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Cars, traffic lights and lampposts will be exchanging data via 5G in a few years' time. Dekra and Deutsche Telekom are therefore developing the Lausitzring test and race track as a 5G test field for intelligent mobility.
read more...'Hyperloop Pod Competition' 2018
Traveling at almost the speed of sound with the Hyperloop superfast train - to make this vision a reality, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has launched the 'Hyperloop Pod Competition': the design by the team from the Technical University of Munich won for the third time.
read more...Aston Martin has unveiled the 'Volante Vision Concept', a luxury concept aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability. The aircraft, created in collaboration with Cranfield University, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Rolls-Royce, has a hybrid electric drive.
read more...RoboCup World Championship 2018
If not in Russia, then in Canada: robots from German universities recently beat the international competition in soccer at the RoboCup World Cup. But the robotics competition in Montréal was not just about soccer. A look back.
read more...ETH Zurich students tackled the challenges of urban mobility with the 'ethec' project. The result is an electric motorcycle with special battery technology and a range of 400 km.
read more...Autonomous trucks from DB subsidiary Schenker are currently on the A9 highway between Munich and Nuremberg with loads. Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer is convinced that this will make transportation safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.
read more...Hyperloop Pod Competition / TU Munich
In the Hyperloop, people are supposed to travel at almost the speed of sound. To drive this forward, Elon Musk has launched the 'Hyperloop Pod Competition'. The TU Munich won twice. Now the third pod is about to take off. Team leader Gabriele Semino explains what makes it so special.
read more...The electric and autonomous shuttle 'Orbit' from car manufacturer Fisker Automotive will be equipped with the in-wheel eDrive technology 'ProteanDrive'. The drive technology can be easily integrated into the vehicle and allows for more space in the vehicle interior.
read more...Messi, Neymar and many other soccer greats have tried, but none of them have been able to beat this goalkeeper on the penalty kick. There is no human between the posts, but a robot - the 'RoboKeeper' - and probably the fastest goalkeeper in the world.
read more...The first all-electric Porsche will go into series production next year. It has now been given a name: The 'Mission E' concept study, which is now used to describe the manufacturer's entire electric offensive, has been renamed 'Taycan'.
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