HOW THE GERMANS TURNED ACCIDENTALLY ALBERT EINSTEIN INTO A BAD STUDENT
Maybe you already have heard about the rumor that Albert Einstein wasn’t a brilliant student. Quit the contrary people say he was really bad at school. But thats a huge mistake – caused by the different scale that the Germans and the Swiss are using for school grades. Albert Einstein had for [...]
Something cool and new: MondoWindow
I’m sure you have already been in an airlplane and wondered what were you seeing from up above. MondoWindow lets you clear out these questions provided you have WiFi onboard. It lists flickr photos, wikipedia entries and all sorts of bells and whistles. Cool, isn’t it?
“TOWN ORIGINALS”
Every city has got their “Town Originals”. Some of them are funny, philosophical, serious, strange, inconceivable or all at once. We pass them every once a while and for a moment they have got our full attention… And even we never talk to them, when they have gone we miss them, cause they become a [...]
Helvetiq at the Château des Jeux, September 2011!
Helvetiq is pleased to announce its participation in this year’s edition of the Château des Jeux at la Tour-de-Peilz, on Sept. 11th, 2011. Among a variety of other games and in a fun setting, you will be able to come and play Helvetiq and our other games, and meet the team behind it all! The [...]
Puzzles are real Brain Food!
10 Fun Facts about the Brain The composition of the brain: 77-78% water, 10-12% lipids, 8% protein, 1% carbs, 2% soluble organics, 1% inorganic salt How much does human brain weigh? At birth our brains weigh and average of 350-400g, as adults the brain averages 1300-1400g There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain, the same number of stars [...]
Eye Candy for the Style Hungry
Hello! My name is Lisa, I am the summer intern at RedCut – Helvetiq. Since two and a half months now I am working for the cool Start-up RedCut and fully enjoy my job in Lausanne. I grew up in Lucerne but since one year I am living in St. Gallen where I do my [...]
Imaginary Matterhorn views
MARTIN SCHWARZ is a graphic designer and lithograph born 1946 in Winterthur (CH). Since 1968 he works as an independent artist. Martin Schwarz had many groups and individual exhibitions predominantly in Switzerland and Germany. He lives and works in Winterthur and D-Bartenstein (Germany). For many of his photomontages he works with well known “Swiss-Objects” like [...]
SWISS GOLD for everyone
“Switzerland is rich in poor mines” a famous Swiss geologist once stated. And still there are several places in Switzerland where you can find small amounts of gold. In the North more then in the South of Switzerland. You already found once some gold in Switzerland? Then we would be happy to hear your story [...]
Helvetiq Geneva – iPhone game for free
New: Helvetiq Geneva on your iPhone! Learn interesting facts and test your Geneva IQ.Download from the AppStore – It’s free!