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Bereits über 25 Jahre wird am Fraunhofer IZM kleinste Elektronik in verschiedene Materialien zuverlässig eingebracht, so auch in thermoplastische Folien. Nun verfügen die Forschenden über eine Maschine, die diese Folien mittels Druckluft in kürzester Zeit in sehr individuelle Formen anpasst, die in jegliche Anzeige- und Bedientools eingebaut werden können.

At the international Electronics Goes Green Conference 2020, innovative solutions for combining the environment and electronics were presented to the more than 200 participants in keynotes and interactive presentations by representatives of leading companies from the electronics industry as well as exciting workshops.

Apple’s sustainability strategy is maybe the most ambitious in the ICT industry and we are excited and proud to announce that Sarah Chandler, their Senior Director of Operations and Environmental Initiatives, will be joining us for our live day to share "Apple’s roadmap to 2030: Its innovative approach to carbon neutrality and a circular supply chain". In 2020 Philips’ 5-year "Healthy People, Sustainable Planet" program is coming to a closure. Before launching the next 5-year program it is time to reflect and look back and what was achieved and even more importantly what can be learned from these achievements. The presentation will focus on the topics of Climate Change, Ecodesign and Circular Economy and give an overview of what has worked well in the last 5 years and what pitfalls should be avoided. Don’t miss both keynotes on September 1.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM have joined forces with partners in industry and healthcare to develop a handy graphene oxide-based sensor platform to detect acute infections such as sepsis or the antibodies against the coronavirus within minutes.

The Eurostars project XPatch is developing a flexible sensor system that can track biochemical information in real time. The international consortium is working on a new generation of diagnostic patches that monitor the sweat of high performance athletes for second-by-second medical information about their cardiovascular fitness.

Kirill Klein has won the Young Engineer Award of PCIM Europe 2020 for his paper on “Low Inductive Full Ceramic SiC Power Module for High-Temperature Automotive Applications”.

The CHARM ECSEL JU project aims to develop industrial IoT solutions with an improved tolerance towards harsh industrial surroundings. Digitalisation of the European manufacturing industries is the key to their continuous renewal and competitiveness. Harsh environmental conditions in manufacturing processes and end user environment may slow down the opportunities brought by IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence). The CHARM project is set to solve this challenge.

Although life cycle assessments do not save the environment, it can make industry think, as the example of life cycle assessments for electronics shows.

The Coronavirus Pandemic has confronted all of us with a challenge of historic proportions. The emergency task forces of the Fraunhofer Society and Fraunhofer IZM are continuing to monitor the situation and translating the official guidelines into new guidance for our operations to protect both the health and wellbeing of our people and the services and performance of our Institute.

On May 31, 2020, Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID in Dresden celebrated its tenth anniversary. This decade has seen IZM-ASSID transcend the borders of Germany with its achievements in the field of wafer level system integration, especially 3D integration, and become a globally renowned R&D partner.