Research and development at Siemens extend across numerous and very different fields. Our scientists analyze new materials, develop biometric techniques and new analytical equipment for medicine or for the digital factory of the future. All innovations lead to new applications and help our clients bring products that are more efficient to the market, open up more business areas or reduce costs. Here are some examples:
Technology for the Environment
July 14, 07 | In buildings, lighting, household appliances, transportation and industry, for example - Siemens is developing technological innovations that help save energy and limit greenhouse gas emissions across the board. Siemens holds a total of some 30,000 patents for environmental and climate-relevant solutions and invests over €2 billion a year in related research and development.
Digital Health
May 23, 06 | Information technology and networking are essential tools for improving the quality of health care while cutting costs. That’s why the use of digital technology in health care will continue to increase
Intelligent Networking
Jan 19, 06 | Intelligent networking is one of the megatrends of our century. Thanks to sensors, actuators and embedded software that gives objects intelligence and identity, many systems are becoming ever more autonomous.
Remote Services
Oct 21, 05 | The availability of facilities and machines becomes more and more crucial. Remote Services allow plant operators to continuously monitor systems of all types, eliminate or even prevent faults with the help of preventive maintenance, and optimize plant performance.
Elements of Life
Sep 24, 05 | More than one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water. Especially in Asia, megacities are a tremendous problem. Here waste water from households and industry and chemicals and rubbish are still often dumped untreated into rivers and, consequently, poisons the downstream water. Siemens offers a wide range of advanced solutions for water treatment - including membrane filter systems and disinfection of water through ultraviolet light irradiation.
Software
Jul 2, 05 | Up until a few years ago, it was usually the computer hardware that decided the capacity of products. Today, the software is the driving force behind innovation. In the future, software will be omnipresent, highly networked and user-friendly. It will even be able to optimize itself to some extent.
Sensor Technology
Jun 24, 05 | Sensors are like highly developed electronic sense organs and are capable of spotting microscopic particles and sniffing out odorless gases. In the future, sensors will be smarter and will even independently network with one another.
Clean Energy
Oct 1, 04 | To satisfy the hunger for energy in a world with an ever increasing population, we must use fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil as efficiently as possible - without harming the environment.
Materials Research
Jul 1, 04 | Scientists customize materials for any purpose - even at the atomic level.
Catchwords of the future are nanotechnology, bioengineering or adaptronics.
New Light Sources
Jul 1, 04 | Today, the tiny, just a few millimeters in size, light-emitting diodes are found in mobile telephone displays and small signs; tomorrow they will be stadium floodlights and automobile headlights.
Medical Imaging
Jul 1, 04 | Prevention and early diagnosis in medicine are increasingly becoming the focus of attention. Through imaging methods, doctors are able to take fascinating looks into the body.
