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The best of both worlds

IRIS Scientists develop hybrid systems for optics and electronics:

What are the advanced materials supposed to have that the electronics of the future so desperately needs? “More speed, more brightness, more performance – and above all more multifunctionality,” replied Jürgen Rabe,…

Of movers, makers, and mentors

“Advanced Material Competition” – an international competition for startups specialising in high tech products:

LEDs, or light emitting diodes, that are so thin that they can be applied to paper and packaging supply the light for prints and slogans. These and other new products are based on research into new materials. With a…

Building jointly

Developing the materials of the future needs interdisciplinary research:

The industrial production of photovoltaic cells or LEDs requires temperatures as high as 1600 degrees Celsius. If these temperatures were lower, manufacture might be conceived for flexible applications over wide…

How printed images learned to swim

The startup Inuru brings paper to life:

The startup Inuru brings paper to life by printing it with light and animations on simple displays – a self sufficient, environmentally friendly, and low cost solution. This story of success began in a sushi bar.…

Networking from research to marketing

Innovation Network INAM has important partners:

Patent agents, a fabulous laboratory, and Pilotfish: The Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM) is constantly focused on the knowledge leading to and from knowledge. And this is provided by a lot of…

Adlershof Journal September/October 2016

Here today, gone tomorrow. How we will work in the future:

Key for Growth: Why Bauer invests in Training //Power from the Wallet: poqit creates Fashion Electronics //Forced Break: Get out of Fear Spiral //

Some Thoughts on the Future

Essay by Prof. Dr. Eckard Minx, expert for future research, innovation management and organisation development:

Andy Grove, the former CEO of Intel, once remarked that it is highly likely that what will happen tomorrow is what we overlooked today. I would probably add: 90% of what we perceive as reality today would have been…

Using Sunlight Alone

Hartmut Ehmler builds handheld solar-powered cookers:

Maybe he would have never had the idea, if it wasn’t for all that trouble with the camping stove. “A big old box, much too bulky. The thing filled the whole boot. Something had to be done,” Hartmut Ehlmer said to…

Looking ahead

It’s time to ask entrepreneurs from Adlershof about their aspirations:

The 25th anniversary of the Technology Park Adlershof – time to lean back and reminisce? That is not what the people of the science and technology site are about. We will continue to write our success story. David…

25th Anniversary: Visions for the Future

Adlershof scientists sketch trends to their respective fields:

The booming Science and Technology Park Adlershof has been managed by Wista from the start in 1991. To mark our 25th anniversary, our editor Paul Janositz has asked an Adlershof-based scientist and three of her…

Autonomous Robots

All things are in motion at the new showroom of the company “InSystems Automation”:

If you want to see a transport robot from up close, the showroom of the company “InSystems Automation” is the place to go. Thanks to built-in lasers, the robots move around autonomously. The company also uses the room…

Training is the Key to Growth

BAUER Elektroanlagen has been steadily growing for years:

Key to the success of the family-owned company is the high share of apprentices of 20% and the continuous skill development of its employees. Almost every second person on the staff learned his or her trade at BAUER.…

Creating a Series is an Art Form

Interview with television and film producer Beatrice Kramm:

Beatrice Kramm is the manager of the production company “Film- and Fernsehgesellschaft Polyphon” and has been president of the ÍHK, Berlin’s chamber of commerce and industry, since March. She has not given up on…

Tracing the Causes of Anxiety

HU Psychologists offer assistance to patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder:

They incessantly wash their hands out of fear of contagious diseases or drive down the exact same route again and again out of fear of having caused an accident – obsessive-compulsive disorders render a normal…

Power from a Briefcase

Three founders from Adlershof see a great future for wireless charging:

Three founders from Adlershof see a great future for wireless charging and want to bring new versions of everyday projects to market, including a battery-charging wallet. We are next to an old socialist housing…

Panasonic supports first Smart City project in Germany

Adlershof Project „Future Living Berlin“ presented at IFA 2016:

Panasonic announced that it is playing a key role in setting up the smart residential project “Future Living Berlin” in the German capital’s Adlershof district, bringing its Smart City expertise to Germany for the…

BBC Weather Contract Awarded to MeteoGroup

Weather Company Provides Highest Quality Forecasting and State-of-the-Art Graphics Solutions:

The BBC has awarded the contract for the provision of its weather services to MeteoGroup from Spring 2017 following a regulated procurement process. MeteoGroup believes it will be a close cultural fit and natural…

Grassland or Afforestation?

Current EU policies are unlikely to jointly foster carbon sequestration and protect biodiversity:

A recently published paper by a researchers group highlights important conflicts between existing European policies to mitigate climate change by increasing carbon sequestration on the one hand, and grassland…

Adlershof Top News? In English Please!

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Our bi-monthly Adlershof Journal is now also available in English. Some readers were asking about a newsletter version of the English edition of Adlershof Journal. Well, here we go! Starting with the next edition of…

AdMaCom Kick-Off: Advanced Material Startups meet in Berlin

As their first big internationally visible activity, the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM) will hold the Advanced Materials Competition (AdMaCom), which is a six-week workshop from August 28th to…