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SDC26 Educational Stand

Engineering students and factory trainees lack hands-on platforms to learn advanced Industry 4.0 automation. Universities often teach theoretical computer vision and manufacturing principles, but rarely provide physical equipment to practice integrating AI with mechanical systems. Consequently, graduates enter the workforce unprepared for zero-defect manufacturing. Simultaneously, industrial manufacturers face high training costs and defect risks when upskilling assembly operators directly on live production lines. There is a critical unmet need for a safe, practical training environment that bridges the gap between academic theory and the realities of modern AI-driven factory floors.

ZICHTBAAR

Residents know their neighbourhood better than the people who plan it. They see the dark underpass, the overflowing bins and the broken bench every day, but one email to the municipality reads as one person’s opinion. Complaints stay scattered, so planners cannot tell which problems affect many people and which affect a few. Without a shared, visible record of what residents want fixed, decisions about public space rest on guesses, and residents often see no result from reporting.

Launch Data Films

AI and developer-tool startups publish real launch numbers, like benchmarks and usage growth, but they rarely show them well. Many post a screenshot of a table or a generic AI video with no sources. Readers can't tell whether the numbers are right, so strong results get less attention than they deserve. Making a clear, correct film takes a designer and days of work that a small team doesn't have.

Unicorner Game

Football is the world's most popular sport, yet there are limited engaging and accessible ways for fans to test their knowledge and compete with others beyond watching matches or playing traditional video games. Existing football trivia games often lack replayability, meaningful competition, or a strong community aspect. Unicorner addresses this gap by offering a free, browser-based football knowledge game that combines daily challenges, rarity-based scoring, leaderboards, and competitions with friends. Our goal is to turn football knowledge into a fun, competitive, and social daily habit, bringing football fans from around the world together.

FreshersNest

The information gap. In our first two months we listed 100 events and 157 committee recruitments. No student could have known about all of them, because opportunities are scattered across lots of Instagram pages. The social barrier. Students, especially first-years, will not attend an event alone and step out of their comfort zone, so they are likely to skip opportunities due to this fear. The high friction. Applying means finding and filling a separate Google Form for every event and recruitment, re-entering the same details each time. The lack of transparency. Among almost 40 associations, nobody can tell a student which ones are genuinely active, so a student can give a year of their time to a committee that turns out to be worthless.

Biodetect Diapers

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections in elderly care, yet they are often missed or diagnosed late. This is due to, among other things, incontinence, atypical symptoms and cognitive decline. Additionally, current testing relies on dipsticks, which are prone to false positives, and lab cultures, which are slow and require a clean urine sample that is hard to obtain. The result: delayed treatment, avoidable hospitalisations, unnecessary antibiotic use and extra pressure on already overstretched care staff.