The department of RF & Smart Sensor Systems at Fraunhofer IZM focuses on research and development of application-specific wireless sensor nodes, radar and proximity sensor systems as well as wireless communication and high-performance computing (HPC) modules for a wide range of application fields.
The focus is on 5G and 6G communication systems, radar sensor technology and wireless sensor nodes. From sensors in moving textiles like sails to sensors that measure environmental factors impacting diseases – Fraunhofer IZM is working on a vast variety.
A 50,000 square meter artificial reef off the Baltic coast and a green space following the trajectory of the Berlin Wall: Two places, about 240 km apart from each other and as different as could be. However, only a few…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) are lung diseases that cause high mortality. The EU-wide REMEDIA project develops technologies for measuring environmental influences that have an impact on these diseases. Four Fraunhofer Institutes are part of the…
To improve and enhance the performance of high-performance sails, it is important to know and optimize their fluid mechanical and structural properties. For ultralight textile structures – be it sails for ships or even paragliders and parachutes – it has…
With Lab-on-a-Chip technology, testing becomes much faster and more efficient. Not only can these sensors replace reference laboratories, they can even communicate the results directly to a computer for validation and statistics. And, as our expert Manuel Bäuscher wants to…
Autonomous driving is getting better with every technological advance. But for driverless cars to become truly safe in traffic, they need a sensor system that recognises objects in the street – reliably and with no margin for error. Christian Tschoban…
