Ars Electronica Festival · 2004
The Cancer Compass
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2004
In 2004, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The Cancer Compass” by www.krebs-kompass.de (Digital Communities) with an Award of Distinction.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, every third family is affected by cancer in Germany alone. Such a diagnosis plunges them into a deep state of fear and helplessness; at the same it gives rise to an enormous need for information. This clashes with an extreme timidity about going public.
About www.krebs-kompass.de
In 1997 the students Nicole Stroh and Marcus Oehlrich wrote a seminar paper on lung cancer and decided to publish it on the web site of the University of Darmstadt so fellow students could access it.
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