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The future of Germany
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- 2016first covered
- 1 Jun 2026latest update
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- Frankfurt Airport installs the world’s first Solar FenceEarth and energy
- Inside the worlds first Anti-Matter delivery serviceEarth and energy
- AI predicts human disease risk up to 20 years before symptoms emergeAI and intelligence
- New reconfigurable DNA nanorobots compute, store data and deliver stuffIndustry and manufacturing
- BMWs humanoid factory robots get a huge performance upgradeRobotics
- Statkraft have a solution to solve unexpected power grid blackoutsEarth and energy
- Nvidias latest chips can help translate the entire internet in 18 daysAI and intelligence
- EU to mobilise €200 Billion in new AI fund to chase China and the US dominanceOpinion
- Experiment proves the bigger the AI model the more AI agents collaborateAI and intelligence
- Automated cyborg Cockroach factory can churn out a bug a minuteIndustry and manufacturing
- Atlas of Cells is Google Maps for the human body and hits major milestoneBiotech and enhanced humans
- Hybrid WiFi-LoRA mashup creates ultra long range WiFiConnected society
- New phase change material melts snow and ice without salt or shovelsIndustry and manufacturing
- Semrons new Memcapacitor cuts AI energy consumption by 20xComputing
- Europe’s largest 3D printed building completed in just 140 hoursIndustry and manufacturing
- Artificial atoms help achieve ultra secure quantum computersComputing
- Siemens launches its first automated cyber defense system for CNISecurity and privacy
- A ground breaking Aerospike SSTO prototype crashes before engine testEarth and energy
- In just one second AI knows how you’re feeling from your voiceSecurity and privacy
- Scientists have teleported data between two sites for the second timeSecurity and privacy
- In a world first laser beams have been deflected by just airEarth and energy
- Scientists are trying to find better chemicals to recycle our clothesEarth and energy
- Artists copyrights claims against Generative AI companies mostly dismissedAI and intelligence
- New study finds people do more social loafing when working alongside robotsAI and intelligence
- Massive outdoor air purification towers help India tackle air pollutionEarth and energy
- Mercedes adds ChatGPT to its infotainment systemAI and intelligence
- This new in vivo glucose powered fuel cell turns humans into batteriesEarth and energy
- Zero Proof Knowledge cryptography finally goes live on BitcoinSecurity and privacy
- Astrophysicists think alien civilisations may be using Black Holes as quantum computersComputing
- This new water based computer chip brings Terahertz computing in reachComputing
- Volkswagen announces plans to create a hydrogen car with a 2,000km rangeTransport and mobility
- Google now sees a time when coding will be automated, rolls out AlphaCodeAI and intelligence
- AI finally aces motion capture without all the mocap gadgetsAI and intelligence
- Quantum hard drives could help create quantum telescopes hundreds of kilometers wideSpace
- Europe’s floating gas terminals will save lives this winter but environmentalists worrySecurity and privacy
- Germany is building colossal urban thermos flasks to heat homes this winterEarth and energy
- The Algorithmic Society: The End of Choice | NIM, Gmbh | Matthew Griffin | AI and FMCG Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The first hydrogen powered trains enter service in GermanyEarth and energy
- Personalised cancer treatments shown to kill 100 percent of some cancersBiotech and enhanced humans
- Ultra energy efficient molecular computer breaks records and blurs boundariesComputing
- BMW shows off its colour changing car in a vision of the futureIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers show it’s possible to load malware onto switched off phonesSecurity and privacy
- New bacteria and bioreactor breakthroughs are cleaning up toxic waste waterEarth and energy
- Diamond based quantum computers paired with supercomputers for the first timeComputing
- The Future of Shipping and Trade | WISTA, Hamburg | Matthew Griffin | Logistics and Trade Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Adidas jumps into the world of NFTs with Bored Ape Yacht ClubVirtual worlds
- It turns out using the oceans to suck up CO2 might be alot harder than people thoughtEarth and energy
- This AI just built a computer within itself that runs another AIAI and intelligence
- Adidas dives into the Metaverse with AI created avatars and banging sneakersVirtual worlds
- Vertical farms are coming to save your perfume from climate changeEarth and energy
- In a world first researchers created a digital cell that grows like the real thingBiotech and enhanced humans
- Sci-fi like gadget lets blind people see using infra red and loose the caneAI and intelligence
- This new 3D printing technique lets people print mini working machinesIndustry and manufacturing
- A new biocompatible AI takes healthcare monitoring to the next levelAI and intelligence
- BMW unveils the iVision, the world’s first Circular Economy car conceptTransport and mobility
- Scientists are trying to control lightning with a giant laser lightning rodEarth and energy
- Scientists found a new form of light that turns all objects invisibleEarth and energy
- Saudia Arabia is building the world’s largest Green Hydrogen plantEarth and energy
- Designer Cytokines help paralysed mice walk againBiotech and enhanced humans
- Quantum computers get busy helping BMW optimise its global supply chainConnected society
- Flying-taxi company Volocopter now selling tickets for first time ridersTransport and mobility
- Airbus show off their first flying taxi prototype as it takes to the skiesTransport and mobility
- Scientists have created a brain-like Neurotransistor that learns by itselfComputing
- World’s smallest camera is so small it travels around your bloodstream scanning you from the insideIndustry and manufacturing
- Indoor solar cells could replace all the batteries in your gadgetsEarth and energy
- An AI just designed then 3D printed a completely new form of rocket engineIndustry and manufacturing
- World first after scientists create artificial cells that react to their environmentBiotech and enhanced humans
- German scientists just created the world’s first self-replicating synthetic cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists just created the wonder material Graphene from greenhouse gas Carbon DioxideIndustry and manufacturing
- Volkswagen envision a future where autonomous robots charge your EVRobotics
- Bosch unveil augmented reality glasses that shoot lasers into your eyeballsVirtual worlds
- First of a kind attack as criminals clone a CEO’s voice and con UK energy firm out of $243,000Security and privacy
- 3D printing breakthrough lets users print multi-material objects with embedded electronicsIndustry and manufacturing
- Breakthrough helps Calcium Ion batteries move closer to realityEarth and energy
- Volkswagen to test its quantum computer powered satnav in real trafficTransport and mobility
- Boeing and Porsche team up to build flying cars for the richTransport and mobility
- Airbus and Audi join forces and unveil their flying taxi conceptTransport and mobility
- Volocopter completes its first flying taxi flight in EuropeTransport and mobility
- Adidas unveil world’s first fully recyclable sneakers that last you a lifetimeIndustry and manufacturing
- Featured Futurist: How 4D Printing Will Shift the Shape of Manufacturing, SAPArticles
- Designer cells with two genetic codes give life on Earth a serious upgradeBiotech and enhanced humans
- KIT’s haptic tech brings a sense of touch to industrial control systemsVirtual worlds
- Another AI “spontaneously evolves” and this time gains a number senseAI and intelligence
- Scientists find a way to turn the internet into the world’s largest earthquake detection systemEarth and energy
- Room temperature superconductors in sight as scientists smash recordEarth and energy
- Mercedes shows off the company’s latest autonomous vehicle conceptsTransport and mobility
- Life in 2030 | RWE, Germany | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- BMW unveils it’s first fully autonomous motorbikeTransport and mobility
- Graphene breakthrough opens the door to terahertz computer chipsComputing
- This creative AI paints like the old mastersAI and intelligence
- A new AI tool is mastering how to create complex drugs and moleculesAI and intelligence
- Researchers built a breakthrough quantum transistor using just a single atomComputing
- VW pledges to build a huge supercharger network across the USTransport and mobility
- Revolutionary algorithm will soon let scientists simulate the entire human brainAI and intelligence
- Blockchain without the miners, IOTA unveil their revolutionary new cryptocurrencyConnected society
- European giants team up to build electric aircraftTransport and mobility
- Scientists have a plan to seed life throughout the universeSpace
- Wireless charging, the next frontier for electric vehicles gains tractionEarth and energy
- Audi unveils a future without carsTransport and mobility
- ThyssenKrupp unveil their new cable free, go anywhere elevatorsIndustry and manufacturing
- Plasma jet engines get ready for real world trialsSpace
- Hackers have found a new way to hack Samsung’s iris security systemSecurity and privacy
- Adidas shows off it’s new on demand clothing storeIndustry and manufacturing
- Domino’s to start robo-deliveries in GermanyTransport and mobility
- Scientists 3D print an Eagle eye camera that’s smaller than a human hairIndustry and manufacturing
- The Future of Automated Trading | Battle of the Quants, Frankfurt | Matthew Griffin | Quant Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Futurist in the press: Battle for a trading edge, Handelsblatt GlobalArticles
- Scientists publish a breakthrough architecture for the world’s first Quantum ComputerComputing
- Researchers new artificial nervous system helps robots feel painAI and intelligence
- Seahorse’s genome sequenced for the first time, unlocks weird mysteriesEarth and energy
- Tests confirm Germany’s “Star in a Jar” nuclear fusion reactor worksEarth and energy
- Audi puts its new Quattro Lunar Rover through its pacesSpace
- Virtual reality plays its role in convicting Nazi SS guards who killed millionsVirtual worlds
- Scientists may have identified the particles that make up Dark MatterSpace
- New genetic discovery will one day help humans regenerate damaged spinal chordsBiotech and enhanced humans
- EU likely to follow Germanys lead and ban sales of combustion engines from 2030Transport and mobility
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