New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Project category

Identify the award category for which this project is being submitted
Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

Email user
patrikslachta44@gmail.com

Basic information
Project title
Unione Digital

Full Project Title
Brain stimulation device

Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
Be the best version of yourself.
Unione Digital is here to provide you with the brain stimulation that helps you focus. Completely.

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Cross-border/international

Where was your project implemented?
Location 1
Slovakia

Location 2
Other

Which other country?
United States (Dellaware)

Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries
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If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Bratislava, Ile De France, Chicago, Dellaware, Georgia, california, Boston, New York

Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly urban

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2023-12-23

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual in partnership with other persons
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project).
- First name: Patrik
  Last name: Šlachta
  Gender: Male
  Nationality: Slovakia
  If relevant, please select your other nationality: Slovakia
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Panónska Cesta 3
  Town: Bratislava
  Postal code: 85104
  Country: Slovakia
  Direct Tel: +421 904 579 729
  E-mail: patrikslachta44@gmail.com
  Website: https://www.unione.sk/
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.instagram.com/unione_slovensko/
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): @unione_slovensko
- URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@unione.tdcs
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): @unione.tdcs
- URL: https://twitter.com/TdcsUnione
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): @TdcsUnione
- URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unione-digital/
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): @unione-digital
In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
OUR CORE FUNCTION AND AIM ARE TO BE THE LEADING EXPERTS IN THE INDUSTRY OF BRAIN-STIMULATION DEVICES. OUR WHOLE TEAM IS LEADING A MISSION TO BETTER PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT IS FACING THIS CHALLENGE WITH HIGH HOPES AS WE PROCEED TO FURTHER OUR DEVELOPMENT EACH YEAR. OUR SOLE MISSION IS TO CREATE A DEVICE THAT MAKES US THE BEST VERSIONS OF OURSELVES WITHOUT A SURGICAL INTERRUPTION.
UNIONE DIGITAL WILL BE THE FIRST CHOICE FOR ANY GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES, LEADING TECH COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH A GOAL OF BECOMING HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL IN EVERY ACTIVITY OF THEIR LIVES. WITH OUR GOAL SET IN MOTION, OUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO INNOVATE AND DEVELOP BETTER SOLUTIONS WHILE OFFERING EASIER CUSTOMER CARE EACH YEAR OF OUR PRODUCTION. THIS WAY WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICES OF VALUE TO INDIVIDUALS ALL OVER THE WORLD EMERGING IN CENTRAL EUROPE.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
tDCS headset

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
tES headset

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Brain Stimulation

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
brain-Stimulation headset

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
electric stimulation

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
Design: Design is sustainable and made with pastel baby colors which are greatly appreciated among all groups and are modern always.
Technology: Technology that can be updated. Our infrastructure will stay the same. If you desire to update it later, we'll just simply update it in our office for free.
Materials: Materials that don't get dirty and are of the highest quality

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
Design: Colorful pastel design with varieties of colors for you to experience full personalization.
Positive Emotions: tDCS fights depression, ADHD, and Alzheimer's and gives you an unlimited amount of focus for you to move forward rapidly.
Cultural benefits: People can, through time, experience the benefits that come with using this device including a better sense of self, the ability to move forward, and more assertiveness in action while keeping your head calm and focused. This doesn't disappear after not using the device but using it constantly upgrades your cognitive function in a similar way constant learning at University does.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
Affordability: The device is affordable for all people and with a pricing set as low as 120-130€ for the cheapest version, it is definitely something that people can achieve great success with.
Medical documentation: Fulfillment with trials is not necessary as everything will be set for recreational use but in the future, with investment, the device will be trialed and given a badge of an official medical device.
Patenting: When it comes to patenting, one prototype goes there straight ahead to make sure everything we've done was legal and unique.
Governing systems: Advisory board corrects the owners.
Principles of the new societal model: this device helps with fixing the issue of having focus problems by giving society the answer to wearing this device in order for people to have the ability to prevent ADHD, Alzheimer, Depression, and other problems to spread.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
We let them write us or record a review, have their opinion, and tell us what we can do better for them to feel more comfortable using the product.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
The company has an advisory board with university professors, professional businessmen, and technological innovators and thus it can operate at its best no matter the situation given.

Advisors come from various European countries with many being from Slovakia and very important advisors from America who is also a shareholder.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
Design: The design was solely developed by the owner with guidance from a professional advisor
Marketing: Marketing is being done solely in the Slovak republic and English-speaking countries for now while the company is preparing a broader marketing strategy based on a businessplan within the next 2 years while staying within the borders of Europe
Technology: The technology behind the device is done in the Slovak Republic with a specialist from the field working as an advisor
Production: The device is produced in Slovakia in cooperation with 3 companies. 1 taking care of the outer shell (plastic exterior and headband), 1 taking care of the board, and 1 of the distribution of all parts and pieces connected to the board. Technology has been developed in the Slovak republic with help from an advisor.
Sales: Sales are the most important field when it comes to the fulfillment of our revenue and thus they are taken seriously. The company will begin by having crowdfunding done with an incoming investor ready to take part in this field. Sales are then done by professional Sales Representative within the surrounding countries of the Slovak republic, the United States, and Germany with France

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
results: Help with cognitive function. Achieve an increase in focus over several days while using the device.
outcomes: A better sense of self, more motivation, and an understanding of my body. This way I, as a customer, can go further through my day without having trouble understanding documents.
impacts: Positive global impact when it comes to the ability to train your mind.

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
Web link
Web link
- https://www.unione.sk/
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
It is the first headset built and developed in Europe within this field. Until now there have been nootropics, essential oils, coffee, and other stimulants but all include a negative effect after a certain period of time differentiating from our own by a huge margin considering the Unione tDCS has a smaller positive effect resulting in long-term brain enhancement while almost no side effects after stopping for a few days.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
Discipline and cooperation were the reasons that brought us so far while keeping our hopes high for the future ventures of Unione Digital.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
Production & Technological Innovation: Production can be transferred anywhere but primarily in China, Vietnam, and India because of competitive pricing. Production has to include all the steps ranging from sewing to board production.
Marketing, Sales & Design: Very manageable and productive in all parts of the world excluding only India, China, Mongolia, and a few related countries.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
- Workforce: People tend to work less from a certain point in their lives and motivating them with a device like this one which could naturally let them proceed to work harder will result in an enhancement of wisdom.
- Education: When it comes to education, we have a lot of smart kids having illnesses like ADHD which are prohibiting them from becoming their best selves thus it is required for us to step in the way and let them able to learn without consequences with the use of a safety device.
- Mental Illnesses: Alzheimer's and Depression play a huge role in our society and cutting them off would be a way to get results from these people even in the elderly stage thus coming to a conclusion where there would be people of age reading and explaining new books, technologies and ways of living just by simply using this device every single day.
Please attach at least 6 high resolution images (or other types of visual representations, if images are not possible) to your application.
If you would like to upload additional documentation, please upload or write below
- Cochaco Alpha.pdf
- unione digital.pdf
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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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