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German scientists set up platform to help Japanese colleagues

Initiative of the Leibniz Association, together with other organizations:

Scientists of the Leibniz Association, together with colleagues from other organizations, have set up an initiative to help Japanese scientists, whose work is endangered by the devastating impact of the quake and the…

Thin-film photovoltaics – All the current issues

3rd "Thin-Film Industry Forum" on 14th and 15th April 2011 in Berlin Adlershof:

The 3rd "Thin-Film Industry Forum" on 14th and 15th April 2011 in Berlin will look at all the issues around thin-film technology - from the political environment, through international market development, finance and…

Open and vibrant. By Ingrid Walther, ICT/Media competence field manager for the Berlin State Ministry of Economy, Technology and Women

For good reason, and with great success, the region around the capital city of Berlin has been focusing part of its business policy on IT and communications since the 1990s. The result is above average growth rates.…

Interview with Prof Dr Stefan Jähnichen, Head of Fraunhofer FIRST and President of the German association of computer scientists

Adlershof Special: As the strategic technologies for 2011, the US market research company Gartner names 1) cloud computing, 2) mobile applications and media tablets, and 3) social networks. What would be your top…

Faster to the end: Smartphones as multifunctional mobile communication centres

High tech companies in Adlershof are developing new software tools for optimising traffic flows, not only a relief to logisticians in their everyday routines. As a welcome side effect, the tracking system used also…

New neighbours, new partners: Interview with Susann Niemeyer, Head of the IT and Media Centre

Adlershof Special: Computer science is seen to be a multifaceted sector. What is the situation in Adlershof? Susann Niemeyer – The technology fields of IT and media in Adlershof are presently the domain of about 80…

Don’t be shy now: Social media technologies for senior citizens

Luise Schmidt is 68 and has a heart complaint. She likes knitting and lives alone. Luise Schmidt is also a prototypical senior citizen: not a real person, but invented by Dr Michael John and his colleagues at the…

Secure data for the production industry

In 1999 the Adlershof company Prostep Gida took over the product line Open DXM, a platform developed by Prostep AG for the automated exchange of Unix based design data, and was assigned its further development. In…

Safe Ways: Early warning system for earthquakes in Istanbul

A metropolis of 13 million inhabitants, Istanbul is arming itself for a major earthquake. When it comes, nobody to this day can predict. So researchers are working on an early warning system. “This could make it…

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INTRO : What is Adlershof? / Adlershof in figures // MICROSYSTEMs & MATERIALS: Research as the driving power / Fresh meat guaranteed PHOTOVOLTAICS: Fat pickings for thin films / Fuelling, version 2.0 – ideas in the…

SOLON and TEP unveil 1.6 MW Solar Power Plant in Tucson

Array from SOLON is TEP’s largest local solar resource:

Tucson-based SOLON Corporation, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants and manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar modules in the U.S, today announced the completion of a 1.6 megawatt (MW) solar…

What have Texas Tea and milk, ink-jet inks and ceramics in common?

Comprehensive programme at International LUM-Workshop on 17 March 2011:

Texas Tea (crude oil) and milk, ink-jet inks and ceramic suspensions are heterogeneous systems of two or more substances, where one or more kinds of particles are dispersed in a liquid phase, i.e. they are…

Kopin Acquires Forth Dimension Displays Ltd.

Manufacturer of Reflective Microdisplays Expands Company's Portfolio of Display Technologies:

Building on its leadership in full-color microdisplay technology for high-performance applications, Kopin Corporation announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Scotland-based Forth…

“Some day holograms will leap through our homes”

FBH Developed Compact Brilliant Laser Light Source:

Scientists from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) have developed small, compact brilliant laser light sources, which enable significantly smaller systems for laser projectors and other display technologies. “This…

Sulfurcell Provides Modules to Berlin’s Largest Rooftop Thin-film PV System

The 1.1 MW (820 MWh/year) System is Installed on the “Am Oktogon” at Adlershof:

Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH today announced its high-performance thin-film modules have been used to construct Berlin’s largest rooftop PV system. The newly installed system at the "Am Oktogon” building at the…

Adlershof Special 16: Photonics

Successful courtship: Adlershof companies with new partners // Photonics in motion: Interview with Dr Bernd Ludwig, Head of the Adlershof Photonics and Optics Centre // “Trust needs time…”: The Berlin-Brandenburg…

Photonics – Key Enabling Technology. By Thomas P. Pearsall, Founder of the European Photonics Industry Consortium

Many of the goods and services that will be available in the market in 2020 are as yet unknown, but the main driving force behind their development will be the deployment of Key Enabling Technologies. Those nations…

Best connections: New connecting technologies for optical components

Also private users are to benefit from the fast data transfer through fibre optic networks. So that the data can reach every household, these networks must branch. Yet it’s not so easy to weld fibre optics or connect…

The Minimax Principle: Forth Dimension Displays produces high resolution microdisplays

Tiny microdisplays are revolutionising optics with high resolution images that are mirrored directly in front of the eye. Viewers feel they are in the thick of the action, and especially pilots will appreciate the…

“Trust needs time…”: The Berlin-Brandenburg Optical Network has turned ten

Ten years ago, the society OpTec Berlin-Brandenburg (OpTecBB) was set up. Since then it has acquired a reputation as a network for companies and research institutes far beyond the borders of both States. “Trust needs…