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A colourful Hochbahn train at Elbbrücken station with a modern glass roof and digital information displays.
Mobility

HVV Switch app to include sharing offers from New Year

16 December 2020
Marks progress towards "Hamburg Takt"
Offshore vessel installing yellow tidal energy turbines with red and white kite-like devices in the sea.
SERIES: Wind Energy

Airborne wind turbines - the future of electricity generation?

16 December 2020
NEW SERIES ON WIND ENERGY (4): Pros and cons of wind turbines in high altitudes - Hamburg's Skysails among stakeholders
Technician working on a laptop in a modern data centre with rows of server racks.
Research

North German Science Award for DASHH graduate school

14 December 2020
Joint DASHH project promoting young data scientists
Man wearing glasses and earphones looking at a transparent screen displaying a road simulation.
Innovation

AI and augmented reality now preventing accidents

9 December 2020
Hamburg's hoλos start-up projecting 3D objects onto windscreens
People boarding a small autonomous Hochbahn bus with a wheelchair ramp in an urban setting.
Mobility

Winter break for HEAT mini bus

8 December 2020
Test phase with passengers ends - vehicle now gearing up for final testing period
Symmetrical blue-tiled underground station with escalators and stairs leading to platforms.
Mobility

EUR 25 million for HAWICC in HafenCity

4 December 2020
German government funding smart city centre on mobility of future - emphasis on 5G, IoT
Person holding a smartphone displaying a login screen next to a laptop with blurred data on screen.
Blockchain

Hansebloc mapping logistics processes on blockchain

3 December 2020
North German joint SME project completes after nearly three years
A sleek black wind-powered vehicle with a large vertical circular sail on a coastal road under a partly cloudy sky.
SERIES: Wind Energy

Wind turbine cars setting record speeds

2 December 2020
NEW SERIES ON WIND ENERGY (3): Aerolus Race pits engineers with self-built headwind cars against each other
Several blue disposable surgical face masks scattered on a black surface.
Corona

Population cautiously optimistic, Europe-wide COVID-19 study finds

30 November 2020
Around two thirds of Germans back lockdown policy - survey of seven European countries led by University of Hamburg
Container ship MSC Arica docked at Container Terminal Altenwerder during dusk with cranes and containers.
Innovation

Surface drone in Port of Hamburg

18 November 2020
Port’s autonomous drone “Echo 1” surveying water
Middle-aged man in suit standing outside a building with colourful banners on the wall.
Innovation

Martin Mahn, CEO of HI, names five essentials of innovation

17 November 2020
How science-based ideas become successful business concepts revealed in interview with Hamburg News
Modern glass and brick office building with sunlit trees and blue sky in the background.
Research

European Research Council honours UKE scientists

12 November 2020
EUR 2.5 million for brain research in Hamburg
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