Impetus for advancement

How can high-quality videos be made available everywhere? To answer this question, three Berlin-based researchers developed a video coding format that…

Humans can learn a lot from nature. Botanist and bionics expert Wilhelm Barthlott took his inspiration from the lotus flower and developed a…

Physicists Peter Grünberg and Albert Fert discovered giant magnetoresistance (GMR). This was used to increase the capacity of hard drives as early as…

It revolutionized the music industry: the MP3 format. Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute developed this format in the 1990s. Since then, it has…

Navigation devices are standard equipment in road vehicles today. The first prototype, developed in 1983, came from the company Blaupunkt and was…

1981 saw the arrival of something special for music lovers: the first CD was presented to the public. The high-tech material Makrolon from Bayer…

US film companies have not always been the pioneers of the motion picture industry. In the early 19^th century, they faced competition from…

The act of locating ships is no longer remarkable today. But it was in Christian Hülsmeyer’s day: in the early 20^th century, the technology enthusiast…

A life without a car? Unimaginable for most people. The story of the modern automobile began over 130 years ago with Carl Benz.

It was a revolution in mechanical engineering and vehicle construction: brothers Max and Reinhard Mannesmann invented a process for manufacturing…

A wooden vehicle with two wheels and no pedals: this was the precursor to today’s bicycle. Karl Drais came up with the idea in 1817.

The steam engine played a major role in driving industrialization. It was patented 250 years ago.