Projects

Recognition of the palmar venous network

Recognition of the palmar venous network

Veintree wants to create an ethical, non-nominal, non-traceable digital biometric authentication platform that can replace smart cards or passwords. This solution uses palm vein network recognition as an identifier and will be useful for NGOs involved in natural...

An algorithm that optimises pharmacies purchases

An algorithm that optimises pharmacies purchases

The drug market is particularly complex. To help Valpharmex, a company based in Sierre, find the best prices for its customers, Icare developed the AOptima platform. After two years of research, the prototype was industrialised as part of an Ark project. Medicines...

Solutions for cooperative electricity

Solutions for cooperative electricity

The possibility of creating consumption clusters, also called "self-consumption communities", is one of the key elements of the Energy Strategy 2050. These communities, which bring together several consumers from a PPE, a shopping centre or an industrial zone, need...

Decision support for renewable energy

Decision support for renewable energy

Icare has developed an algorithm capable of predicting the consumption and production of renewable energy. This solution is being applied in several projects aimed at optimising electricity production, both for industry and for private individuals. The digital...

Detect IT threats predictively and intelligently

Detect IT threats predictively and intelligently

As part of an Innosuisse project, the Icare Institute has developed a Machine Learning module which, when integrated into a cybersecurity tool, detects threats based on behavioural analysis and the company network. As of 2019, the results of this research project have...

Towards better management of our water resources

Towards better management of our water resources

The Centre for Research on the Alpine Environment (CREALP) notes a significant drop in the water table in the Rhône plain during frost control episodes, particularly in April 2017. This phenomenon can lead to problems such as settling, displacement of pollutants or...

Programming the Thymio educational robot with a tablet

Programming the Thymio educational robot with a tablet

Thymio is an open source programmable robot developed at EPFL. It is ideal for accompanying students and teachers in the era of digital education. With the aim of providing learning tools efficient and easy to use, the Mobsya association (which industrialises and...

The whole net+ Mobile TV experience on Apple TV

The whole net+ Mobile TV experience on Apple TV

The collaboration between Netplus and the Icare Institute started already in 2016. Our research institute developed content recommendation algorithms based on user profiles. This functionality was subsequently further improved, enabling netplus.ch to provide its...

Breitling connected watches

Breitling connected watches

After having developed three applications for connected watches, the Icare Institute devoted itself in 2019 to their evolution. This partnership with Breitling and Soprod in Sion reflects above all a contract of trust based on innovation. Since their launch in 2015,...