic actuators for outer space 🪐 applications, and wearable tactile 🫵
displays for VR environments — what a stunning diversity of research projects! 2/2

Thank you to all three speakers for their inspiring contributions and their shared vision for the future of soft active materials. 3/3

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Prof. Giacomo Moretti from Uni Trento discussed how electro-mechanical dynamics can expand the performance envelope of EAP devices.

And Prof. Jürgen Maas from TU Berlin reflected on material choices and scalable fabrication approaches for multilayer dielectric elastomer transducers. 2/3

It’s exciting to see so many familiar and new faces gathered in Linz for this unique conference at the forefront of electromechanically active polymers and soft transducers. 4/4

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The scientific program started with a keynote by Prof. Iain Anderson from University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social on the physics behind stretchable sensors. 3/4

Prof. Ingrid Graz, Chair and host of this year’s edition, followed with warm and inspiring remarks—setting the tone for three days of deep scientific exchange, creative ideas, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. 2/4

🔗 Further info on the openings and the application process can be found below:

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The respective projects aim to develop novel bone-forming biohybrid soft materials for soft (micro-)robotics and soft actuators based on pneumatics and electroactive polymers for wearables to exert artificial touch for pain relief.

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The project aims to develop guidewires and catheters that will be bent upon electrical stimulation in order to help surgeons to position and navigate them accurately and easily, reducing complexity, time and cost of surgeries towards less invasive surgeries with improved patient outcome.

Find the official call document as well as the enrolment forms on our website 🔗: tinyurl.com/f47pa7tw

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This project won 3rd place in the EuroEAP Society Challenge 2024! The publication is now online in the journal Device.

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