Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Laser welding in the right light
Laser welding is on the advance, but it also has its limits: it has been impossible to fuse two transparent plastic components together -- up until now. German researchers have now succeeded in circumventing this hurdle -- ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Touchscreens made of carbon
Touchscreens are in -- although the technology still has its price. The little screens contain rare and expensive elements. This is the reason why researchers at Fraunhofer are coming up with an alternative display made of ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Nanoworld in color
Lights off – projector on. Lecture theaters, conference halls and seminar rooms currently have to be darkened if the speaker wants to project a presentation on screen. Unfortunately, the attention of ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Better indoor air starts with minerals
One of the sources of emission for pollutants in living spaces are particleboards glued with adhesives that contain formaldehyde. There is a new method that will now provide another way to reduce these vapors. ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Getting smarter behind the wheel
Everyone learns differently. Research scientists have therefore developed a system which adapts learning content to specific individual requirements. LogiAssist addresses the needs of companies in the logistics ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Radiometer finds sources of fire
Forest fires usually spread out of control very quickly. Fires that produce a lot of smoke are particularly challenging for the emergency services, because the source of the fire is then especially hard to ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Window shopping, virtually
Researchers want to make shopping trips a special experience in future by enabling passers-by to operate window displays with hand and facial gestures. Four cameras record the 3-D positions of people’s ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Impregnating plastics with carbon dioxide
Everyone has heard that carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming. But the gas also has some positive characteristics. Researchers are now impregnating plastics with compressed CO2 in a process that could ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Eating low-fat, thanks to lupin proteins
Food should be delicious, healthy and sustainably produced. Researchers are working on new methods to use as many parts of plants as possible for nutrition. In the future, vegetable ingredients could replace ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Films for facades
Films instead of walls. This is an idea that fascinates architects all over the world. The Eden Project in Southern England, the National Aquatics Center built for swimming events at the Olympics in Beijing ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Hot embossing glass -- to the nearest micrometer
The lens is what matters: if lens arrays could be made of glass, it would be possible to make more conveniently sized projectors. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a process that allows this key component ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Saving lives with fast sepsis testing
Blood poisoning can be fatal. If you suffer from sepsis, you used to have to wait as much as 48 hours for laboratory findings. A new diagnostic platform as big as a credit card will now supply the analysis ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Tracking down particulates
Wood-burning stoves are enjoying a surge in popularity. But burning biomass releases fine dust particles that are hazardous to health. Consequently, new legal limits for particulate emissions from such stoves ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Efficiently utilizing energy carriers
Supplying energy is in the process of metamorphosis because people want to know what is the most intelligent and efficient way to utilize all types of energy carriers. German researchers at Fraunhofer put ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 01, 2010 |
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A robot with finger-tip sensitivity
Two arms, three cameras, finger-tip sensitivity and a variety of facial expressions – these are the distinguishing features of the pi4-workerbot. Similar in size to a human being, it can be employed at ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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