Self-driving buses: Paris ends experiment after two years
Two days ago, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe launched the “Sea Mile Project”, wherein a self-driving bus is being tested in everyday traffic on a 600-meter-long route “Am Tegeler...
Tag: Berlin
Berlin Adlershof: Where Angela Merkel once studied, solar experiments now deliver new applications for renewable energy
MBraun’s representative looks pleased as he watches his “Glove Box” being used in practice. It has large glass cabinets with rubber arms to allow the employees of the Helmholtz...
German startup Chargery offers mobile charging for electric cars
One year ago, Chargery was just a small company that merely offered its mobile charging service for electric cars in the trendy Berlin district of Prenzlauerberg. Today, one year later, it’s a...
Germany wants to be a country of innovation – Siemensstadt 2.0 is looking for inspiration in Eindhoven
Innovation campuses, smart city solutions and a healthy work-life balance are the themes that will determine sustainable urban development in the future. Berlin is now in the focus of attention in...
Dealing with the plastic scourge
Society is baulking at the impact of our collective plastic footprint. But some alternatives are occurring Only half of the plastic used for packaging is recycled. Several projects are trying to...
TUM-Spin-Off cellasys nominated for Lush Prize with its artificial skin
On 16 November 2018, an international jury of experts will award the Lush Prize for the sixth time in Berlin. The prize, worth around 430,000 euros, has provided more than two million euros in...
Eindhoven is more innovative than Berlin and Barcelona
Well above Berlin, Brussels, and Barcelona, but not yet near London, Cambridge, Paris, and Munich: Eindhoven is seventh on the list of innovative European cities. Mainly thanks to a high score in...
“Algorithms are neither neutral nor value-free”
Dr. Katleen Gabriels is Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology. She is specialized in computer ethics. In 2016, her book “Onlife” was published (in Dutch), in which she analyzes...
