Autonomous cars must perceive their environment true to reality. The corresponding algorithms are trained using a large number of image and video recordings. For the algorithm to recognize single image elements, such as a tree, a pedestrian or a road sign, these are labeled. Labeling is improved and accelerated by understand.ai, a startup established by…
Mobile Radio Network Measures Rainfall
Raindrops attenuate propagation of electromagnetic waves. This physical phenomenon is now made use of by meteorologists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): Using a specially developed software, they derive information on rainfalls from radiation fluctuations along radio links of mobile radio networks. This technique complements conventional measurements and might be applied for water management in…
Waveguide with Integrated Carbon Nanotubes for Conversion of Electric Signals into Light
Worldwide growing data volumes make conventional electronic processing reach its limits. Future information technology is therefore expected to use light as a medium for quick data transmission also within computer chips. Researchers under the direction of KIT have now demonstrated that carbon nanotubes are suited for use as on-chip light source for tomorrow’s information technology,…
First Solar Cell Made of Highly Ordered Molecular Frameworks
“We have opened the door to a new room,” says Professor Christof Wöll, Director of KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG). “This new application of metal-organic framework compounds is the beginning only. The end of this development line is far from being reached,” the physicist emphasizes. Metal-organic frameworks, briefly called MOFs, consist of two basic…