Spoke 1 a Bologna con la ricerca finanziata industriale per la doppia transizione NODES Spoke 1 expands the reach of the ecosystem and brings its results to We Make Future 2025. We Make Future is the international festival dedicated to digital and social innovation, hosted annually in Italy. It brings together technology, business, culture and education to promote a more sustainable future. An intense 3 days event, June 4-6, hosted this year in Bologna, ideal for advancing the goals of NODES, increasing the competitiveness of industries and research institutions by fostering their ongoing dialogue.   Fondazione Piemonte Innova and the ICT Cluster hosted several of the companies funded through Spoke 1's cascade calls, who presented their innovative ideas and the results of their industrial research projects to the wide audience present during the fair. Spoke 1's industrial research activities are positioned in the different steps of the Aerospace and Sustainable Mobility value chains, and can thus bring benefit and innovation in two sectors whose paradigms are in great evolution.   The event is a great opportunity for startups, companies, students, professionals, and institutions to meet and find the best synergies to support innovation projects and new activities. Thanks to Fondazione Piemonte Innova, a leading partner of Spoke 1 NODES, local companies were able to highlight the great capabilities housed in NODES and the potential for further development and continued growth during major paradigms changes and the dual digital and sustainable transition.  

Spoke 1 a Bologna con la ricerca finanziata industriale per la doppia transizione NODES Spoke 1 expands the reach of the ecosystem and brings its results to We Make Future 2025. We Make Future is the international festival dedicated to digital and social innovation, hosted annually in Italy. It brings together technology, business, culture and education to promote a more sustainable future. An intense 3 days event, June 4-6, hosted this year in Bologna, ideal for advancing the goals of NODES, increasing the competitiveness of industries and research institutions by fostering their ongoing dialogue.   Fondazione Piemonte Innova and the ICT Cluster hosted several of the companies funded through Spoke 1's cascade calls, who presented their innovative ideas and the results of their industrial research projects to the wide audience present during the fair. Spoke 1's industrial research activities are positioned in the different steps of the Aerospace and Sustainable Mobility value chains, and can thus bring benefit and innovation in two sectors whose paradigms are in great evolution.   The event is a great opportunity for startups, companies, students, professionals, and institutions to meet and find the best synergies to support innovation projects and new activities. Thanks to Fondazione Piemonte Innova, a leading partner of Spoke 1 NODES, local companies were able to highlight the great capabilities housed in NODES and the potential for further development and continued growth during major paradigms changes and the dual digital and sustainable transition.  

Once again, the Startup Academy by I3P is helping shape the next generation of young entrepreneurs. The course successfully supported aspiring startup founders in the early stages of their journey, helping them turn innovative ideas into concrete projects, build teams with complementary skills, and launch the customer discovery process. Throughout the program, participants explored tools to validate their business ideas and analyze potential target markets.   The training experience was enriched by direct exchanges with scale-up founders and venture capitalists, who shared real-world insights into what it takes to build a successful entrepreneurial story. Expert mentors and active startups—particularly in the aerospace and sustainable mobility sectors, supported by Spoke 1 of the NODES Ecosystem—helped create a dynamic, stimulating environment full of opportunities.

May 29, students from Università and  Politecnico di Torino presented their innovative solutions in response to the “Indigo” Challenges organized by the University of Turin for Spoke 1 NODES. The proposed challenges came from two major groups in the area, SKF and Teoresi. Complex objectives SKF, which is expanding its facility, was seeking solutions for designing innovative, digitized and sustainable aerospace spaces to enhance the work and hospitality experience by integrating advanced technologies, environmentally sustainable solutions and new ways of training and collaboration. Teoresi, on the other hand, wants to take the macro-topic of smart mobility head-on, particularly two of its key aspects. Increasingly connected and autonomous mobility and the concept of sustainability, both environmental and economic. In particular, Teoresi sought solutions for the specific context of share-mobility with a fleet of electric, connected and autonomous cars in a medium-sized city. The winning teams are “spotApark” for the Teoresi Challenge and “Skylab” for the SKF challenge. All teams demonstrated excellent skills and inventiveness, and support was never lacking. Business mentors accompanied the teams' growth through to the final pitches, with valuable support from I3P, the Incubator of the Politecnico di Torino and partner of Spoke 1. Devising market solutions is a complex issue, and identifying both technologically and economically viable systems, considering current technological limitations and contextualizing possible applications, while thinking ahead to possible further developments, is a major undertaking that consolidated the teams' capabilities. Students Challenges offer companies a concrete opportunity to co-develop innovative solutions with new talent, while undergraduate students, thanks to “learning by doing,” can engage with local business realities, a highly formative and enabling experience in preparation to their first step in the job market.   Indigo Challenge SKF   Indigo Challenge Teoresi