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Eye tracking data can improve athletes’ performances

Research Dan Witzner Hansen Computer Science Department software

15 August, 2016

Eye tracking technology provides new opportunities to analyze and improve the performance of athletes. In cooperation with professional athletes, researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen are investigating how the technology can be applied in sports like the Olympic discipline skeet.

ITU hosts blockchain summit: Denmark can become a frontrunner

Business IT Department About ITU business

27 July, 2016

Several Danish companies are discovering the potential of blockchain, and Denmark has the potential to become a leading player in the development of the promising technology, according to Professor Roman Beck from the IT University of Copenhagen. On August 18, ITU will host the first Nordic blockchain summit.

How does Wi-Fi feel on the body?

Digital Design Department Research Anna Vallgårda Erik Grönvall Jonas Fritsch awards

27 June, 2016

Three researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed and studied FeltRadio, a device that translates radio waves from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth into electrical impulses on the body. In the beginning of June, the project received an Honorable Mention Award at the DIS conference in Brisbane.

Danes are reluctant to discuss politics on Facebook

Sander Schwartz Luca Rossi social media Research

15 June, 2016

Although social media has given us new opportunities to participate in the public debate, most Danes are hesitant to discuss politics with strangers online. When they do occur, however, Facebook debates can change political opinions, shows a new report from the IT University of Copenhagen.

Experiments change our views of computer design

Anna Vallgårda Digital Design Department design Research

10 June, 2016

Have you ever wondered why the computer looks the way it does? Why it is made of steel with a keyboard and a screen?

ITU researchers get funding for epilepsy project

Business IT Department Research Lars Rune Christensen Lene Nielsen design wearables

8 June, 2016

In a new project with Rigshospitalet, Lars Rune Christensen and Lene Nielsen will test and improve a new device for prevention of epileptic seizures. The Danish Epilepsy Association is funding the project.

Fruit flies and machine learning: When biology and technology merge

Laura Beloff Research digital art

2 June, 2016

Hybrid Matters, a combined art and research project, explores the intersection between aesthetics, science and biology and raises the question: what happens when the technology creeps into every aspect of our lives? Right now, you can experience artworks by the project participants in Copenhagen

Sustainable energy: The future of pee-power to be investigated

Research Kasper Støy Business IT Department robots

25 May, 2016

It’s possible to convert urine into electricity, but so far only to an extent where a mobile phone can be charged. Now researchers at the IT University of Copenhagen have built a robot that can help us find out whether organic waste is usable as a sustainable energy source.

Sustainable energy: The future of pee-power to be investigated

Computer Science Department Research robots green IT Kasper Støy

24 May, 2016

Big data to create eco-friendly innovation in Copenhagen

Collaborations Education Computer Science Department big data innovation

20 May, 2016

ITU thesis students have contributed to the development of City Data Exchange, the world's first data marketplace where both public and private organizations can share their data. Innovators can use big data to solve the city's environmental and infrastructural challenges.

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