The Met Office and the University of Exeter will host scientists, policy makers and business leaders for vital talks assessing growing risks from climate change – and action to address it. Even as scientific evidence demonstrates increasing threats to lives and livelihoods across the world, the global impetus for action is becoming more fragile. In the run up to COP30 in Brazil, the Exeter Climate Forum will give a strong voice to the scientists whose work drives our understanding of…
Delivered components have to undergo an incoming goods inspection to ensure they are correctly dimensioned and everything else is just right. MARQUIS – a software solution comprising machine learning and augmented reality – will be able to inspect components and their assemblies while on the move and in real time. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD are set to showcase the technology at the Hannover Messe from April 12-16, 2021. Quality control is key to the…
Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021: Hydrogen Technologies … To create a sustainable road traffic system, hundreds of thousands of fuel cells will be needed for hydrogen-powered cars in the future. Until now, though, fuel cell production has been complex and too slow. The Fraunhofer team is therefore developing a continuous production line that will be able to process fuel cell components in cycles lasting just seconds. The pilot line is set to be presented at the Hannover Messe Digital Edition…
Fraunhofer researchers have developed an innovative process for the initial testing of sheet metal in production systems. The process involves combining tried and proven load tests with an AI software solution. Even before the first machining step, the software creates a prediction about how the material will behave during production and gauges whether it will meet quality requirements. This drastically reduces the risk of failure and amount of scrap. Sheet metal is now used as a material in practically every…
Researchers at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have developed an AI-driven technology that allows the perimeter advertisements shown during live broadcasts of soccer games or other events to be changed without viewers noticing. This means every TV station can show its own content on the boards. The Swiss company ViboTec AG is bringing this technology to the market. For sports fans who regularly tune in to track and field sports, soccer, or other events on their TVs, the long advertising boards on the…
How do oceans and shipping shape our lives? What influence do we have on the oceans? “Man and the Sea – What the Oceans Mean to Us” – this is the title of the new exhibition focus presented by the German Maritime Museum (DSM) / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History on the occasion of the UN Decade of Ocean Exploration for Sustainable Development. During the current corona-related closure of the museum, preparations for new special exhibitions are in full swing….
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) will present its research results targeting energy-efficient amplifier concepts as well as terahertz (THz) components and systems for broadband communication and imaging at the virtual “European Microwave Week” (EuMW). In addition to its conference contributions, FBH exhibits from January 12-14, 2021 at the joint booth of the “Research Fab Microelectronics Germany” (FMD) in ex-hibition hall 3 – with FBH scientists available for a virtual exchange. The relevance of the internet is even growing in times of pandemics…
Intelligibility Meter enables objective measurement and display of speech intelligibility in media productions. Scientists at Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg are developing solutions to improve the intelligibility of speech in media. Algorithms for automatic measurement, evaluation and presentation of speech intelligibility facilitate the work of sound engineers in film, game and audio productions. With the implementation of intelligibility technology in Steinberg’s current production solution Nuendo, a traffic light now indicates how well the spoken words will be objectively received by listeners….
Accelerating the additive production of metal components by at least a factor of 10: With this goal in mind, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft launched the lighthouse project “futureAM – Next Generation Additive Manufacturing” in 2017. As the project ends in November 2020, six Fraunhofer institutes have made technological leaps forward in systems engineering, materials and process control as well as end-to-end digitalization, thus increasing the performance and cost-effectiveness of metal-based additive manufacturing along the entire process chain. On the one hand, the…
The QuApps conference deals with the state of the art and the development of quantum technology. The international event will take place from March 1 to 3, 2021 as a hybrid conference at Düsseldorf Airport, Germany. Participation in the technical presentations and panel discussions will be possible both on site and in a purely virtual environment. The technology offers previously undreamed-of potential for future innovations in business and science. The topics include quantum computers, cryptography and quantum sensors. In more…
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, virologist Christian Drosten and UN Secretary-General António Guterres on COVID-19 and global health Due to the worsening situation in the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Summit (October 25-27) will be held exclusively in digital form this year. There will be no on-site events and therefore personal attendance on-site will not be possible. Participation in the World Health Summit 2020 is only online. Accreditation is not required. The opening ceremony…
Outstanding green visionaries from all over the world will meet Germany’s sustainability research elite during the first virtual science tour. The 25 winners of this year’s Green Talents Competition have been selected to attend the premiere of a Virtual Science Forum for talented junior researchers in the field of sustainability science, which starts today; responsible for the organisation of the competition is the DLR Project Management Agency. The winners are engaged in topics ranging from climate change to energy systems….
IVAM joint booth at CMEF The China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) is regarded as the leading medical equipment trade fair in the Asia-Pacific region. After a successful premiere in spring 2019, the IVAM Microtechnology Network will again present a joint booth for international high-tech suppliers at the fair in Shanghai. CMEF 2020 has been postponed from April to October 19-22, making it one of the first major international medical technology platforms that will take place again under strict security…
The Focus of Fraunhofer ISE at the EU PVSEC Conference Higher efficiencies for solar cells and thus a faster expansion of photovoltaics and an acceleration of the energy transition – This is the objective of the researchers at Fraunhofer ISE when working on tandem photovoltaics. They will present the latest results of their work on tandem solar cells of different material classes at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition EU PVSEC, which will be held online from September…
In 2014, Fraunhofer ILT hosted the first “Conference on Laser Polishing – LaP” to exchange research results in an international setting. Since then, the…
Writing and publishing scientific articles holds great significance for researchers: they serve as a presentation of their work results, a summary of their…
International experts will discuss these issues at an English-language virtual panel discussion organised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina…
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