For drivers, reacting quickly to hazards can mean the difference between life and death – for themselves and others. As a rule, the reaction time is less than half a second. If it’s also a matter of diverting and/or braking,…
Dr. Google has achieved enormous popularity. More than half of the queries are health inquiries, says Eveline Prohaska, a researcher at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences in Austria, who specializes in healthcare engineering. But before digital applications can replace…
Batteries for electric cars are currently incorporated into the base plate as a module or pack by default. But what if the doors, the roof, or the boot lid could also be filled with batteries? Or even stronger: if the…
An invention by scientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, could save stock market players and people who like to invest their money in shares from unpleasant surprises and financial losses in the future. Based on methods…
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living, launched Hologram Sciences, a consumer-facing company that will create brands targeting various health conditions. By combining health diagnostics, digital coaching and personalized nutrition, Hologram Sciences brands will provide…
Peter Fraenkel is the inventor of the first professional tidal energy convertor (TEC) as well as the mastermind of the first ‘gravity shaft’ for energy storage. With such a description, you might imagine a young woman or man from Silicon…
While more and more vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are being used around the world, research into drugs to combat COVID-19 does not seem to be yielding decisive results. Various existing agents that physicians had high hopes for have not…
Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute IPA in Stuttgart has developed a new type of software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help industrial companies manage their machinery better. The researchers are apparently confident, given that they immediately launched a start-up called Data…
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute IKTS in Dresden, Germany, have developed a membrane technology that allows hydrogen and natural gas to be separated cost-effectively and efficiently after being transported through the regular natural gas grid. Hydrogen is considered a fuel…
More and more people are becoming aware of the challenges that the world is facing, particularly when it comes to the destruction and depletion of its natural resources. For this reason, several people have made it an advocacy to fight…