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Experiments



Berlin

  • Looking - with eyes and cameras
    Experiment program for 5th and 6th grade classes
  • Fuel cells
    Hydrogen - an energy supplier with a future
  • Graetzel cell
    The Popeye of solar cells
  • Infrared light
    How to have a look at heat
  • Laser
    From laser show to remotely measuring distance
  • Meteorites
    A danger to Earth?
  • Navigation - day to day orientation
    With GPS and Galileo through Adlershof Science City
  • Weightlessness
    Experiments with microgravity
  • Solar cells
    A sunny future for alternative energy
  • Stereo images
    The third dimension in view
  • Simulating traffic
    Traffic jams that don't upset anybody

Braunschweig

  • Noise protection
    Noise is the sound of others
  • Flight simulator
    The first flying lesson!
  • Ultrasonic testing
    On the tracks of what's hidden from view
  • Piezo strips
    Piezo ... what?
  • Airflow investigations in a wind tunnel
    Much ado about nothing?
  • Driver assistance systems
    Tracking down stress
  • Air traffic controller station
    Just like an air traffic controller in the tower
  • Rotor test station
    What's the connection between Archimedes and helicopters?
  • Free flight
    Testing model aircraft
  • Rail safety technology
    A logical path through the daily train routine

Bremen

  • Infrared
    Seeing the invisible
  • Radar
    Measuring the Earth
  • Attitude regulation
    High-Tech for satellites
  • Propulsion technology
    The most powerful machines on earth
  • Landing navigation
    Train it yourself!
  • Robotics
    "Smart" rovers
  • Vacuum
    There is no air in the universe!
  • Weather in space
    Important also for earth!
  • Weightlessness
    Astounding effects
  • Sensor systems and analyzing samples

Göttingen

  • Flight physics
    Probing the mysteries of flight
  • A modular wind tunnel
  • Detecting tornados
  • Flow physics
    Seeing the invisible
  • Helicopters
  • Noise
    Getting rid of it
  • Resonance frequencies
    The wind as musician
  • Measurement technology
    Videographs of ultrafast processes
  • A miniature drop tower
  • Flows around objects
    Light brings clarity

Köln

  • Mission to Mars
  • Comet simulation
    Dirty snowballs with tails?
  • Material properties
    Why does glass break, sheet metal bend, and why are ceramics brittle?
  • Noise control
    Can you get rid of noise with noise?
  • Microgravity
    Investigating slow motion in a drop tower
  • Vacuum
    Research in an airless environment
  • Infrared
    Invisible light
  • Solar water purification
    Can the sun clean water?
  • Fuel cells
    Are our energy supplies limited?
  • Gravitation biology
    How does a paramecium know what's up and what's down?
  • Circulation physiology
    So that your circulation doesn't get confused
  • The dream of flying

Lampoldshausen/Stuttgart

  • Flying into space
    Traveling into a mysterious vacuum
  • Materials research
    Lightweight, stable and extremely tough
  • Rocket engines
    The most powerful machines on earth
  • Combustion technology
    Looking into the heart of a flame
  • Measurement technology
    Seeing the invisible
  • Alternative propulsion concepts
    For energy in a healthy environment
  • Jet flow
    With maximum thrust into space
  • Wastewater purification
    With the luminous power of oxygen
  • Conservation of momentum
    From Isaac Newton to multistage engines

Neustrelitz

  • A rotating earth and an oscillating pendulum
  • The countdown has started
  • Microgravity in a small drop tower
  • Under vacuum
  • Navigating with satellites - from GPS to Galileo
  • Live from space - looking down to Earth
  • NOAA - from raw data to satellite image
  • Communicating via waves
  • Fascination of light - rainbows and whatnot

Oberpfaffenhofen

  • ASUROnaut
    Mission to Mars
  • Tunnel boring machine
    The world's largest machines
  • Infrared measurement technology
    Seeing what is invisible
  • Laser technology
    Contact-free measuring
  • Robotics
    ASURO Another Small and Unique Robot from Oberpfaffenhofen
  • Radar measurement technology
    Using microwaves
  • Satellite navigation
    Orientation made easy
  • Environmental spectroscopy
    Habits on trial
  • Weather and climate
    What ingredients are needed for a modern weather forecast?
  • Earth observation with satellites
    The satellite view of our earth
  • Virtual mechanics
    What happens if… Or, being clever ahead of time
  • Flight team simulator
    Team training for emergencies
  • MORABA
    Mobile rocket base

TU Dortmund

  • Energy and future vehicles
    Fuel cells
    AutoLab
    Materials
  • Robotics and virtual worlds
    Service robotics
    Haptic interaction
    Stereoscopic 3D representation
  • Structure of materials
    Microcapsules
    Flame spectroscopy
    Waves and interference
  • Space
    Microgravity
    Chaos in the solar system

TU Hamburg-Harburg

  • Soap film channel
    How is it possible to fly?
  • Prandtl water channel
    How hard is it for the human eye to observe flow - whether in air or water?
  • An acoustic measuring device
    How can the noise inside an airplane be minimized?
  • Understanding flight: a rotating test stand
    Flying! What exactly does that mean?
  • Wind tunnels
    How is it that an airplane can fly and a Formula 1 car can't?
  • Flutter test stand
    A bird flaps its wing, why is that problematic for an airplane?

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