App from Berlin Hospital tells you if you have any indications of corona
The questions almost everyone are asking right now is: Do I have corona? Am I carrying the virus without being aware of it? And am […]
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Record amounts for German start-ups
German start-ups raised more money last year than ever before. This is a ray of hope following the realization that the German economy has seen […]
Loci, a car from Berlin that can be printed according to every consumer’s personal wishes
On the drawing boards, it already existed in several versions, but now there is the first prototype: BigRep, Berlin’s world player in the field of […]
Floris Beemster (APPM): Conquering the German market with a dash of Dutch creativity
Innovation Origins will be joined by a new columnist this weekend: Floris Beemster (43) is an expert in the field of urban innovation and Germany. […]
German climate accord too soft to push for technological innovation
It was cynicism that prevailed in recent days during the debate on the German climate deal (see summary of the deal below). It is striking […]
Berlin’s busy Straße des 17. Juni is now a test circuit for autonomous transport
As of September 19, 2019, the busy Berliner Straße des 17. Juni has become a 3.6-kilometer test circuit for automated and network-enabled transport. The digital […]
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 […]
“Project See-Meile”: Berlin experiment with self-driving bus on public roads
The road is more or less made for it: one long straight stretch measuring 600 meters, with a green strip in the middle of the […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
“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 […]