VR at Rolls Royce: how to test engines that don’t yet exist as hardware
Whoever gets out at the last stop of the S2 in Blankenfelde on the way from Berlin to Rolls Royce in Dahlewitz has left the big city far behind them. Only the planes in the sky taking off and landing at nearby Schoenefeld give a hint of the proximity to Berlin. The multicultural composition of […]
How the Potsdam-based company D-LABS helps visitors find their way around the Bode Museum
How can visitors be guided through the thick walls of the Bode-Museum with an app although they don’t have W-LAN, mobile phone or satellite reception, or even GPS, and nothing can be changed structurally? The Potsdam-based company D-LABS (initiated by Hasso Plattner in 2006) was facing this challenge in 2018. SAP, who has been one […]
New ways of working in Potsdam
The working world is changing. As a result of digitisation, more and more people now have the opportunity to work autonomously in a new, inspiring environment. The pioneers are innovative companies and start-ups – including ones based in Potsdam. In essence, the idea is that one should have personal control as far as possible on […]
How MediaTech promotes the participation of people with disabilities
Gaming can promote the social, equal participation of people with various disabilities and help overcome the obstacles to making contact. But how? This was the subject of the “INCLUSIVE GAMING” Innovation Day on 18 November, 2019 ahead of the MediaTech Hub Conference in Potsdam. Together with the Digital Health Hub in Nuremberg-Erlangen, BIRNE7 e.V. and […]
Streaming films free of charge and in the comfort of your own home: filmfriend makes it possible
Do you like movies? Are you a real film lover? Then you might be interested in filmfriend. Thanks to the streaming service from Potsdam you can now watch films free of charge using your library card. That is, if your library has filmfriend among its range of services. This is already the case in over […]
Studio Babelsberg’s Art Department creates the future in the Futurium
Berlin’s Futurium, the new imposing museum made entirely of glass next to the Main Station, opens up new perspectives on conceivable futures. Babelsberg’s Art Department has also created visions in the Futurium in the same way that it does for films.
Airbus not the only one to be impressed by digital checklists for industry from
The Potsdam-based company nxtBase wins one prize after the other. How come? By offering digital, virtual checklists. But what exactly does nxtBase do? Customers receive data glasses, so-called smart glasses into which companies can enter their checklists, e.g. those for checking aircraft doors or railway wagons. With these smart glasses, warehousemen, fitters or service technicians […]
The Barberini App: The interactive museum guide from Potsdam for Potsdam
Digitisation and art: a perfect match! The Barberini Museum in Potsdam shows us the way – and reaches predominantly young people where they tend to be these days. On the web. The museum is thus taking on a pioneering role here. Visitors are guided through interactive worlds via apps. But what does the interaction look like?
Interlake: The Tech at the MediaTech Hub Potsdam
How does an IT company like Interlake come to be part of the MediaTech Hub? What does the search for technical tools to solve customers’ problems have to do with media? Where does tech come together with media in the company?
Making urban infrastructure visible and comprehensible
Where does our rubbish actually go? When is water consumption at the highest point in the week? How is passenger traffic distributed in a city? These and many similar questions will be addressed by “VIDAN” starting in autumn 2019. Vidan stands for “Visual and Dynamic Arrangements of Narratives” and is a new project of the […]
