Which images did our readers find most exciting? In addition to many good tips for gifts, our fascinating numbers of construction enthusiasts in particular. Other photo highlights were an over 100-year-old lathe, which Bosch has updated to the latest IoT status, and our user meeting for machine safety. Click through our most beautiful photo galleries again:
1. The 20 best Christmas gifts for technology enthusiasts
The 20 best Christmas gifts for technology enthusiasts
The Mibo mini robot dodges obstacles, moves building blocks, follows lines or light and objects at a certain distanceMibo's brain consists of a small breadboard. The phototransistors, colored LEDs, transistors and resistors are plugged in thereThe distance between the sofa and the television, endless distances. The real Trekkie uses the Star Trek Phaser remote control. It works similar to a universal remote control …
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2. Fascinating numbers of construction
Fascinating numbers of the construction
A radio signal takes seconds from earth to the moon - and it travels at the speed of light, i.e. 299,792.458 km / s. The light from the sun takes a little over 8 minutes to reach Earth. Is the sun still there? You will know it in eight minutesBillions of active users have used a standardized communication protocol since 1992 and sent a total of 59 billion messages in 2012, which cost up to 99 cents at weddings, had 1/1000 of the data volume of a minute's conversation and were 160 characters long - the SMSYears ago, the Inter City Experimental was introduced. On November 26, 1985, he promptly set a world record of 317 km / h, which was exceeded in 1988 at 406.9 km / h. For 780 km from Hamburg to Munich, an ICE now takes 5.5 hours - an average of 142 km / hThe German economy costs billions of euros the so-called undisclosed figure for data theft, industrial espionage and sabotage. 4.7 million cases of cyber crime take place annually. 0.3% of this was made known to the authorities
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3. The 60 best gadgets that are also suitable for Christmas
The 60 best gadgets that are also suitable for Christmas
The Hi-Call glove from Hi-Fun has a microphone in the little finger and a "loudspeaker" in the thumb. The standby time is ten days and the talk time is 20 hours. Available in gray or black from www.radbag.de in two sizes for 50 eurosThis makes the Christmas pictures perfect: Under its own brand InLine, Intos Electronic offers wide-angle, macro, fish-eye, filter and telephoto lenses for smartphones. The lenses cost between 18 and 28 eurosThe Zeal GPS ski goggles Z3 are also available at radbag.de. A 16: 9 widescreen display can be used to track data such as speed, altitude, jump statistics, GPS, temperature and much more. Approximately 5 days of driving can be saved on the onboard memory included. Cost: 399.99 euros
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4. How a 129 year old lathe becomes Industry 4.0 capable
How a 129 year old lathe becomes Industry 4.0 capable
Dr. Werner Struth from Bosch management presented a 129-year-old machine at the Feuerbach plant in early October …… which made the company Industry 4.0-capable with the help of sensors and an IoT gatewayRobert Bosch had bought the machine in 1887 for 507 marks - today it is usually in the Bosch Museum
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5. Highlights of the SPS IPC Drives 2016
Highlights of the SPS IPC Drives 2016
Precise motors from Panasonic control robot screwdrivers from ADT FuchsNetworked motors work together in a research project at SoncebozPhoenix Contact presented Proficloud in Nuremberg. With Proficloud technology, the company brings Profinet to the cloudAt the Phoenix Contact press conference, Roland Bent, Chief Technology Officer at Phoenix Contact, presented Protiq GmbH: "With the spin-off on September 1, 2016, Protiq GmbH emerged within the Phoenix Contact Group as an internal startup company that is dedicated to the topic of additive manufacturing. "
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6th user meeting machine safety 2016
Machine Safety User Meeting 2016
The trade journals Konstruktionspraxis and elektrotechnik hosted the machine tool user meeting for the fourth time on September 28thUte Drescher, editor-in-chief of the construction practice, welcomed the participants to the user meeting, which, in addition to the congress, also had an exhibition to offer with numerous lecturesDipl.-Ing. In the opening keynote, Alois Hüning from the wood and metal trade association spoke about the four possible cases of mechanical engineering …… and used practical examples to explain how machines need to be safely retrofitted or converted
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7. The 25 most popular employers
The 25 most popular employers
The software manufacturer SAP takes first place. The employer scores among other things with company cars, flexible working hours, good social benefits. A counterpoint: Employees trust can quickly lead to overtime, employees reportAdidas took second place. Above all, employee development should stand out; the good atmosphere and the young environment are also rated positively. Employees call payment and complex processes within the company negativeRobert Bosch comes in third place. The employees call the salary and exciting and responsible work positive. The size of the company and the lack of space, on the other hand, should stand out negatively
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8. The best packaging of 2016
The best packaging of 2016
Winner in the design & finishing category: "Art Pack", submitted by Mondi Consumer Goods Packaging. BOPP composite bags with a paper-like look and feel for potato chips. A new packaging concept for food production fresh from the field. Easy translation of the product characteristics into a packaging conceptThe winners in the design & finishing category: “Bembel-with-care-Apfelwein”, submitted by Belbel-with-care. Canned cider. Untypical packaging in a young design. Attentive fusion of tradition and innovation in material and designThe winners in the design & finishing category: "Christmas Bow Label Coca-Cola", submitted by Coca Cola Europe and Constantia Labels. Coke bottle with a new wrapper for special occasions. Technically intelligent solution with seasonal added value for high-speed lines
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9. Impressions of Bauma 2016
Impressions of Bauma 2016
Almost one visitor per square meter: 575,000 square meters, 3,421 exhibitors and 535,065 visitors (as of 2013)Almost one visitor per square meter: 575,000 square meters, 3,421 exhibitors and 535,065 visitors (as of 2013)Almost one visitor per square meter: 575,000 square meters, 3,421 exhibitors and 535,065 visitors (as of 2013)Almost one visitor per square meter: 575,000 square meters, 3,421 exhibitors and 535,065 visitors (as of 2013)
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10. Siemens celebrates 150 years of dynamo
Siemens celebrates 150 years of dynamo
At the Berlin trade exhibition, Siemens & Halske presented the world's first electric locomotive with an external power supply. At a speed of seven kilometers an hour, the locomotive pulled three small cars, each with six seats, over a 300 m long circuitView of the railway hall of the dynamo plant around 1913. From 1930, the world's first multi-purpose electric locomotive 'E 44' was welded in the dynamo factoryFor the Walchensee power plant, which was the largest storage power plant in the world at the time, which went into operation in 1924, impressive single-phase generators were built in the dynamo plant
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From pallets made of lightweight material to pasta packs made of paper, the jury of the German Packaging Award once again selected the best packaging of the year. We introduce them
For the third time since 2011, the Vogel Communications Group has won the award of the German trade press with the title / Specialist Medium of the Year /u201c. /u201eNext Industry /u201c was awarded
As part of a festive gala, the /u201eMM machine market /u201c in the Vogel Convention Center in W /u00fcrzburger honored the best of the best with the first-time "Best of Industry Award"
The federal performance competition 2012 also documented the professional competence of young painters and varnishers. At the Ferdinand Braun School in Fulda
