Geek Out

Animated Sky Ceiling Lights Make Your Cubicle Slightly Less Depressing

If you’re low on the corporate ladder at work, you’re probably stuck under a bank of fluorescent lights without a window in sight. But with Fraunhofer’s new LED enhanced ceilings, a beautiful sky view doesn’t require a corner office.


May 6, 2011
Cameras

This Microscope Can Detect Skin Cancer

Based on innovations from the last year, everything in the future will detect cancer. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. The latest to promise this ability is a microscope developed by the ever-innovative Fraunhofer Institute, capable of imaging a suspcious area of skin for melanomas.


August 31, 2010

Fluid, High-Quality HD Video Calls For Everyone

This is the new invention by the Fraunhofer-Institut fur Integrierte Schaltungen – those guys who created the MP3 music compression algorithm: an inexpensive technology for fluid HD video conferencing with almost no delay. Previously, this required very expensive dedicated hardware.