F R O M T H E I N D U S T RY
Offshore wind
farms are set to
supply energy in a
network, which will
be converted on an
artificial island
Climate protection factor 50
Denmark surprises everyone with a bold plan for a radical energy revolution
The climate conference in
Madrid wasn’t really as suc-
cessful as it could have been,
since most industrialized
countries, with the exception
of the EU, did not wish to take
part in additional concrete
steps towards a real energy
revolution.
It was quite different for
Denmark, which made a clear
statement at the U N confer-
ence. And with a plan that is
otherwise only known from
Middle Eastern oil patents:
the Nordic country wants to
make a significant contribu-
tion to climate remediation
using an artificial island that
is set to be built as a hub for
surrounding offshore wind
farms. While the wind turbines
Bugatti: one of the
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cal wizards
The most expensive se-
ries production Mac
When your company is purchasing new Office
PCs, you know that the financial controlling de-
partment is paying extremely close attention to the
people using Apple computers. The lifestyle image
is also a huge part of the actual core business of
the company based in Cupertino, California. Are
these expensive machines really necessary?
But for media artists, Apple machines are
the tools of the trade. You wouldn’t have taken
Rembrandt’s brush away and sent him to his
canvas with a piece of chalk. Nevertheless,
the record-breaking $52,000 that can be used
to turn the new top-of-the-line Mac Pro into a
high-end computing machine in the workplace
is already a very optimistic announcement.
apple.com
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generate renewable energy
along the order of 10 GW, the
island will convert power-to-x
technologies into storable
energy carriers such as hydro-
gen, synthetic fuels, or gas,
and then bring them onshore
by tanker. To put this into
context: this requires around
1,000 high-performance
wind turbines. The energy
produced would supply more
than 10 million households,
which is more people than
the population of Denmark.
The search for a location and
approval should be finished as
early as 2021, after which the
actual start of construction is
planned.
en.energinet.dk
When glasses make you smart
New miniaturization blends data into normal optical aids
They’re called “smart glasses”: these
glasses use projector technology
to display additional information in
the field of vision. So far, however,
they have been cumbersome and too
bulky.
Bosch Sensortec has now de-
veloped a new generation of smart
glasses. A bundled light scanner
scans a holographic element, which
is integrated into the glasses lens.
This element directs the beam
directly onto the retina, where a
high-resolution image is produced –
sharp, bright, and easily visible even
in direct sunlight.
The Light Drive System itself is so
small that it can be integrated into
almost any modern pair of glasses. A
connected smartphone provides the
data, such as navigation information.
For operation, Bosch Sensortec also
has suitable sensors in the package
that can be used on the side frames
of the glasses.
The system will be presented
for the first time at the Consumer
Electronics Show CES in Las Vegas
in early January 2020.
bosch-sensortec.com