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Understanding Uncertainty

Researchers at Bielefeld University are exploring the benefits of economic uncertainty.  Uncertainty plays a key role in the economy: it gives new or small companies the chance to outsmart their established competitors, and it spurs all companies on to be more innovative. As a result, it drives technological change and the emergence of new markets and industries.

MONOCAB-OWL – A Visionary Monorail Vehicle for a New Mobility

The project MONOCAB-OWL was initiated to create an innovative monorail vehicle for sustainable mobility in rural areas. It’s a joint project of OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA and the Landeseisenbahn Lippe (e. V.).

Research at the Universität Hamburg

Risks of Energy Production: From Where Should we Import Hydrogen?

Green hydrogen production requires water and renewable energy. The southern hemisphere presents particularly good geophysical conditions. Prof. Dr. Franziska Müller is investigating the risks that need to be considered in countries such as South Africa, Morocco, or Chile as part of the German Research Foundation funded research project H2POLITICS.

TUM Hyperloop

Public Transportation at 745 MPH

In the next years, the topic of effective and sustainable transportation will become increasingly important. Global technological trends change our daily mobility practices. One of these trends in the field of traffic development is the hyperloop. TUM Hyperloop is a project from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and was launched in 2015 as a student initiative. The goal is to develop a climate-neutral high-speed ground transportation system based on the hyperloop concept.