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Research at the heart of the e-car
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kilometers on a single charge. In addition, the AIT battery researchers are relying on a kind of modular system. This makes it possible to use the new generation battery not only in passenger cars, but also in
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Mobile laboratory can save lives
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happens, it's already too late," says Klemens Schwieger. The expert at AIT's Center for Mobility Systems is concerned with road safety - and he wants to intervene before anything happens. Schwieger's partner [...] MoProVe comes in. This traveling laboratory is unique in the world: Its high-precision measurement systems constantly collect data on speed, acceleration, braking distance, lean angle or position of the [...] g such a spot. And as soon as riders are in danger of losing control of the vehicle, assistance systems on modern motorcycles will alert them. In an extreme situation, this provides bikers with those crucial
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Wanted: Antibodies against the coronavirus
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Sure, it would be a fine thing to know if one has already undergone an infection and our immune system has already produced antibodies against the invader. These antibodies recognize the virus very s [...] Mount Sinai in New York. "We have modified the concept somewhat and adapted it to our expression systems," says Reingard Grabherr, head of the Department of Biotechnology at BOKU. The antigens used are [...] Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics. This provides a much more complete picture of how the immune system defends itself against infection. On the other hand, the multiplex test provides quantitative in
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Social Distancing
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reinstated." Center for Mobility Systems, DTS,Metro, Ubahn, Wien, Menschen Further information SIMULATE explanatory video Solution SIMULATE Research Field “Integrated Mobility Systems” Schönbrunn Visitor Management [...] 2020 By simulating the flow of people in public spaces, the effects of access restrictions, one-way systems or the relocation of sidewalks can be analyzed. This also makes it possible to ensure that the minimum [...] the available spatial capacities" explains Stefan Seer, researcher at the AIT Center for Mobility Systems. While it is not easy to change the structural design, it is possible to shape the use of buildings
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Urban planning 2.0: Corona crisis shows how cooperation f
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planning scenarios or make changes to plans on interactive projection screens and 3D models. The system then calculates the effects within a short time, within a few minutes, and displays them clearly
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Smart grids at risk
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this, the entire system is constantly monitored by sensors - the data traffic in the network as well as the system behavior and the physical processes. "So-called intrusion detection systems are designed to [...] events, you also want to prevent too many false alarms. To optimize the system, the relationships between the different detection systems are modeled and the relationships between events in the physical domain [...] events in the cyber domain are analyzed in detail. In this way, the intrusion detection systems learn how the overall system normally behaves and can distinguish between random commonalities and causal relationships
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Harnessing the infinite potential of the sun
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excellently equipped laboratories. One focus here is on the quality assurance of PV modules and systems, including performance monitoring, yield forecasts and efficiency optimization. Research, such as
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Medicine: How active ingredients reach the brain better
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is the physiological barrier between the fluid spaces of the bloodstream and the central nervous system. It regulates the supply of nutrients such as glucose to our brain, but also protects it from pathogens [...] substances intended for the brain actually reach it. For patients suffering from diseases of the nervous system - such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or Alzheimer's disease - this can mean that therapies are [...] into the human brain. Success would bring a breakthrough in the treatment of diseases of the nervous system. AIT part of an international research project As part of the IM2PACT project, Winfried Neuhaus from
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Seizing the opportunities of digitization
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solve problems, who are creative and work well in a team with others will be in demand. The education system must be prepared for this: Digital understanding should be taught in all subjects, and computer science
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Wanted: Ways to more sustainability
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Center for Innovation Systems & Policy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, describing the motivation for bringing a scientific conference on the topic to Vienna. Systemic approach is necessary [...] contradict each other, at least superficially. Rather, a systemic approach is needed to enable change. "We see an urgent need to develop system innovations, finding solutions that can also resolve perceived [...] initiative in the UK more than a decade ago, and she knows well the resistance to systemic change. Contributions dealing with systemic change from other angles will come from the other two keynote speakers: Koen
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Research for a more livable city
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energy savings," explains Anita Graser, researcher at the Competence Unit "Dynamic Transportation Systems" at AIT. The AIT's City Intelligence Lab can be used, among other things, to simulate the changes
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A new look at the increasingly complex world
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complex systems through political decisions," Androsch said. "We therefore urgently need new methods to be able to grasp and analyze complex systems." Methods for the study of complex systems This is the [...] vulnerable this system is: as soon as there is a problem at one point, this disruption can cascade throughout the entire network and paralyze the production of entire sectors of the economy. Systemic crises "It [...] that influence each other on many levels, all these systems exhibit complex behavior: They exhibit reactions that one would not expect. Complex systems, for example, exhibit tipping points at which they
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When complexity leads to human overload and uncertainty
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intended to provide insight into how the system arrives at a particular decision. This is also essential for the question of who is responsible for a technical system's failure. In some areas, answers are [...] people to deal with technology - both in everyday life and when operating machines. Using technical systems is often difficult for us humans - for example, if we don't know them, if we don't immediately understand [...] perceive and comprehend objects in their environment. "Humans cannot immediately grasp and interpret a system made up of many individual parts with many links and a ramified structure," says the researcher.
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Smart textiles as an opportunity for the textile industry
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still in their infancy," says project manager Beatrix Wepner from the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy. On the other hand, know-how needs to be built up in a completely different area. So far
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"We need a fast track for innovation"
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Energy, outlined the two most important directions in which research must go: "The future energy system will be based on the two energy carriers electricity and hydrogen". On the one hand, he said, the [...] of "green" hydrogen, and on the other hand, on the integration of these technologies into energy systems in order to be able to exploit all the potential for the interaction of the different sectors. At [...] problems in the discussion " Cybersecurity in the Digital Age." "We're building more and more complex systems, we're connecting everything to everything else. This creates new threats - and we therefore need
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Light metals for more climate protection
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built up into a complex 3D component using material-specific process control, a multi-axis robotic system and state-of-the-art torch technologies," explains Martin Schnall, process engineer in the Additive [...] Days, for example, experts from the LKR will be presenting a new aluminum alloy - an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu system - which can even be used to manufacture structural components of an aircraft fuselage with the aid
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Learning together from the COVID crisis
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light many weaknesses in our economic and social system. For example, we have had to recognize that our social life is being affected and health systems are being overstretched, that supply chains have [...] four topics that have emerged in the crisis as particularly relevant for our economic and social system and that are closely interlinked: In addition to the area of "Distancing," these are the topics of [...] gained in the course of the Corona crisis about the high relevance of an intact and agile healthcare system. Meanwhile, the sector is facing a digital transformation, and this is forcing stakeholders to rethink
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Paths to the Great Transformation
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and should be shaped. The climate system is linked to the economic system, which in turn is inextricably interwoven with society - and society is the most complex system of all, as Stefan Thurner, head of [...] behavior and habits in such a way that the socioeconomic network changes in such a way that the climate system is relieved. The main problem with this, he said, is timing: "Climate change will produce social
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Putting people at the center
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European Green Deal and the EU digitization strategy. As Andreas Kugi, professor of complex dynamic systems at the Technical University and co-director of the Center for Vision, Automation & Control at the [...] and machine - and combine them in a meaningful way," says Kugi. To establish such collaborative systems, it is necessary to design the interfaces between humans and machines in such a way that they are [...] about profound social change and a comprehensive process of transformation in social and economic systems. The main part of the book explores the question of how the human factor is integrated in the various
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An electric vehicle of a very different kind: EMPA-Trac
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energy and transport systems Electromobility, however, is much more than just building electric cars: In order for them to be used optimally, many parts of the transport and energy system must also be adapted [...] Transport at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. That means taking a close look at the overall system. Electrification opens up completely new possibilities - from the design of the structure and the [...] practical tests will subsequently take place. It will probably take another one to two years before the system is ready for series production. This will also require legal changes, because the type of modularity
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