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“Everyone should be able to express their creativity”
Adlershof newcomers Hendrik and Leon Ramps have revolutionised traditional word processing with “Papyrus Autor”:
With “Papyrus Autor”, the two brothers Hendrik and Leon Ramps have revolutionised traditional word processing and developed software that is geared towards the very nature of creative writing. They recently moved to…
From dolphin sounds to underwater internet
EvoLogics looks towards animal role models for its autonomous diving robots:
A new headquarters is being built on Adlershof’s Wagner-Régeny-Straße. It belongs to a high-tech company that connects underwater infrastructures in oceans, rivers, and lakes, and develops autonomous robots…
HU researchers develop a light amplifier for efficient fiber optic networks
The nano-repeater has succeeded in amplifying light in a glass fiber in just one direction:
Today, optical fibers are the backbone of our information society. However, in order to transmit data over long distances using light in fiber optic networks, the light must be amplified regularly to compensate for…
Video patient education before the op
The start-up medudoc is developing a platform for customisable explainer videos that visualise the most common operations in short sequences:
The medudoc Group creates explainer videos that provide patients with well-founded information about the process and possible risks of medical procedures. The team is growing and on course for more…
Digital, diverse, and integrated
Diversity in two exciting digital tools:
Diversity in two exciting digital tools: Open Deutsch, based at the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC), combines learning German with integration. Inclusify is also a digital tool. Developed by the Federal…
Steering 50.000 photovoltaics systems
A new arrival in Adlershof: The innovation for digital power plants created by meteocontrol are in high demand worldwide:
Weather changes, and so do energy yields made from sun, wind or water. Ensuring a reliable supply requires flexible systems that are capable of pooling, storing, and releasing electricity from multiple sources. As a…
“It’s a unique experience”
The Falling Walls Lab Adlershof showcases innovative research approaches:
The who’s who of science will meet up in November for the annual Falling Walls conference. It invited young research talent from all over the world. According to Sanela Schlößer, the competition is all about “breaking…
Fast, faster, Adlershof!
The Technology Park is on the way to becoming the best-connected place within a 1,000 kilometre radius. This will soon include an exclusive 5G campus network that will create some crucial benefits. :
This is where future is made. And it could not be made without high bandwidth, robust connections, and little to no latency. In short: it could not be made without 5G. The newest mobile network generation.…
Digital processes
A WISTA facilities manager shows us what the new world of work looks like:
WISTA.Service GmbH looks after around 100 buildings with a combined floor space of several 100,000 square metres, including the most cutting-edge science institutes and technology centres that feature sophisticated…
Artificial intelligence for a successful energy transition
Data-driven risk assessment offered by variante.energy aims at paving the way to a hundred-percent self-sufficiency with green electricity:
The Adlershof-based founding couple behind variate.energy provide decision-making support for companies, communities, and other organisations that seek to decrease their carbon emissions through wind and solar…
FAIRmat: Lifting the treasure trove of materials data
Consortium led by HU professor Claudia Draxl aims to facilitate access to materials science data:
The FAIRmat consortium, led by Claudia Draxl, Professor at the Humboldt-Universität, is one of the projects selected today by the Joint Science Conference (GWK) in a multi-stage competition for the National Research…
Exploring the potential of quantum digital transformation
Launch of the first Einstein Research Unit of the Berlin University Alliance on the topic of quantum computing:
Quantum computers are seen as one of the key technologies of the 21st century. How can they revolutionize the computational power of computers? What new insights do they offer for high energy physics or quantum…
Graphic design solutions for humanities content
The Visualink editor from the Adlershof start-up Whim_GbR is a tool for creating digital charts to improve teaching:
Wen-Min Ji not only studied philosophy, biology, and architecture, but is also very good at drawing. Working as a student assistant at Humboldt-University’s philosophy institute, the 28-year-old used her talents to…
The data accelerator
Stefan Meister produces chips for faster internet in Adlershof:
The goddess of wind of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Oya, is also responsible for transformation. “She tears away the old,” says Stefan Meister, who could indeed compare his work to hers. The doctor of physics has…
Novel developments for 6G communication systems and green ICT
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) at the virtual “European Microwave Week” (EuMW):
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) will present its research results targeting energy-efficient amplifier concepts as well as terahertz (THz) components and systems for broadband communication and imaging at the…
A bold start – despite COVID-19
What drives prospective business founders – two teams from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab report:
Making the step to start a company requires courage, even when things are normal. What drives prospective founders to take the step during the epidemic year 2020? – two teams from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab…
University of Kassel and HZB establish Joint Lab for the use of artificial intelligence
New experimental methods will be developed and the analysis of data from experiments performed at BESSY II will be significantly improved:
Every year, nearly 3000 user groups from around the world visit the electron storage ring BESSY II to study an immense variety of materials using the brilliant X-ray light the ring generates. “In the research of…
IT and Electromobility
Lars Zemke solves IT problems and is an advocate for light electric vehicles:
It took a while until he was able to say: ‘I’m slowly becoming an Adlershoferian,’ he says. Just when he got used to saying it, the pandemic drove him out of his office at ‘Am Studio’ located in the former Solon…
Regional and digital
Adlershof-based IT company X-Visual is working with the HTW to create a concept for industrial mixed-reality applications:
Digitisation, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence are revolutionising how industrial facilities are planned, built, and operated. The Adlershof-based software developer X-Visual Technologies has been a…
Crisis? What Crisis?
Despite the bleak outlook of economic research institutes, there are companies that continue their path to growth – two examples from Adlershof:
These are difficult times for many companies. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, economic research institutes are foreseeing a wave of bankruptcies. Despite this bleak outlook, however, there are still many stories with a…