Healthy people can hardly imagine what it is like to be immobile and have to sit in a wheelchair. It is especially difficult for those who cannot move their mobile vehicle manually. As then they are always dependent on the…
Germs on beer caps are now a thing of the past: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB Advanced System Technology Branch (Fraunhofer Institute IOSB-AST for short) in Ilmenau, Germany, have now developed a…
When grandparents engage with their grandchildren, their interaction is essentially characterized by haptics. An element that is completely absent from long-distance digital contact. Verena Fuchsberger is developing digital forms of haptics to enable a more emotional experience.. Globalization and europeanization…
A new class of electrolytes was discovered during an international research project. These are crystalline, but have kinetic properties more similar to those of liquid electrolytes. The new solid electrolyte could mark a breakthrough for the solid-state battery and consequently…
Richard van Tilborg, co-founder of CoVince, describes his idea as “the Netflix of e-learning”. By which he means that CoVince is a platform on which all kinds of various e-learning modules are being offered. The e-learning modules have a variety…
“The future depends on the combination of humanities and mathematics.” That’s what Janne Brok, director of Sioux Lime, says. The company uses mathematics as a technology for optimizing processes. A broad field where different sectors come together. “Innovations start at…
Do you still remember the days when we had to build each website independently? When there was no WordPress, Jimdo & Co.? We are currently at this stage when it comes to Augmented Reality: Those who want to offer their…
Without nanotechnology, hardly anything is possible in many areas of everyday life anymore, because, with the help of nanotechnology, techniques, structures, and systems can be developed that give materials completely new properties and functions. Nanotechnology makes it possible, for example,…
Every year, hailstorms cause major damage to agriculture and the economy in general. The aim of hailstorm research is to provide data that can be used for damage prevention. Hails events are documented in order to provide a forecast model…
With the motto “We green the World” Artifical Ecosystems wants to make our cities greener. What’s new about the concept: Founders Dr. Tobias Graf, biologist and plant ecologist, civil engineer Martin Hamp and IT specialist Björn Stichler are combining natural…