A number of typical objects were placed in the time capsule to provide future generations with information about the current era. Image: Empa
A number of typical objects were placed in the time capsule to provide future generations with information about the current era. Image: Empa - Less than four months after the groundbreaking ceremony, the foundation for the co-operate research campus of Empa and Eawag was laid on 3 September 2021. At the ceremony in Dübendorf, representatives of all partners filled a time capsule with contemporary items in the presence of around 50 guests, thus giving the starting signal for co-operate. What should be put in a time capsule that is placed into the foundation of a research building under construction and is intended to provide future generations with information about the era at the time of construction? This question puzzled all those involved in the construction, especially those from the two research institutes Empa and Eawag, which will one day use the co-operate campus. Empa chose some products from its own research. Empa CEO Gian-Luca Bona, for example, placed a small steel rod made from a shape memory alloy (SMA) developed at Empa in the small capsule, as well as a 3D-printed cube that demonstrates the possibilities of digital production of unique items. According to Bona, the new co-operate research campus is intended to become a place of intense collaboration with Empa numerous partners - hence its name - and to inter-connect the institutions of the ETH Domain even more closely.
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