Although life cycle assessments do not save the environment, it can make industry think, as the example of life cycle assessments for electronics shows. Every electronic product, useful as it may be, comes with a heavy ecological backpack: From the…
We are at the dawn of a new age in computing. After the invention of the modern computer 70 years ago, computational power has been growing rapidly due to the exponential growth in technology. Where computers were once large enough…
Mike Richardson has always been a science and technology enthusiast. Having chosen Berlin as the perfect place for founders, not least for those working in the exciting field of spectroscopic solutions, he navigated the difficult world of start-up ventures with…
Today’s post is dedicated to the Fraunhofer IZM’s blog’s first anniversary. Exactly one year ago, the first article was published on RealIZM. The RealIZM platform is designed to promote a global flow of information and to raise the profile of…
Assessing costs and environmental impacts in packaging processes Mathilde Billaud works on cost and environmental models. Her mission: To optimize panel-level packaging at the process level. A packaging process optimized already at the R&D stage has many benefits to…
