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Judder-free videos on the smartphone
3 Feb 2012 13:34:00 GMT
Overloaded cellular networks can get annoying – especially when you want to watch a video on your smartphone. An optimised Radio Resource Manager will soon be able to help network operators accommodat...

Robot reconnoiters uncharted terrain
1 Feb 2012 13:24:00 GMT
Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them through unknown territory. Researchers have ...

An electronic green thumb
31 Jan 2012 13:52:00 GMT
If sensors are supposed to communicate with each other to compare the measured data and to secure them, then, in the future, a network of distributed sensor nodes will aid in that: the network ensures...

Precision space maneuvers
31 Jan 2012 13:07:00 GMT
Spacecraft must operate with utmost precision when conducting landing maneuvers on other planets, or docking to a space station. To ensure they do not drift off course, imaging sensors collect a fl oo...

Apps for day-to-day work
27 Jan 2012 13:59:00 GMT
Games, e-mails and around-the-clock Internet access – smartphones are making the information culture an even more prominent part of everyday life. Businesses and employers are also increasingly relyin...

Technical Oscar for ARRI and Fraunhofer
27 Jan 2012 13:53:00 GMT
The Munich-based producer of professional motion picture equipment ARRI and the Freiburg Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques have been awarded the “Academy Award of Merit” by the ...

Research Agreement with Dow AgroSciences
10 Jan 2012 13:10:00 GMT
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow), and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Ecology IME have announced a multi-year research agreement that brings t...

Time recording up one's sleeve
2 Jan 2012 13:54:00 GMT
Optimized operations are essential to globally competitive companies. Until now, inspectors have timed procedures, usually manually, in order to organize manual assembly operations efficiently – a met...

Simulating firefighting operations on a PC
2 Jan 2012 13:42:00 GMT
Firefighters often put their lives at risk during operations, so it is essential they have reliable tools to help them do their job. Now, a modular simulation kit is set to help develop new informatio...

Fewer animal experiments thanks to nanosensors
2 Jan 2012 13:17:00 GMT
Experiments on animals have been the subject of criticism for decades, but there is no prospect of a move away from them any time soon. The number of tests involving laboratory animals has in fact gon...