Researchers from Lower Austria help astronauts on their way

From simple circulatory problems in astronauts in weightlessness, the sudden ‘freezing of the legs’ in Parkinson’s patients and the use of proteins as medicine to DNA tests to determine drug intolerances and the early detection of pandemic risks in viruses. The broad spectrum of young medical research in Lower Austria is now given a broad platform. In the so-called Innovation Corner of the Technical Museum in Vienna, Tecnet, the country’s technology company, presents local start-ups and their international successes in this field.

The exhibition is intended to arouse curiosity
‘Short, sweet and sincere’ is how Johanna Mikl-Leitner described the design of this special exhibition at the opening: ‘It’s about showing what our research yields and how the findings can be made economically feasible.’ Tecnet boss Doris Agneter emphasized another aspect: “We want to present science in a way that arouses curiosity.”

The Lower Austrian exhibitions in the Innovation Corner – before the medical field, the topics of agricultural and space technology were already on the program – perfectly implemented the so-called third mission: the transfer of research results to society and the economy. At the opening, a panel of top experts from local universities and Barbara Diehl from the German Agency for Leap Innovations agreed on this.

And the success so far proves them right: “By autumn, half a million visitors will have seen the Lower Austrian Innovation Corner,” says Peter Aufreiter. General Director of the Technical Museum, provisional balance sheet. The Innovation Corner from Lower Austria can be seen in the Vienna Technical Museum until September 29.