Science & Technology, 2nd prize
Thomas Ernsting
Bilderberg
Bilderberg
01 January, 1992
A machine is being developed in which objects can be covered with a material as hard as diamond. Fraunhofer Society is the largest research organization in Europe with 47 institutes, 7,600 employees and a budget of more than 1 billion Deutsche Markss size. The areas on which Fraunhofer concentrates are aligned with the latest market developments; they range from robotics to solar energy and from TV screens to the new generation of computers.
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