The "Innovation Corner" exhibition series showcases pioneering technologies from Austrian start-ups and innovative businesses. This round focuses on medical technology and life sciences, presenting ten projects ranging from surgical simulation to drug tolerability analysis and virtual reality treatments.
The "Innovation Corner" is a recurring exhibition format at the Technisches Museum Wien that provides a platform for Austrian start-ups and innovative businesses to present their pioneering technologies. Visitors gain insights into current explorations and new ideas being developed in Austria, with opportunities to see early prototypes. The presentations change quarterly, offering multifaceted views into diverse innovative industry sectors and highlighting the dynamic, diversified, and hands-on nature of STEM fields as economic drivers.
This specific round, on display from June 3, 2024, highlights ten projects from the fields of medical technology and life sciences. Featured innovations include a system for simulating eye surgery outcomes, a drug-free approach to depression treatment, a high-tech wearable for diabetic neuropathy, non-invasive health diagnostics, and virtual reality applications for treating Parkinson's disease-related mobility impairments. The exhibition also showcases projects exploring genetic data for drug tolerability, pandemic risk assessment via virus detection, optogenetic models for disease study, and pulse wave analysis in zero gravity, with potential for Earth-based therapies.