Press Releases – Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

August 10, 2021	First quantum-secured videoconference between two federal agencies
August 6, 2021	Alliance PolyChrome Berlin receives 9.2 million euros in BMBF funding
July 1, 2021	Fraunhofer HHI coordinates research hub "6G-RIC" - 70 million funding from the BMBF
June 21, 2021	Exhibition "End of Contemporary Witnessing?": UFA and Fraunhofer HHI present VR case of contemporary witness interview "Ernst Grube - The Legacy”
June 4, 2021	Terahertz technologies for visionary innovations in communications and sensor technology
June 2, 2021	Fraunhofer HHI is part of European effort to develop tap-proof communication solution
May 25, 2021	New MPEG standard is based on Fraunhofer HHI technology: First standardized compression method for neural networks in multimedia applications
May 21, 2021	Fraunhofer HHI begins work on EU research project IToBoS
April 8, 2021	Fraunhofer HHI begins work on EU research project COPA EUROPE
March 30, 2021	Remote patient management for severe heart failure using AI and 5G technology
February 5, 2021	Fraunhofer launches lighthouse project to develop technologies for 6G
February 2, 2021	Fraunhofer HHI expands AI research with new department
January 11, 2021	Fraunhofer HHI successfully completes OPTIMUM research project

December 7, 2020	Fraunhofer HHI spin-off Volucap honored with "Innovation Award Berlin Brandenburg"
December 2, 2020	BMBF initiative "QuNET" presents systems for highly se-cure quantum communication
October 6, 2020	Novel application: Fraunhofer HHI broadcasts surgery as AR-based 3D live stream
September 28, 2020 September 14, 2020	Fraunhofer HHI and 5G Berlin operate new 5G test field in Berlin offering environment for testing 5G technologies Fraunhofer HHI releases new optimized encoder–decoder software for latest video coding standard H.266/VVC
July 30, 2020	Fraunhofer HHI researcher snags ARD/ZDF "Woman + Media Technology" advancement award
July 6, 2020	Fraunhofer HHI is proud to present the new state-of-the-art in global video coding: H.266/VVC brings video transmission to new speeds

December 6, 2019	Project to boost optical network capacity lead by ADVA started
September 11, 2019	Fraunhofer HHI shows latest video technologies at IBC 2019
September 3, 2019	Next generation video: WDR and Fraunhofer HHI present significantly improved video quality at IFA 2019
August 22, 2019	First volumetric film of an interview with a contemporary witness: short film ERNST GRUBE – DAS VERMÄCHTNIS
July 30, 2019	New EU consortium ELIoT to develop mass market applications for LiFi – Internet travelling over light
July 23, 2019	Fraunhofer HHI releases new version of open-source radio channel model QuaDRiGa for use in future 5G evaluations
June 3, 2019	Newly founded PolyPhotonics Berlin e. V. has commenced operations
May 28, 2019	Fraunhofer HHI and IAF demonstrate the first wireless real-time video transmission using Terahertz
May 22, 2019	Fraunhofer HHI participates in major initiative for Quantum Communication supported by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
May 14, 2019	Fraunhofer HHI presents AI demo on board the MS Wissenschaft
April 17, 2019	Fraunhofer HHI presents Virtual Reality for 5G
March 12, 2019	How intelligent is Artificial Intelligence?
January 31, 2019	EU Project TERIPHIC started in Berlin

November 21, 2018	CiViQ brings quantum technologies to the telecommunications arena
November 15, 2018	Volucap receives “VR Technology Award” and “VR NOW Grand Prize” at the VR NOW Awards 2018
October 31, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI will present 3D endoscope system for industrial and medical applications at VISION
October 15, 2018	A leap into quantum technology: Fraunhofer HHI participates in Q.Link.X project consortium, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
September 11, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI shows latest video technologies at IBC
September 3, 2018	Real-time layer thickness measurement with terahertz
August 27, 2018	IFA 2018: High-definition video footage enters Virtual Reality with MPEG-OMAF and HEVC tiles of Fraunhofer HHI
August 16, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI is developing next-generation quantum communications technology in the UNIQORN project
July 11, 2018	Project completion of 5G-CHARISMA – Successful Development of new Network Architectures for the 5G Mobile Communication Networks
June 15, 2018	2.5 Gb/s millimeter radio communication for 5G via Ethernet-based fronthaul demonstrated
June 14, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI enables live broadcast of the 2018 Soccer World Cup in Ultra HD on Swisscom TV
June 14, 2018	First real-time test of Li-Fi utilization for the industrial Internet of Things
June 11, 2018	Volumetric studio opens in Babelsberg just outside Berlin
June 5, 2018	CeBIT 2018: Mixed Reality: Walking naturally between worlds
April 26, 2018	First Li-Fi-product with technology from Fraunhofer HHI launched in Japan
April 16, 2018	Real-time layer thickness measurement with terahertz
April 5, 2018	Award for walk-in movie „Ein Ganzes Leben“ (A whole life)
March 16, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI develops a distributed aggregation and reception of a record net capacity of 400 Gb/s superchannel in a single-photodiode 110-GHz Kramers-Kronig Receiver
February 26, 2018	Arne Schönbohm, President of the Federal Office for Information Security: "Germany can be proud of its achievements with regard to science and technology"
February 21, 2018	Camera technology in vehicles: Low-latency image data compression
February 19, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI presents latest VR and 5G technologies at Mobile World Congress
February 16, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI put into operation first volumetric video studio on the European continent
February 7, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI presents the latest Li-Fi research at the first Global LiFi Congress in Paris
January 23, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI at Photonics West
January 18, 2018	Kathleen Schröter, Fraunhofer HHI, is awarded with the AIS Distinguished Leadership Award 2018
January 17, 2018	Fraunhofer HHI receives AIS Technology Innovation Award 2018 for 3D Human Body Reconstruction

November 23, 2017	Slawomir Stanczak from Fraunhofer HHI unanimously elected Chairman of a new ITU Focus Group on ‘Machine Learning for Future Networks including 5G’
November 6, 2017	Medica 2017: Fraunhofer HHI and ARRI Medical present digital 3D surgical microscope
November 3, 2017	Classroom in Stuttgart with Li-Fi of Fraunhofer HHI opened
November 2, 2017	A New Language for VR Streaming: MPEG Technically Finalized First International Standard for VR Streaming
October 26, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI, Huawei, MediaTek, Nokia, Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung and Sony Corp. Celebrate the Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding 2017 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award
October 18, 2017	PolyPhotonics project Berlin: Fraunhofer HHI and partners present optical chips made of polymer
October 5, 2017	Unternehmen und Forschungseinrichtungen bringen Anwendungsfälle für Industrie 4.0 in die internationale 5G-Standardisierung ein (German only)
September 28, 2017	25G/50G Low-Latency Ethernet MAC, Optimized for Xilinx Ultrascale+ Transceiver Technology
September 20, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI presents MPEG OMAF viewport-dependent VR video streaming using HEVC tiles
September 15, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI at ECOC in Gothenburg
September 14, 2017	SES and Fraunhofer HHI broadcast live 360-degree panorama video via satellite with HEVC
September 13, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI shows new Virtual Reality application at IBC
September 12, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI with latest VR and AR technologies at IBC in Amsterdam
August 15, 2017	Virtual Reality: 3D Human Body Reconstruction from Fraunhofer HHI digitizes human beings
August 15, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI released new version of its open-source radio propagation model QuaDRiGa to be used in future 5G evaluations
July 5, 2017	ZDF relies on Rohde & Schwarz and Fraunhofer HHI for the transition to DVB-T2
June 28, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI successfully completes the project “Installation of VLC technology on the Island of Mainau”
June 22, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI at Laser World of Photonics, June 26-29, 2017, Munich, Germany
June 15, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI öffnet Forschungslabore zur 17. Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften (German only)
May 4, 2017	Control 2017: Fraunhofer HHI presents digital 3D endoscopy and Terahertz sensing
April 24, 2017	NAB 2017: Rohde und Schwarz and Fraunhofer HHI present latest encoding solutions
April 21, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI with latest VR technologies at NAB in Las Vegas
April 20, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI presents interaction components for contactless human-machine operation at the Hannover Messe trade fair
April 18, 2017	Hannover Messe 2017: 5G the ultrafast wireless communications standard – Industrie 4.0 in real time
April 12, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI and UFA present Germany’s first volumetric film test production at NAB in Las Vegas
March 31, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI at FOE, April 5-7, 2017, Tokyo
March 17, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI at OFC 2017
March 13, 2017	CeBIT 2017: Analysis software for neural networks – Watching computers think
March 01, 2017	Project start Industrial Communication for Factories (IC4F)
February 27, 2017	NanoSemi, N.A.T. and Fraunhofer HHI at Mobile World Congress: Multi-Band/ Multi-Carrier demonstration with a linearized Power Amplifier
February 24, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI at Mobile World Congress with VR and 5G technologies
February 17, 2017	VR experience at Berlinale 2017 – on the red carpet with the OmniCam-360 from Fraunhofer HHI
January 25, 2017	Fraunhofer HHI at Photonics West 2017, January 28 to February 2, San Francisco
January 3, 2017	Tile Based DASH Streaming for Virtual Reality with HEVC – Enabler for high quality 360 degree video from Fraunhofer HHI at CES

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