Forum for Science, Industry and Business

Fourth German Electric Vehicle Congress

The largest German Electric Vehicle Congress was first held in 2009 and is now moving to a place of longstanding and proud tradition - the Haus der Technik in Essen will be organising the 4th German Electric Vehicle Congress on 14th and 15th January 2012 in cooperation with nova-Institute.

After three successful years, the leading German congress for innovations, concepts and new prospects in the electric mobility sector has once again chosen to focus on the dominant trends in the market, politics, research and development for the 2012 edition. The established international appeal of the German Electric Vehicle Congress makes it a showcase for electric mobility developments in Germany and draws in new ideas from around the world.

As in previous years, approximately 500 participants are expected at this forum for sharing experiences. Highlights from sectors such as vehicle manufacturing (OEMs, prototypes, converters), motor vehicle suppliers, distribution, infrastructure (grids and charging concepts), energy storage and other components, raw materials, sustainability, market forecasting and strategy are accompanied this year by a focus on utility vehicles as trailblazers for electric mobility.

Interested companies and institutions are invited to respond to the call for papers (deadline: 10.02.2012). An extensive exhibition and sponsoring opportunities complete the programme.

For further details and registration, visit www.e-mobil-kongress.de (the website is currently being refreshed).

Bernd Hömberg | Haus der Technik e.V.
Further information:
http://www.hdt-essen.de
http://www.hdt-essen.de/W-H010-06-392-2

Im Focus: Carbon Nanotubes Turn Electrical Current into Light-emitting Quasi-particles

Strong light-matter coupling in these semiconducting tubes may hold the key to electrically pumped lasers

Light-matter quasi-particles can be generated electrically in semiconducting carbon nanotubes. Material scientists and physicists from Heidelberg University...

Im Focus: Flexible proximity sensor creates smart surfaces

Fraunhofer IPA has developed a proximity sensor made from silicone and carbon nanotubes (CNT) which detects objects and determines their position. The materials and printing process used mean that the sensor is extremely flexible, economical and can be used for large surfaces. Industry and research partners can use and further develop this innovation straight away.

At first glance, the proximity sensor appears to be nothing special: a thin, elastic layer of silicone onto which black square surfaces are printed, but these...

Im Focus: 3-D scanning with water

3-D shape acquisition using water displacement as the shape sensor for the reconstruction of complex objects

A global team of computer scientists and engineers have developed an innovative technique that more completely reconstructs challenging 3D objects. An ancient...

Im Focus: Manipulating Electron Spins Without Loss of Information

Physicists have developed a new technique that uses electrical voltages to control the electron spin on a chip. The newly-developed method provides protection from spin decay, meaning that the contained information can be maintained and transmitted over comparatively large distances, as has been demonstrated by a team from the University of Basel’s Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute. The results have been published in Physical Review X.

For several years, researchers have been trying to use the spin of an electron to store and transmit information. The spin of each electron is always coupled...

Im Focus: The proton precisely weighted

What is the mass of a proton? Scientists from Germany and Japan successfully did an important step towards the most exact knowledge of this fundamental constant. By means of precision measurements on a single proton, they could improve the precision by a factor of three and also correct the existing value.

To determine the mass of a single proton still more accurate – a group of physicists led by Klaus Blaum and Sven Sturm of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear...