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The experts at Fraunhofer ITWM are using simulations to support DesCap GmbH in optimizing the design of face visors.

They report on the exciting cooperation on the project page.

With the AAS Dataspace for Everybody, Fraunhofer IESE, together with other partners, offers a platform for the uncomplicated sharing of data based on Eclipse BaSyx. This allows companies to create digital twins along their production lines and enables them to calculate their CO2 footprint or create digital product passports.

On September 10, 2024, the »BewegungsForscher« project kicked off with a workshop at the Theodor Zink Museum. Citizens and specialists worked on a smart orthosis, a walker for fracture patients. The next workshop will take place in November 2024.

DFKI is developing LUMINOUS, a system that analyzes impressions in real time and makes recommendations for action. It supports neurorehabilitation, safety training and 3D architecture verification. Users interact with avatars to facilitate everyday activities and overcome communication deficits.

The new EU regulation to combat deforestation requires the documentation of wood species and the legal origin of imported wood products. To make this easier, the Fraunhofer ITWM is developing AI analysis software for automatic wood species identification in the »KI-Wood« project together with the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.

What challenges does the healthcare sector face? And how can mathematics help? In this interview, Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Küfer and Dr. Alexander Scherrer from Fraunhofer ITWM talk about their work in the »Optimization in the Life Sciences« department and the progress they have made so far.

The incubator »Start.Smart.Connect Kaiserslautern« (SSC KL) is funding 6G start-ups with two million euros until 2027, supporting research teams with business plans and laboratory resources and networking them with industry. The aim is to exchange knowledge and promote innovation in Germany.

Thomas has been working at Fraunhofer IESE since 2009 and is a specialist in anesthesia. His experience at the Westpfalz-Klinikum has made him an expert in digital healthcare. The challenges of using IT in medicine are great, but necessary.

Artificial intelligence can not only generate funny pictures and songs. It can also become an important aid in the healthcare sector. In an interview with RHEINPFALZ editor Maximilian Schenk, university professor Norbert Rösch talks about the opportunities and risks of this still young technology.

Doctoral students from Kaiserslautern and Landau used the Young Researchers Symposium (YRS) of the TU-Nachwuchsring at RPTU and the Center for Simulation and Software-based Innovation at the beginning of August to present their own research to a non-specialist audience. The best contributions were awarded prizes with a total value of 6,000 euros.

With 28 out of a total of 30 points we once again took first place in this year's ranking of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's 21 High-Performance Centers. It shows that the close cooperation between university and non-university research leads to outstanding results in Kaiserslautern. 

Because highly dynamic processes often cannot be satisfactorily mapped with conventional software, we have developed a solution with the MESHFREE tool that can simulate complex processes cost-effectively. We will be awarded the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024 for this software.