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How the search engine came to the historians
(2019)The Chair for the History of Technology at ETH Zurich has been using the search engine Opensenamticsearch as a shared search engine for historical sources, research literature and excerpts since 2018. In our presentation we will review the process that took several years and led to this implementation. We point out various surprises lurking in research projects that make digital research data and historical research interact in order to ...Presentation -
On-demand and shared mobility from a city perspective
(2019)During the past few years several new transport modes have appeared on streets (and sidewalks) of major cities around the world with e-scooters, e-bikes and autonomous taxis being the latest additions. While there is much debate on whether these new modes complement or substitute public transport per se, one common theme emerges: societies will benefit most if they seek to integrate new modes with public transport and incentivize their ...Presentation -
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Energy-efficient structural materials for mass-production of lightweight vehicles
(2019)Lightweight construction is an important topic in automotive design even as societies transition from combustion engines to electric drivetrains. Lighter cars emit less greenhouse gases during their lifetimes, but the automotive industry has been slow in adapting advanced lightweight materials due to their low production rates. This presentation introduces a novel preform concept which allows manufacturers of automotive body structures ...Presentation -
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