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Rubber tree plantation in South East Asia. Photo: Patrick Hostert
09.01.2019

Cambodia's tropical forests give way to rubber tree plantations

Study by geographers of the HU confirms the relationship between destruction of forests and price of rubber:

Since the mid-2000s, the rising global demand for natural rubber has primarily been the result of the growth of the Chinese tyre and automotive industry. In a study published in Nature Plants, Kenneth Grogan and a…

Adlershof Journal January/February 2019
03.01.2019

Adlershof Journal January/February 2019

Alive and swinging? A look at how our founders are moving forward:

Discovered: wreckage of a bomber found // Sold: OpTricon becomes Chembio // Developed: breast milk tests and sewing pattern app //

[Translate to English:] Bauer bloggt. Illustration: D. Mahnkopf
03.01.2019

Everyone and their mother can start a blog

How digitisation is making established business models obsolete – and what’s annoying about it. Essay by Simone Janson:

Vaccines based on sugar, quality assurance through surface analysis, manufacturing of lasers, research on more effective solar cells, or optoelectronic components: new ideas have a hard time in Germany. Potential…

Madlen Dietrich, communications manager
03.01.2019

At the interface of start-ups and established companies

In conversation with Madlen Dietrich, innovation scout for the UVB Business Associations Berlin-Brandenburg:

Madlen Dietrich knows where to look for good ideas and how they channel into economic growth. She has been the innovation scout at the UVB Business Associations Berlin-Brandenburg since 2016. Her focus is on digital…

Matthias Blankenburg, Vollack Berlin Adlershof
03.01.2019

The builder

Matthias Blankenburg found the wreckage of a bomber in Adlershof:

Suddenly, the excavator came to a halt in the pale gravel and exposed pitch black, dirty sand. The air was filled with a musty scent: ‘It certainly wasn’t a natural smell,’ says Matthias Blankenburg. For two weeks,…

Khanh Tuong of Kiwi Intelligence at the Adlershof Coworking Space IM.PULS
03.01.2019

Jumpstarting businesses at the Adlershof Founder’s Lab

The Adlerhof-based talent hub looks back on a positive year:

The start-up support programme Adlershof Founder’s Lab has been active for a year now. The programme fosters technical and technology-based team start-ups on campus. Time to look back. The head of sales needs…

Dietmar and Margrit Harting, HARTING Technology Group
03.01.2019

Future technologies have no age limit

At the age of 79, Dietmar Harting founded the Perinet GmbH:

Everybody is talking about ‘Industry 4.0’, the digitisation of manufacturing. The founders of the Adlershof-based Perinet GmbH are taking action. They are creating the IT infrastructure necessary for digitally…

Chembio Diagnostic Systems and opTricon GmbH
03.01.2019

opTricon becomes Chembio

The American diagnostics company is buying the measurement device manufacturer and is planning to build its European HQ in Adlershof:

The opTricon GmbH develops and manufactures measurement devices for quick testing. The company has now been bought by one of its largest customers. The American diagnostics company Chembio Diagnostics Systems is…

Anna Raysyan @ Falling Walls Lab
03.01.2019

Real-world ideas

Quick tests for breast milk and sewing pattern software – meet two science talents with ideas geared towards practical application on their way to becoming business owners:

When Anna Raysyan is on stage, she is like fish in water. Convincingly and full of energy, she presents her idea that she hopes will soon help many women: a test for breast milk. The prototype is no larger than a…

dive solutions
02.01.2019

Everything flows

The start-up dive solutions uses new algorithms to simulate currents, ensuring clear drainpipes and friction-less gear transmission:

An oily-looking, auburn liquid drips off a turning gear wheel, fills the gaps between the cogs, and then creates fierce splashes. In another video, blue liquid flows into a container. When it reaches the tight outlet,…

Jugend forscht: Ferdinand Karnath and Jupp-Nepomuk Haasler
02.01.2019

“Jugend forscht” – the talented Ferdinand presents his new projects

A young student develops a turning assistant for lorries:

Ferdinand is only 13-years-old and very tall for his age. However, at ‘Jugend forscht’, the renowned German national youth science competition, he is a veteran. In February, he will take part for the third time. Among…

Lamine Cheloufi TEDxHU
02.01.2019

Ideas conference as a door opener

The second TEDxHU event took place in Berlin and fosters knowledge exchange:

The event starts much like a service of worship. On a video screen in the chapel of the economic faculty of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Isaac Lidsky, a blind American author and corporate speaker, talks on…