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Do you like movies? Are you a real film lover? Then you might be interested in filmfriend. Thanks to the streaming service from Potsdam you can now watch films free of charge using your library card. That is, if your library has filmfriend among its range of services. This is already the case in over 70 cities and ...

Berlin's Futurium, the new imposing museum made entirely of glass next to the Main Station, opens up new perspectives on conceivable futures. Babelsberg's Art Department has also created visions in the Futurium in the same way that it does for films.

The Potsdam-based company nxtBase wins one prize after the other. How come? By offering digital, virtual checklists. But what exactly does nxtBase do? Customers receive data glasses, so-called smart glasses into which companies can enter their checklists, e.g. those for checking aircraft doors or railway wagons. With ...

Digitisation and art: a perfect match! The Barberini Museum in Potsdam shows us the way - and reaches predominantly young people where they tend to be these days. On the web. The museum is thus taking on a pioneering role here. Visitors are guided through interactive worlds via apps. But what does the interaction look ...

How does an IT company like Interlake come to be part of the MediaTech Hub? What does the search for technical tools to solve customers' problems have to do with media? Where does tech come together with media in the company?

Where does our rubbish actually go? When is water consumption at the highest point in the week? How is passenger traffic distributed in a city? These and many similar questions will be addressed by "VIDAN" starting in autumn 2019. Vidan stands for "Visual and Dynamic Arrangements of Narratives" and is a new project of ...

Dwerft: have you ever heard this term before? Dwerft is the name of a recently launched research project in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Dwerft doesn't come from dwarf. That would be completely inappropriate. Rather, dwerft is a so-called portmanteau word from "digital" and "shipyard". Thus, Dwerft is operating digital boat ...

Founded in Berlin and at home in the MediaTech Hub Lab: Pro.Take has developed a new digital tool (prop identifier) for the management of props and product placement for the film industry. Prop management is currently undertaken by hand with pen and paper and involves a significant number of personnel.

Professor Dr. Marius Swoboda, Head of Design Systems Engineering at Rolls-Royce, talks about his work - The British company Rolls-Royce is developing the aircraft engines of the future in Dahlewitz: virtual reality has long since become reality in aviation. We spoke with Prof. Swoboda about 1:1 visualisation, engine ...