Asia-Pacific Archives - ETH Ambassadors

Asia-Pacific, Exchange Programme, Sustainable Development Goals

Designing sci-fi electronics in South Korea

Imagine a future where every electronic device can simply degrad into its surroundings at the end of its life – leaving no waste behind. A three-month exchange ...

5 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Climate change

Reducing Air Pollution in China

Swissnex and ETH Alumni Chapter Shanghai hosted Dr Li yonghua, a former visiting scholar at ETH, who analysed energy consumption in China and ways to reduce it. ...

6 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Future of Work

Behind glass in downtown Singapore

10,000 km from Zurich, at the heart of Asia’s biggest port – InCube shows just what team effort can achieve. ...

8 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Future of Work

Experiencing contradictions in Singapore

David’s project was quite different: He had to leave the comfort of Switzerland and ride 13 hours on a plane to Singapore – a perfect contrast to the average Swiss to...

8 months ago

Fushiri Inari Shryne, Kyoto (photo credit: Philipp Mayer)

Asia-Pacific, Machine learning

Sushi and Ultra-high Precision Manufacturing

Achieving ultra-high precision and quality in machine manufacturing processes some-times depends on small but important details. As any sushi eater knows, you only need a...

11 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Climate change, Innovation in Architecture, Smart cities

Forest City

Imagine an artificial island off the coast of Singapore, complete with high-rise buildings and hotels. That is “Forest City,” the ultimate Potemkin village – a cons...

12 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Climate change, Future of Work, Innovation in Architecture, Smart cities

Design thinking brings Zurich and Singapore together

In September 2018, Yasser started his graduate studies in Robotics in Zurich. Little would he know that nine months later, he's already thinking of establishing a “Robo...

1 year ago

Asia-Pacific, Climate change

Changing traditions and climate in Vanuatu

Suffering of Wanderlust? This blog might help with your cravings and teach you about climate change, economic shifts and social transformation on Vanuatu. ...

1 year ago