Passion for Technology
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44 episodes
How touchscreen technologies are transforming interfaces
This article readout is part of The Quintessence magazine. The latest issue explores the latest trends in technology and offers valuable insights into the fascinating world of Human Machine Interfaces. Access it free of charge here:
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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5:32
Do push-buttons still matter in a touchscreen world?
This article readout is part of The Quintessence magazine. The latest issue explores the latest trends in technology and offers valuable insights into the fascinating world of Human Machine Interfaces. Access it free of charge here:
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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6:01
Exploring the diversity of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
This article readout is part of The Quintessence magazine. The latest issue explores the latest trends in technology and offers valuable insights into the fascinating world of Human Machine Interfaces. Access it free of charge here:
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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5:11
How can we achieve an All Electric Society?
In this episode of Passion for Technology, we dive into the visionary concept of the All Electric Society – a world where CO₂-neutral energy is generated and consumed exclusively through renewable, electric sources. Our host, Mustafa, speaks wi...
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16:31
Carbon neutrality is absolutely achievable | Interview with Joel Stratemann
Discover more about the concept of the All Electric Society in the latest edition of TQ magazine, available free of charge: https://library.ebv.com/link/12188/In this episode, the vision...
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16:38
Is the All Electric Society truly achievable?
In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of the All Electric Society with our guest, Karl Lehnhoff, Director of the Industrial, Scientific & Medical segment at EBV Elek...
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22:55
Human Machine Interfaces: The key to everything is AI – Interview with Karl Lehnhoff
Today, our everyday life is full of technology. This technology wants to be operated, the human being must somehow interact with the device, the machine or the technical system: This is the field of human-machine interfaces, or HMI for short. W...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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20:41
Predictive robots: our future assistants – Interview with Prof Elsa Kirchner
One of the greatest challenges in human-machine interfaces is natural interaction. Technology has already made great progress with solutions such as gesture and voice control. Recently, the focus has also turned to controlling machines by thoug...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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35:13
How much flexibility is required in future factories?
For a long time – and in many places still today – line production with assembly lines and fixed cycles was considered the pinnacle of rational production. It promised high, repeatable quality and cost-effective production. But in the meantime,...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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29:54
How close are we to fully autonomous production?
A factory that works independently, that produces even the smallest batch sizes without human assistance, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and all this at significantly lower unit costs and much more efficiently than before – that is the vision of...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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25:55
Factory Automation – a challenge for functional safety?
In the smart factory, machines communicate with each other, control themselves and processes are becoming increasingly agile. At the same time, man and machine are working ever more closely together – the keyword being cobots. This also changes...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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21:56
Energising a sustainable industry – efficient, renewable and self-sufficient?
As part of the Paris Climate Agreement, Europe has committed to limiting global warming to 1.5°C, if possible. To achieve this goal, industry must also make a substantial contribution to reducing emissions. In recent years, the focus has been o...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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48:31
How to design a digital motor control solution
When thinking of digital motor control, many will conjure up images of the television adverts where the “digital motor” of a vacuum cleaner is composed of a motor and lots of electronic components… So what exactly do you need in terms of electr...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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25:03
EBV and Infineon: Bringing SiC to the market together with Milan Ivkovic and Peter Friedrichs
The industry no longer looks at silicon carbide (SiC) as it did just a few short years ago. In this episode, EBV’s Milan Ivkovic and Infineon’s Peter Friedric...
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13:24
EBV and Infineon: Looking back at 3 years of SiC partnership with Slobodan Puljarevic and Pierre-Yves Ferrard
Over the past three years, EBV and Infineon have been working closely together to make the transition to silicon carbide (SiC) smoother for our customers. In ...
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10:14
How Silicon Carbide (SiC) is revolutionising power efficiency
Electricity plays a key role in sustainable development, because on the one hand a large proportion of the primary energy used remains unused due to conversion losses, and on the other hand new application technologies – for example e-mobility ...
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20:36
Digital Condition Monitoring – Interview with Armin Wallnöfer
Data is at the core of digitalisation. The same also applies for digital drive train technology. So, what else can you do with it besides just controlling the motor? We’ll talk about this hot topic with our guest,
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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16:44
This is the future of Mobility: Interview with Kersten Heineke
Kersten Heineke has always been fascinated by products and solutions that have a utility value that can be experienced by everyone. He sees mobility solutions as more than “just” technol...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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26:55
Advantages of Digital Motor Control
Digitalisation is also conquering more and more market shares in the field of drive technology. The growth rates of smart motors and motors controlled by frequency converters are well over 5 percent annually. What are the reasons for this succe...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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14:20
What is Digital Motor Control?
Digital drive technology has been in the public consciousness for at least as long as a British domestic-appliance manufacturer has been vaunting its “digital motor” in TV adverts. But what exactly does this refer to? And what advantages does d...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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21:13
EV Charging is gaining momentum – Interview with Bruce Douglas
The electrification of the transport sector is gaining momentum. According to Eurelectric's "Power Barometer", in 2021 the electric powertrain already represented 18% of new vehicle sales. In this context, better, faster and more efficient char...
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17:53
The World of Semiconductors: Interview with Yvonne Keil
“Semiconductors! Semiconductors! A kingdom for semiconductors!” Well, actually Richard III in William Shakespeare’s drama wanted a horse. But the desperation with which the industry is currently demanding microchips is similar. Corona, politica...
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13:12
Major Trends in EV Charging
The way charging infrastructure solutions are designed is affected by new battery technologies and fast-charging systems, innovative tech and connectivity applications, and an increasing degree of vehicle automation. Plus, other factors such as...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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25:46
EV Charging – Building fast-charging-infrastructure
The speed at which electric vehicles can be charged is an important point of difference in the rapidly developing electric vehicle market. But the charging infrastructure has to keep up, too – and the developmental leaps in fast-charging techno...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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15:09
EV Charging – Shortening time to market
Car manufacturers in Europe complain that the expansion of our electric car charging infrastructure is not progressing fast enough. ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, expects demand for 7 million connections in Europe by ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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19:20