What is a liter of beer, a clamp or a doctor’s accessibility worth? What are we willing to pay for it and why? Prices are everywhere. But most people know little about their effects. Our expert Dr. Georg Kolat explains.
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An electric vehicle’s cooling systems have a major impact on the performance of a lithium-ion battery. A consistently high temperature is the most important factor for a battery’s long-term reliability in terms of its range, charging time and maintenance.
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Can humanity bring back lost nature with engineering? Plants from all over the world are blooming in the giant Gardens by the Bay ecological park in Singapore. Nearly 98,000 COBRA clamps help to reduce the metropolis’s carbon dioxide emissions.
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It’s all about electromobility and the future of the combustion engine – at IAA 2017 in Frankfurt/Main, too. I spent a day looking at new models, learning about current trends and discovering many NORMA Group products.
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Industry is increasingly under pressure to work even more efficiently and retain customers. The competition is getting fiercer and increasingly gaining momentum. Thus, one should consider Industry 4.0 as a chance to overcome rigid planning and production processes.
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Will the combustion engine soon be discarded? How do carmakers deal with more and more components that they have to place in a vehicle? When do car computers take the wheel on the roads? Those are the trends in mobility.
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Huge mountains of data are accumulated, digital attacks pose a major threat to companies, industries and entire countries, intelligent products increasingly influence everyday life. Big Data, Cyber Security und Smart Products are the biggest trends the IT sector has to deal with.
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The investment that developing and emerging countries make in renewable energy exceeded those of all industrialized countries. In Europe, investments have plummeted by about 20 percent. But how can energy targets be achieved? An analysis.
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