Siemens AG - Pictures of the Future

The Magazine for Research and Innovation | Spring 2009

Content | Editorial

Life Cycle Planning

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Scenario 2025: Energy-Saving Sleuth
Trends: Assessing Product Impact
Holistic Approach Solves Problems
Lamps: Let There Be Savings!
Interview Michael Braungart: Remaking the Way We Make Things
Holistic Assessments: Products from Dust to Dust
Interview Stig Irving Olsen: Developing a Holistic Approach to Environmental Impact
Rail Systems: Timely Trains
Power Plant Optimization: Oh What a Tune-Up!
Manufacturing: High-Speed Throughput
Appliances: Miracle in the Laundry Room
Facts and Forecasts: The Energy-Efficiency Pay Off
Financing: Clean Investment
In Brief: Developments, contacts, links, literature
Digital Watchmen

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Scenario 2025: Cold Comfort
Trends: One Step Ahead
RFID Chips: Products that Don’t Lie
Banking: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Quantum Cryptography: Code of Silence
Interview Christian Monk: Affordable Quantum Cryptography
Interview Anton Zeilinger: A Quantum Computer in Your Cell Phone
Neural Quantum Computers: Catching Worms with Quanta
Parking Lots: Driving out the Crooks
Facts and Forecasts: Boom in IT Security Technologies
IT Security in Medicine: Indefatigable Guardians
Bacteria Detection: Closing in on Deadly Enemies
Fire Lab: Where There’s Smoke, There’s...
In Brief: Developments, contacts, links, literature
Innovations for New Markets

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Scenario 2025: Goddess of Wisdom
Trends: Tapping New Sources of Hope
China: Innovations Tailored for China
Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets Western Technology
Making Imaging More Affordable
Smart Cameras for India: Affordable Vision
Interview Rajendra Pachauri: Reflecting on the Simple Things
Interview Nandan Nilekani: Imagining India’s Future
Biomass in Brazil: Sweet Savings
Interview José Goldemberg: Brazil’s Ethanol – Liquid Solar Energy
Facts and Forecasts: Objective – Affordable Products
Energy Hubs for Africa: Light for Lake Victoria
The Future of the Electric Car: Electric Ecosystem
Interview Eileen Claussen: Toward an Energy-Efficient U.S.
Saving Energy in the U.S.
In Brief: Developments, contacts, links, literature
Features

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Short Takes
Study of a CO2-Free Munich: Paths to a Better Planet
Research in Russia: Fresh Oil from Old Wells
Economic Crisis: Engines of Tomorrow’s Growth
Interview Ottmar Edenhofer: Climate Protection – Not Optional
Interview E.-U. v. Weizsäcker: Efficiency and Civilization

Life Cycle Planning

Digital Watchmen

Scenario 2025: Cold Comfort

Svalbard, 2025. On this archipelago north of the Arctic Circle, scientists at a research station owned by ReLife are studying unknown micro-organisms frozen in the perma-frost millions of years ago. But are they safe from spies?

Trends: One Step Ahead

Online scammers are defrauding us of huge sums while dangerous counterfeit products flood markets. The security sector is working overtime on solutions that include RFID and quantum cryptography chips

RFID Chips: Products that Don’t Lie

Wireless identification tags made their first appearance over 40 years ago as bulky antitheft devices in warehouses. Today, thanks to advanced algorithms, reductions in chip power requirements, and other improvements, their applications are far more diverse. Siemens’ engineering laboratories are developing counterfeit-proof radio chips that will prevent product piracy, track sterile pads in the operating room, and make transfusions safer by ensuring that blood has been consistently cooled

Neural Quantum Computers: Catching Worms with Quanta

The digital watchmen of the future will repel computer attacks, relying on a neural network’s adaptability and a quantum computer’s lightning speed. Siemens is already developing a prototype.

Bacteria Detection: Closing in on Deadly Enemies

More and more bacteria are developing resistance to antibiotics — a deadly trend for weakened patients in hospitals. Siemens offers processes that can be used to quickly identify highly resistant bacteria — and provide fast results regarding the effectiveness of antibiotics. Researchers are also developing and testing promising new methods based on genetic and protein targets

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Innovations for New Markets

Scenario 2025: Goddess of Wisdom

2025. In a small, energy-independent village in rural southern India, high school students get a chance to test a new interactive program that allows them to discover how even minor changes affect their village’s energy economy—thus helping it to earn carbon credits

Trends: Tapping New Sources of Hope

Siemens is testing new technologies that will help developing economies and their poorest citizens bootstrap themselves into a more productive future. On tap are generators that will turn coconut shells into electricity, self-powered sewage treatment plants that will turn effluent into fresh water, and a vision of tomorrow that will turn reliable and affordable products into stepping stones to a better life

Smart Cameras for India: Affordable Vision

With roughly 1.1 billion people and an average hourly wage—including benefits—of only $1, India is not only one of the world’s biggest markets, but also one of the most price-sensitive locations to do business. Microprocessor-equipped cameras that are simple, maintenance free, affordable, reliable, and timely to market (SMART) have a good chance of breaking into the Indian subcontinent’s rapidly-expanding industrial markets

Biomass in Brazil: Sweet Savings

Around 40 % of motor vehicles in Brazil now run on alcohol made from sugar cane. And this figure could rise to 60 % over the next five years, which would reduce oil dependence and the burden on the environment. Siemens is doing its part by providing technology that saves energy when converting sugar into fuel

The Future of the Electric Car: Electric Ecosystem

A vision of mobility is emerging in which vehicles not only deliver clean transportation, but also store excess energy from renewable sources. New drive systems, battery, billing, and smart grid technologies are setting the stage for tomorrow’s energy and transportation ecosystem

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Features

Short Takes

Cold? No Way! / Safe Drinking / Light Wait / Unique Scanner / Capturing Carbon / Winning Team / Inventions in the Wind / Facelift Fit for a Queen

Study of a CO2-Free Munich: Paths to a Better Planet

Cities are responsible for four fifths of all greenhouse emissions. That means that effective steps to cut emissions in urban areas can have profound effects on the environment. A new study based on the city of Munich shows how a major metropolitan area could make itself virtually carbon-free within a few decades. Most of the technology that’s needed is already available—and putting it to work would save money

Research in Russia: Fresh Oil from Old Wells

Oil deposits need to be regularly cleaned to keep them viable. A promising new process developed by Siemens in Russia and oil company Rosneft uses a special foam that cleans oil wells more efficiently, ensuring significantly higher oil throughput

Economic Crisis: Engines of Tomorrow’s Growth

As times get tougher, temptation is mounting to cut costs and relax standards in the fight against global warming. Yet investments in greater sustainability benefit not only environmental protection but also the health of economies

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Editorial

Seeing the Big Picture

Barbara Kux, member of the Siemens Managing Board, Head of Supply Chain Management and Chief Sustainability Officer at Siemens AG, on improvement in efficiency

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Pictures of the Future

The Magazine for Research and Innovation

Life Cycle Planning

Scenario 2025: Energy-Saving Sleuth

Trends: Assessing Product Impact

Lamps: Let There Be Savings!

Holistic Assessments: Products from Dust to Dust

Rail Systems: Timely Trains

Power Plant Optimization: Oh What a Tune-Up!

Financing: Clean Investment

Digital Watchmen

Scenario 2025: Cold Comfort

Trends: One Step Ahead

RFID Chips: Products that Don’t Lie

Neural Quantum Computers: Catching Worms with Quanta

Bacteria Detection: Closing in on Deadly Enemies

Innovations for New Markets

Scenario 2025: Goddess of Wisdom

Trends: Tapping New Sources of Hope

Smart Cameras for India: Affordable Vision

Biomass in Brazil: Sweet Savings

The Future of the Electric Car: Electric Ecosystem

Features

Short Takes

Study of a CO2-Free Munich: Paths to a Better Planet

Research in Russia: Fresh Oil from Old Wells

Economic Crisis: Engines of Tomorrow’s Growth

Editorial

Seeing the Big Picture

Ordering and Download

Contact