Tag: Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF
Electricity from the air, smaller and more efficient than a wind turbine
SkySails There are different approaches to airborne wind power. The company SkySails from Hamburg is entering the race with kite technology. Dusseldorf The red and white kite flies through the…
Corona pandemic, war in Ukraine and energy crisis inhibit innovations
Digitized quality control of gear plates According to the study, these are difficult times for disruptive inventions, i.e. those that radically change existing structures and entire markets. (Photo: Elrnig Klinger)…
New group of experts to promote fusion in Germany
“The energy crisis shows that we need climate-neutral, reliable and economical energy sources like fusion,” Stark-Watzinger told the Handelsblatt. Her hope: “We can bring the sun to earth.” Constantin Häfner,…
German industry invests more in research
Battery Research Center Germany lags behind in research and development spending. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin German industry’s spending on research and development (R&D) has risen significantly again after companies…
German industry invests more in research
Battery Research Center Germany lags behind in research and development spending. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin German industry’s spending on research and development (R&D) has risen significantly again after companies…
Compulsory subject computer science & Co.: Expert commission calls for educational reforms
Berlin Germany is not as far along in digital education as it would like. The corona pandemic in particular has shown this. The Standing Scientific Commission (SWK) of the Conference…
How educational start-ups can make integration easier for Ukrainian refugees
Berlin More than a hundred thousand school-age children have fled to Germany from Ukraine since the beginning of the war. This was reported by the Conference of Ministers of Education…
How Science Fiction Affects Our Progress
Furstenfeldbruck When you think about the future, what images come to mind? Flying cars? Astronauts slumbering in cryochambers on their way to Mars? Killer robots who want to destroy humanity?…
“To get the quantum computer going, press F5 twice”
Quantum computer A look into the so-called ion trap. (Photo: via REUTERS) The pace of our time is set in Braunschweig. Normal quartz watches go wrong by a few seconds…
Ten ways to innovation Germany
Germany’s innovation policy is eroding. Not because the state is pumping too little money into the system. Rather, there is a problem with bureaucracy, mental silos, misguided incentives, large egos…
Demand and reality in artificial intelligence
Robot test at the DFKI A large part of the DFKI’s money goes into prototypes. But the public does not know how many are successful. (Photo: DFKI) Dusseldorf The German…