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Dr. Frank Melzer, Member of the Management Board of Festo, takes over the leadership of the steering committee of the Industry 4.0 platform for the digitalization of the German economy. He replaces SAP board member Bernd Leukert.
read more...'Invent a Chip 2018' school competition
Over 2,000 schoolchildren across Germany submitted their microchip ideas to the 'Invent a Chip 2018' competition. The four most original of these have now been chosen by the VDE and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
read more...By analysing data using artificial intelligence, production systems should be able to detect errors and optimize themselves in the future. However, the integration of suitable solutions in companies has often failed to date. This is where the 'KOARCH' research project comes in.
read more...The Cybersecurity Agency will primarily focus on promoting research projects to protect citizens and infrastructure and will begin its work next year.
read more...At Cebit 2018, Deutsche Messe and the BMBF presented the 'Cebit Innovation Award' to three innovative app developments - including an app for finding a parking space. Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister of Education and Research, presented the prizes to the teams.
read more...Exoskeleton / Augmented Reality
The "3rd arm" for tradesmen makes two things possible at once: effective support for the tradesman and computer-generated additional information directly on site.
read more...IUNO research project - Part 1
The opportunities offered by I40 remain untapped, particularly in SMEs. One reason for this is that the IT used in companies to date is often not geared towards the security requirements of networked production. This is where the IUNO research project comes in.
read more...'Invent a Chip 2018' school competition
How will digitalization, robotics and artificial intelligence change people's everyday lives? How and what will the next generation work on? The new round of the 'Invent a Chip' school competition organized by the BMBF and the VDE is looking into these questions.
read more...The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is launching a new digitalization platform with the future project 'Learning Systems'. In addition to the existing 'Industry 4.0' platform, this will now be the second BMBF platform on an important digitalization topic.
read more...In the new 'Start-a-Factory' laboratory complex, Fraunhofer IZM scientists are researching the problems that repeatedly occur during product development. The main aim is to support start-ups.
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