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Pictures of the Future

The Magazine for Research and Innovation

The Magazine for Research and Innovation | Spring 2003

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Materials • Invisible Revolutions

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In Brief
Scenario 2015: Hidden Wonders
Intelligent Materials: Invisible Revolutions
Adaptronics: New Materials Take Shape
Bioengineering: Surprising Symbiosis
Nanotechnology: Great Oaks from Little Acorns
Facts and Forecasts: Nano 101—The Economics of the 21st Century
Small Worlds—Quantum Harvests
Molecules that Do Things
Combinatorial Chemistry: In Search of Substance
Security • A Question of Identity

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In Brief
Scenario 2010: How to Catch a Thief
Biometric Applications: A Question of Identity
Biometric Technologies: Body Language
Face Recognition Systems: Almost Ready For Prime Time
Facts and Forecasts: The Next Mega-Market
Smart Cameras: Getting the Picture
Sensor Networks: Sensors That Organize Themselves
Data Networks: Viruses, Worms and Hackers
Will We Pay for Security with Our Privacy?
Healthcare • Before Illness Strikes

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In Brief
Scenario 2010: An Ounce of Prevention...
Imaging Trends: Before Illness Strikes
A Picture of Health
Software Solutions: A Uniform Imaging Interface
Telemedicine: Getting Well with the Web
The Sooner the Better—with Molecular Diagnostics
Facts and Forecasts: Tapping Markets for Tiny Labs
Does Preventive Medicine Pay?
Why Screening Saves Lives
Features

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Research Partnerships: How to Mail a Smile
Infrastructures: Only Flying is Faster
Patents and Researchers: Ultrasound Diagnostics, Fuel Injection, International Standards

Materials • Invisible Revolutions

Scenario 2015: Hidden Wonders

May 2015. Michel Louis is a professor of bio-organic nanomaterials science who lives in Paris. Since he retired, he's had more time for his favorite hobby—telling people in the local café about the wonders of materials.

Intelligent Materials: Invisible Revolutions

Wood, stone, ceramics—for thousands of years people have made use of all kinds of naturally available materials. But things are changing in a big way. Researchers are now customizing materials for a variety of purposes, and they're even doing it at the atomic level. The future belongs to intelligent materials.

Adaptronics: New Materials Take Shape

From fibers that register mechanical stress in airplane rudders to automobile roofs and magnetic resonance tomographs that counteract vibrations and cut noise—a quieter, safer world is taking shape thanks to developments in adaptronic materials.

Security • A Question of Identity

Scenario 2010: How to Catch a Thief

Catching a thief in a crowded shopping mall can be devilishly difficult. But smart cameras that translate image content into words will make it possible to search vast video databases for a particular person. Here's one possible scenario.

Biometric Applications: A Question of Identity

Whether activating a cell phone or making an online purchase, the ability to identify ourselves is essential. In the near future, card-based biometrics could be compared with on-the-spot data to certify who we are.

Biometric Technologies: Body Language

No two people are the same. With this in mind, researchers are developing methods that enable the unique characteristics of eyes, faces and voices to be converted into data keys that enhance security and convenience.

Healthcare • Before Illness Strikes

Scenario 2010: An Ounce of Prevention...

Preventive medicine in 2010. Imaging methods and biochips will detect the earliest signs of illness at the cellular level. A manager tells his story.

Imaging Trends: Before Illness Strikes

Sophisticated imaging technologies are making it possible to detect ever more illnesses at an early stage. Virtual "flights" through the body are making some exploratory procedures unnecessary.

A Picture of Health

Prof. Dr. Jörg F. Debatin, 41, has been the director of the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Clinic in Essen, Germany, since August 1999. More than 150 employees at the institute conduct between 400 and 500 radiological tests every day. Debatin was instrumental in the development of the Essen concept for image-assisted early diagnosis.

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Research Partnerships: How to Mail a Smile

Sending images over a cell phone is the latest trend in mobile communications. In cooperation with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Siemens researchers have developed a simple procedure that enables mobile phone users to transform an image of a person into an animated graphic icon—an avatar.

Editorial

"Innovations Are Always in Demand"

Prof. Dr. Klaus Wucherer is a Member of the Corporate Executive Committee of Siemens AG and is, among other things, responsible for the top+ Business Excellence Program.

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