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High-gloss surface finish produced by laser At present, manufactured components such as tool and die's have to be painstakingly polished by hand to achieve the hgh surface finish requirements of the as-manufactured parts, such as plastic injection moldings – but a recently developed automated process could soon offer a much faster solution.

Electromobility: New Components Going for a Test Run The future belongs to electrical cars – that’s what most experts think. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of problems that have not been solved.

Robots are coming to aircraft assembly Up to now, aircraft have been put together in huge assembly cells, but to build the necessary facilities is expensive and time-consuming. That is why Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a flexible assembly-line concept that features robots working in the same way they do in automotive production.

Printable transistor that is fast! A fully functional, fast switching and printable transistor in cheap plastic is invented by researcher Lars Herlogsson, Linkoping University in Sweden.

Wireless security system for windows - no batteries Window contacts tell us which of a house’s windows are open or closed. Researchers have now developed a fail-safe system that is particularly easy to use and needs no wiring or batteries. The sensors harvest the energy they need to run from ambient radio signals.

Crash-safe batteries for electric cars Everyone is talking about electric drives, and the scientists from Fraunhofer are also working on them. Engineers have replaced a battery box for lithium-ion batteries with a lightweight component. Not only does the housing save weight and sustain no damage in an accident – for the first time ever, it can also be mass-produced.

3D television without the glasses When the boundaries merge between the action and the viewer, television becomes a special experience. Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D without technical aids such as 3D glasses. A new four-camera system will even be able to handle live transmissions.

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