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Microscopic imaging is an indispensable part of scientific work. Often, it produces remarkable pictures that provide a surprising insight into a world normally hidden. Some images also have an impressive aesthetic effect. Things that work well in the laboratory can also be of good use in a photo studio. Specially staged under light microscopes and macro lenses, even inconspicuous technical objects show their most beautiful sides. According to the principle of pars pro toto – one part stands for the whole – even larger thematic complexes can be communicated with the right unusual detail shots.

As part of the R2D - Road to Digital Production project, Fraunhofer IIS, its SCS Center for Applied Research, and industrial partners are developing a system for digital recording and control of industrial production processes. This is intended to improve the cooperation between humans and technology in individualized production with a batch size of 1 and thus increase efficiency and quality.

The NaLoSysPro project, which was completed at the end of 2018 and in which Fraunhofer IZM was also involved, aimed to make manually produced screw connections safer.

A larger image section, sharper images, and more efficient image evaluation – this is the promise of an endoscopy capsule developed by Fraunhofer IZM for detailed examination of the small intestine.

Fraunhofer ENAS is developing a new localization method based on magnetic fields. The inductive system allows reliable localization even in non-homogeneous and opaque substances. A first application is planned for localizing Sens-o-Spheres in bioreactors.

The sensors in autonomous vehicles must be extremely reliable in order to not endanger road users. In the past, these sensors were subjected to arduous road tests. The new ATRIUM testing device from Fraunhofer FHR means that, in the future, these tests will largely take place in the lab.

Within several projects, Fraunhofer IAF is developing compact and high-resolution radar solutions for industrial applications.

A French delegation of representatives of research and technolog visited Dresden, the capital of the state of Saxony, in March.

Quantum magnetometry is intended to enable novel applications in the failure analysis of micro- and nanoelectronic circuits. Fraunhofer Microelectronics spoke with QMag project coordinator Prof. Oliver Ambacher about the challenges and opportunities of the project.

As part of Fraunhofer’s QMag lighthouse project, quantum magnetometers for imaging very weak magnetic fields are being developed and evaluated for use, among other things, in the analysis of microelectronic and nanoelectronic circuits.