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Europe pumps £8.5m into hardware-agnostic apps

...in total. The international research consortium developing Webinos is led by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and has more than 20 partners, including the University... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Jack Clark
CeBIT: Portrait-drawing robot finds its muse

CeBIT: Portrait-drawing robot finds its muse

...The Fraunhofer Institute usually uses this robot for gauging the quality of new reflective... Read more

8 March, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Researchers crack CMOS sensor ultraviolet problem

Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have come up with a way to make CMOS image sensors... Read more

24 February, 2011

£3m project seeks to define privacy for EC

...on 1 February, was announced on Thursday by German research body the Fraunhofer Institute. The project, which has a budget of €3.6m (Â... Read more

23 March, 2012

Photos: Print-at-home chocolate to robot snakes - 10 weirdest items made by 3D printers

...to use 3D printers to produce artificial blood vessels. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany want to print artificial blood vessels so they can... Read more

1 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

BBC lets listeners adjust Wimbledon sound balance

...match. The NetMix player, jointly developed by the BBC and Germany's Fraunhofer Institute, was announced on Tuesday in a blog post by Rupert Brun... Read more

1 July, 2011
Facial recognition, gesture tech leads the way

Facial recognition, gesture tech leads the way

...This digital map table system, produced by the Fraunhofer Institute, is designed to help officials plan major state or sporting events... Read more

8 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

MPs: Tech hubs should be 'Turing Centres'

...under the aegis of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Fraunhofer Institute In a report laid before parliament on Thursday, the House of... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government kickstarts push to turn R&D into products

...would support a network of technology and innovation centres, modelled on the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. A BIS spokesperson said on Friday that the department... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Movator 1.0.1

Movator 1.0.1

...iPhone will detect what you are just doing! Most advanced technologies from Fraunhofer Institute have been implemented. What is MOVATOR and to whom does it... Read more

21 July, 2011

Photos: Gesture controls, eye-tracking tech and facial recognition

This digital map table system, produced by the Fraunhofer Institute, is designed to help officials plan major state or sporting events... Read more

7 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Mandelson: UK needs to 'get more D out of its R&D'

...his report, which was commissioned by Mandelson in January. Hauser named the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and the Delft Centre in the Netherlands as models... Read more

26 March, 2010 by David Meyer
Using the iPhone and Wii remote for health

Using the iPhone and Wii remote for health

ZDNet UK spoke to scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute to see how communications technology is combining with gaming gadgetry to... Read more

13 March, 2009 by David Meyer

IBM to cool layered chips with water

Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micropipes of... Read more

5 June, 2008 by Candace Lombardi
Interacting with your PC in mid-air

Interacting with your PC in mid-air

Wolfgang Reiner from the Fraunhofer Institute shows how to move a cursor and manipulate images by pointing... Read more

7 March, 2008 by Matt Loney

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