Intelligent Networking  •  Interconnected Environments

Scenario 2014: High Tech on the Ball
Brazil 2014. The hosts and the German national team are head to head in the opening game of the soccer World Cup. In Rio de Janeiro’s completely networked stadium, ports writers Harry and Luiz are becoming familiar with Brazilian strategies—and German high tech throughout the stadium
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Trends: Networks for Living
Avoiding traffic congestion, increasing safety, speeding up industrial production and sales channels, or simply making our lives more comfortable—intelligent networking is increasingly doing all these things. Few other companies can equal Siemens when it comes to specialized knowledge of a field that includes everything from sensors, actuators and software to the necessary information and communication technology
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Improving Tunnel Vision
Intelligent cameras automatically detect unexpected events and interact with other systems to activate safety systems in tunnels
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Answers in the Wind
Offshore wind parks are playing an increasingly important role in power generation. Siemens has developed a concept that could enable them to operate much more efficiently
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Tower of Superlatives
Taipei 101 has 101 floors and towers more than 500 meters above the capital of Taiwan. It’s the world’s tallest building—and, like many other skyscrapers, it’s fully equipped with networked facilities from Siemens
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Amusement Parks: "I Gotta Ride That!
Europa-Park in Rust, Germany, is a major success story. Over the last 30 years, Siemens has provided state-of-the-art automation technology for all of the rides, delivering excitement, entertainment, and the highest level of safety for visitors of all ages
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Home Entertainment: Tuning into Internet TV
American software manufacturers Myrio and Verimatrix have transformed the old fashioned TV set into an Internet-based entertainment and communication center. Siemens not only holds shares in both companies—it now owns Myrio
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T-Com House: At Home in the Future
Life inside the home of the future is on display in T-Com House on Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz. Here, sophisticated Siemens technology has created a domestic environment worthy of Star Trek
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An Internet of Things?
Interview with Prof. Friedemann Mattern, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: An Internet of Things? Yes! But Hold onto Your Hat
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Traffic: The Road to Telematic Travel
Telematics—the convergence of computers and telecommunications—is changing how we travel. Siemens is linking centralized traffic management systems with terminals such as vehicle navigation systems and mobile phones, as well as an array of new services. The result is less stress and shorter travel times
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Facts and Forecasts: Traffic Networking Is Booming
The German automobile club (ADAC) estimates the average driver in Germany spends about 65 hours per year in traffic jams. That represents almost 40 million liters of fuel consumed daily—in Germany alone. The resulting cost to the nation’s economy is between 100 and 200 billion euros. More tragically, Europe registers 1.4 million traffic accidents with 1.8 million injuries and 50,000 fatalities every year, according to the European Union
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RFID Applications: Taking Stock
Siemens is leading the way in development of radio frequency identification solutions (RFID). Now, major customers are starting to implement this new technology on a large scale. Initial applications in the field of logistics have been extremely promising
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Keeping Tabs on the Goods
For the past few months, logistics services provider Kühne + Nagel has been monitoring printer deliveries from Germany to the U.S. with the help of RFID software from Siemens. Alexander Unruh, head of the RFID project at Kühne + Nagel in Hamburg, explains the project’s goals and challenges
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Self-Organizing Networks: Phones with Brains
Siemens is developing telephone systems that work without central switching. The phones communicate with one another independently—via the Internet
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IT in Greenland: High-Speed Internet for the Inuit
Greenland will have high-speed Internet and mobile communications this year. Technicians from Siemens and Tele Greenland braved atrocious weather to deliver the equipment
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Industry: Wireless Wizardry
Industrial Wireless Local Area Networks (IWLANs) allow machines to be operated without contact. Not only does wireless technology put an end to elaborate wiring, it improves production processes
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Airports: Flying High in Dubai
Several Siemens Groups are helping to expand Dubai International Airport. This "Siemens One" strategy ensures that large-scale projects can be handled efficiently
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In Brief
Developments, contacts, links, literature
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