Interview Of The Week @theinnovator : Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Germany’s SPRIND .

💥 We’re thrilled to share that our latest SPRIND Funke “Fully Autonomous Flight 2.0” has attracted 70 applications from 15 countries. It’s a unique 🇪🇺European lineup – and a powerful reminder that disruptive innovation doesn’t stop at national borders.

Five skills and personality traits of High Potentials.In the SPRIND podcast technology sociologist Thomas Ramge talks to innovative people every 14 days. Here is what he found out about skills and personality traits of hogh potentials:

RT @rafbuff: It was good to join this #Eurostack discussion earlier this week in Paris

RT @fwhfreising: Gespräch mit Transmutex, RWE & SPRIND: Transmutex plant in Bayern eine neuartige Anlage zur Transmutation – ein Prozess, d….

New @SPRIND Challenge Offers Cash💲For Drone Navigation Without Satellites via @Forbes

RT @rafbuff: Does Europe 🇪🇺 need its own path to AGI?.Watch my keynote at Rise of AI Conference 2025 last week in Berlin: .

SPECIAL CHALLENGES REQUIRE SPECIAL FORMATS.In an interview, challenge officer Jano Costard @jncstrd talks about the competition that transforms ideas into breakthrough innovations

Beyond the Hype: Patrick Rose Calls for a New Era of Biomanufacturing at @SynBioBeta .

The dream of fully autonomous flight is not yet a reality. What is missing are robust systems that can safely navigate complex environments without GNSS or human intervention. We are tackling this challenge with our SPRIND Funke Fully Autonomous Flight 2.0

NEU im @SPRIND 🎧Podcast: Rechnet unser Gehirn in Wellen? Was kann die KI-Entwicklung von neuen Erkenntnissen der Neurowissenschaften lernen @thomasramge spricht mit den Neurowissenschaftlern Wolf Singer und Felix Effenberger vom Ernst-Strüngmann-Institut

RT @SPRIND: 🇫🇷🇩🇪 From Paris to Leipzig: SPRIND was invited by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Paris to discuss the power….

aevoloop aims to produce planet-proof plastics.

🇫🇷🇩🇪 From Paris to Leipzig: SPRIND was invited by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Paris to discuss the power of breakthrough innovation - and how European cooperation can unlock bold, new solutions to the challenges of our time. @AllemagneDiplo

Can artificial intelligence develop consciousness? What will AI systems never be able to do? And what does science fiction (not) teach us about the future? @thomasramge speaks with Joscha Bach @Plinz, cognitive scientist, AI researcher and philosopher

The next #SPRIND #Funke is just around the corner – can you predict the topic?.Drop your guess in the comments. Let’s see who’s got their finger on the pulse of #innovation.

Listen to the latest @GTAI_de #Podcast w/@SPRIND´s Innovation Manager Olav Carlsen. Disruptive innovation is key to any economy's survival, but disrupters must traverse arid patches of funding. The German government is helping.

At VENTURE SPRIND, 50+ teams from the SPRIND portfolio from the fields of DeepTech, Computing and Quantum, Life Science, Energy Storage, Climate, Biomanufacturing, AI and Robotics and Advanced Materials pitched in front of 250+ international investors

From Academic Research to Start-Up: A Marine Biologist’s Algae Farming Vision .

How Germany’s innovation agency wants to set up a military offshoot. SPRIND explains how it could use Germany’s stimulus package to boost European defence.