KOR'K Sensor

KOR'K Sensor 08 Nuremberg

Chapter 08

Nuremberg

From 8 to 11 December 2026, the prototype is presented at the 5th EELISA Prototype Contest, at JOSEPHS in Nuremberg. The public and experts will test it.

The programme

Four days of co-creation, then the public

  1. Monday 7 December

    Departure

    The prototype travels as cabin baggage. The PSL-Pépite Learning Expedition runs from 7 to 12 December.

  2. 8 to 10 December

    Three days of method

    From 10:00 on 8 December: innovating from customers, positioning the prototype in its market, gathering their feedback. With pitch coaching.

  3. Friday 11 December

    Public tests and final

    Each team sets up its own test space. The invited public and experts from JOSEPHS, the NIM and the FAU try the prototypes, give feedback and vote. Final at around 18:00.

  4. Saturday 12 December

    Return

    End of the Learning Expedition.

Times according to the organisers' invitation (FAU, 6 Nov. 2026). Dates of the Learning Expedition: PSL-Pépite email (29 Oct. 2026). Content of the days: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026). Start of the workshop on 8 December: contest page (FAU).

In numbers

25

projects at most selected for the workshop, from all EELISA institutions

3 + 1

days: three of method, then one day in front of the public

30 points

to be selected: three criteria, each scored out of 10

≈ 4 m²

of test space at most per prototype, 2 m high, 100 kg

Source: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026).

The event

Who organises it, and how

EELISA
The European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance is a European university founded in November 2020. It now brings together ten partner universities in eight countries, including PSL, and is co-funded by the European Union.

Sources: call for the 2nd edition (2023), for the founding date; eelisa.eu, list of partners and co-funding, accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

The contest
Organised by EELISA at the FAU (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), with JOSEPHS, the open-innovation lab in Nuremberg, Augustinerstraße 19.

Sources: contest page (FAU); address according to the organisers' invitation.

The 5th edition
A four-day co-creation workshop, led by the open-innovation experts of JOSEPHS, together with experts from the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM) and the FAU's startup consulting services. On the last day, each team runs its own test space, open to the public; the invited public and the experts vote for the winner of the 2026 edition.

Sources: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026); contest page (FAU); organisers' invitation (6 Nov. 2026); PSL-Pépite email (29 Oct. 2026).

JOSEPHS
An FAU open-innovation lab in the centre of Nuremberg, with more than 450 m². For more than ten years, companies and public institutions have developed and tested their products there with real users: more than 200 projects, more than 100,000 visitors. During shop opening hours, “Innovation Guides” present the projects to the public.

Source: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026).

The timeline
Applications until 1 November 2026, answer by 6 November at the latest. The organisers' invitation arrived on 6 November.

Sources: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026); organisers' invitation (6 Nov. 2026).

Who pays for what
The workshop is covered by EELISA at the FAU, with support from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Travel and accommodation are paid by the participants, or by the EELISA office of their institution.

Source: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026).

My selection
I am going with PSL-Pépite, which selected me with KOR'K Sensor and KOR'K Scan.

Source: PSL-Pépite email (29 Oct. 2026); application file (October 2026).

Past editions
In 2024, the 3rd edition brought together nine teams from six partner universities, from 10 to 13 December; it was won by “Crystal Clear Water”, a prototype that filters PFAS out of water (FAU). In 2025, the 4th edition was won by ReHand Shake (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa), a robotic solution for wrist rehabilitation.

Sources: eelisa.eu, 16 Dec. 2024; eelisa.eu, 14 Apr. 2026.

The rules

How teams are selected, and what the prototype must meet

Selection

  1. Criterion 1 · out of 10

    Motivation

    Why take part in this 5th edition.

  2. Criterion 2 · out of 10

    A prototype that can be tested at JOSEPHS

    What it offers, how much interest it raises with the public, its appeal, how innovative it is.

  3. Criterion 3 · out of 10

    Its chances of success

    Entering the market, scaling up, and the maturity of the project behind it.

A committee of experts from EELISA and JOSEPHS scores the applications. Source: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026).

The conditions

8 of 9 conditions met, 1 to check before leaving

  • Met

    A consumer good, idea, concept or app; physical, digital or hybrid

    Hybrid: a device, and the KOR'K Scan app.

  • Met

    Of interest to the general public

    It is meant for parents of young children.

  • Met

    Testable in English (or German)

    The site, the consent screen and the sign exist in English; the sign also exists in German, to be proofread.

  • Met

    Brought or sent by the team

    It travels as cabin baggage.

  • Met

    Under 100 kg

    The device is designed for about 0.5 kg.

  • To check

    About 4 m² of test space at most

    From the corner to the far edge of the filmed area, about 3.2 m² of floor is already needed. The stand layout below assumes 3 × 3 m: it will have to be tightened.

  • Met

    No higher than 2 m

    The device sits at 1.6 m, and the panels in the layout are brought down to 2 m, the call's limit.

  • Met

    Works with regular Wi‑Fi and electricity

    One 230 V socket, and a local Wi-Fi network between the device and the iPhone.

  • Met

    No hazardous goods

    None: only the certified power supply is on 230 V, outside the device.

Conditions: call for applications for the 5th edition (EELISA and FAU, 2026). How the prototype meets them: design journal (steps 0 and 2), 03-plans/stand/panneau-et-accord.md, shopping list. The 3.2 m² is calculated from the floor area (1.2 to 2.7 m from the corner, 1.5 m square); it counts neither the table nor the roll-up.

At the stand

What I am bringing

  • The working unit, with a translucent front panel, fixed at the top of a corner of panels, the lens at 1.6 m.
  • An empty white shell, to hold and handle.
  • KOR'K Scan on the iPhone, with demonstration videos and reports prepared in advance.
  • The explanatory page, offline, on the computer and the tablet.
  • The stand rules, displayed on a board in three languages (chapter 06).

KOR'K Scan works in France. In Nuremberg, I want to see whether parents from other countries understand it at first glance, and how they feel facing a unit like this in a child's bedroom.

The stand

A child's bedroom, and an area marked on the floor

The stand recreates the corner of a child's bedroom, with the unit high up in the corner. In front of it, tape on the floor marks out the filmed area. The board at the entrance puts it this way: “Here, and only here, the KOR'K Sensor may film you.” Stepping into the area is not enough: “Nothing starts without your consent: ‘I agree’ button on the iPhone, or verbal consent.” And after the demonstration: “Your clips are deleted after the demo and never sent for analysis without separate consent.”

Top view of the stand: the corner of the room at top left, the unit in the corner, a square of orange tape on the floor in line with the unit with the doll on a rug and toys, a low table with the tablet, a roll-up banner against the left wall and a board on an easel at the entrance to the area.
  1. 1The set. The corner of a bedroom: two panels at right angles, a light floor.
  2. 2The KOR'K Sensor. In the corner, 1.60 m high, tilted 20° downwards, with a translucent front panel. Its cable runs down the wall.
  3. 3The filmed area. Tape on the floor: a square of about 1.5 × 1.5 m, from 1.2 to 2.7 m from the corner, in line with the unit. Any closer and you leave the frame; any further and the face becomes too small.
  4. 4The doll. The size of a seated child, with a neutral face. It plays the part of the child.
  5. 5The toys. Wooden blocks, a ball and a soft toy, on a small rug.
  6. 6The tablet. On a low table, screen facing the public: a demonstration video prepared in advance, with the analysis KOR'K Scan draws from it underneath.
  7. 7The poster. A roll-up banner: what the KOR'K Sensor does, why, and how.
  8. 8The filmed-area board. A3, in French, English and German, placed at the entrance to the area so it is read before stepping in.
Perspective view of the same stand: the white diamond-shaped unit high in the corner, facing the taped area where the doll sits among the toys; the table and tablet on the right, the roll-up banner and the board on an easel on the left.
AI-generated image (Artlist, Nano Banana Pro). What I would like to show in Nuremberg, based on the diagram above: this is not a photo of the stand. The unit has the look of the product (fabric front), not that of the V1 prototype with its translucent front.

Layout drawing, produced by a script (03-plans/stand/plan_stand.py, 9 Nov. 2026). The stand size, 3 × 3 m, is an assumption: it is not known yet. The unit is enlarged to stay visible; everything else is to scale. Floor area and board wording: 03-plans/stand/panneau-et-accord.md; height and tilt: decision register.