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Per QR-Code könnten Konsument*innen erfahren, wie ein Produkt hergestellt wurde und wie es sich gegebenenfalls reparieren lässt. © Nadine Glad

Information & Communication (ICT)

Digital Product Passports: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Circular Economy

Worldwide, the consumption of electronic devices – from smartphones and refrigerators to cordless screwdrivers – is rising steadily, as it is for clothing. In 2022, every European bought an average of around 19...

Eduard Wagner

Katja Arnhold

24/04/2025

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Testcoupon (60 mm x 40 mm) mit 5 µm feinen Kupferleitungen auf Ajinomoto-Aufbaufolie (ABF) © Fraunhofer IZM

Information & Communication (ICT)

HDI Substrates: The Invisible Connection in Modern Electronics

Did you know that miniaturized microchips and novel smart devices tend to depend on one almost invisible ingredient: the substrates? These high-resolution and finely structured substrates are the key to modern...

Ruben Kahle

Katja Arnhold

03/04/2025

Headerbild APECS | © loewn / Bernhard Wolf

Industrial Electronics

The APECS Pilot Line: Heterointegration enabling Chiplet Applications

Dipl.-Phys. Rolf Aschenbrenner

Erik Jung

13/03/2025

Automotive & Transportation

Power Electronics for Climate-Neutral Aircraft

Aviation in Europe should be climate-neutral and sustainable by 2050. This means that climate-neutral aircraft need to be available from 2035. This requires alternative propulsion systems that are not based on fossil...

Christoph Marczok

Katja Arnhold

20/02/2025

Headerbild NerveRepack | © Fraunhofer IZM I Francis Viebeck

Medical Engineering

Highly Miniaturized Conformal Coatings for the Packaging of Neural Implants

Dr. Joshua Wilson, research associate in the »Technologies for Bioelectronics« working group at Fraunhofer IZM, works on non-hermetic encapsulation solutions for implantable microchips. During our exclusive tour filming...