Tinder for industrial Internet of Things

Meet Coaty, a pilot application in distributed logistics that brings direct interaction between IoT devices, cloud services and the human counterpart to a new level.

Innovation facts and figures

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In fiscal year 2020, employees at Siemens around the world first filed about 2,740 patents and submitted round 5,120 invention disclosure reports. In total, Siemens holds 42,900 issued patents. All of these figures refer to Siemens AG – including Siemens Healthineers and excluding Siemens Energy. 

Evolution on Galapagos Islands

How renewables are being used to supply clean power to the UNESCO world heritage site.

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Portrait of Luo Sha Liu, Hai Liu
Luo Sha Liu, Hai Liu

Digital management of megacities

With the Embedded City Box (ECB), Luo Sha Liu and Hai Liu have designed a device for the Internet of Things (IoT), which improves life in large metropolitan areas.

Student invents prosthetic limb

A high-school student used CAD software to design, test, and construct a lighter weight and more streamlined prosthetic limb for a young US veteran.

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In the digital indoor garden

As the world’s population grows, traditional agriculture is nearing its limits. Working with research and industry partners in the international EIT Food consortium, Siemens is growing vegetables in a laboratory.

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Is flying really better?

Seldom has a rail route attracted so much attention over 15 years as the new ICE route between Erfurt and Halle/Leipzig. Now, high-speed trains can run on the 123-kilometer route at up to 300 km/h.

Energy transition, hawaian style

Hundred percent renewable generation from wind and solar is not feasible today without significant reliability impacts. The U.S. state of Hawai‛i intends to change this in years to come.

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Unknown insights into the body

Medicine is reaching a turning point: Just in a few years, artificial intelligence will greatly help doctors make diagnostic decisions and plan treatments.

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