TU Wien Informatics

20 Years

UNIKATE Award ceremony

  • 2023-09-28

The award honors ideas for new technological developments that give people with disabilities more self-determination and equal participation in society.

UNIKATE Award ceremony
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The UNIKATE Prize celebrates ideas that lead to new inclusive technologies, allowing people with disabilities to experience greater autonomy and equality in society. UNIKATE ideas and prototypes facilitate a shared life of mutual respect and are developed together with people with disabilities.

Learn more about the UNIKAT Award Ceremony on September 28th.

At this year’s ceremony, 5 teams of students will present the following prototypes:

  • „Low-Cost Braille Drucker“ (Technikum Wien)
  • „Virtual Care” (HTL Mössinger Straße, Klagenfurt)
  • „4-SkillsBuddy“ (Technikum Wien)
  • „Rollstuhlfahrrad“ (HTL Kapfenberg)
  • „Trinkverstärker“ (FH Technikum Wien)

We’re inviting participants to submit their unique projects and innovative ideas for the UNIKATE Ideas Competition for 2023/2024 by November 3, 2023.

Livestream

Online participation will be available via livestream

About UNIKATE

UNIKATE is a collaborative project between UNIQA, the Austrian Disability Council, and TU Wien Informatics’ Research Unit for Human-Computer Interaction. The annual competition provides a platform for inclusivity and shared development of innovative ideas. Find more info about winning prototypes of the last competitions here.

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