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December
Fraunhofer IIS licenses Acoustic Echo Control and high performance audio codec to Teliris
- Press Release
- 16.12.2009
The globally-renowned telepresence provider has implemented the technologies in its revolutionary new 6G platform.
November
Encouraging Exercise – Promoting Health
- Press Release
- 12.11.2009
Exercise is key to a healthy lifestyle. Motivating people to exercise more is a way of contributing to their health. At MEDICA 2009, Fraunhofer IIS will demonstrate varied approaches to measuring, analyzing and assessing physical activity. These involve small electronic devices that provide users with exercise suggestions and instructions and give immediate feedback.
UBS DVB-SH Technology driving innovation in Germany
- Press Release
- 02.11.2009
Unique Broadband System Ltd. (UBS), a major developer of COFDM technology and applications, is proud to bring its solid expertise in the DVB-SH technology by participating in the roll-out and launch of the first DVB-SH network in Germany. This project is driven by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, the Chair of Information Technologies (LIKE) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nueremberg and CIRCOM Regional.
October
On the Right Track with Fraunhofer IIS‘s WLAN Positioning Technology
- Press Release
- 30.10.2009
On the occasion of the presentation of the „365 Orte im Land der Ideen“ („365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas“) award to a partner involved in one of its test-beds for WLAN positioning technology, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS presented a number of successful projects based on its innovative positioning solution during a Technology Day in Nuremberg on October 29, 2009.
September
From studio to air in a couple of mouse-clicks: Version 5 Fraunhofer DRM and DAB
- Press Release
- 03.09.2009
Germany-based audio research & development organization Fraunhofer IIS has announced the immediate availability of a new edition of its acclaimed Content- Server family. The introduction of Version 5 will bring significant new functionality to broadcast users around the world.
Premium info for car drivers
- Press Release
- 03.09.2009
Clogged access roads, packed car parks – traffic chaos is an everyday occurrence in many inner cities. In future, premium services will help drivers get to their destination quickly.
easyDCP™ Presentation at IBC 2009 in Amsterdam: Software creates Digital Cinema Packages
- Press Release
- 03.09.2009
In digital cinema, films are turned into digital data packages, so-called DCPs (Digital Cinema Packages). With the easyDCP™ software from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, this can be done quickly and easily without any in-depth, expert knowledge. With just a few clicks, high-resolution HD, 2k, and 4k contents can be packaged into finished, SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) standardscompliant DCPs and prepared for digital screening in movie theaters. This is especially advantageous for small productions and postproduction companies. The Fraunhofer software supports creation of DCPs in JPEG2000- Interop, besides SMPTE standards-compliant, format.
August
No frontiers: ushering in a new era of conferencing technology
- Press Release
- 26.08.2009
Poor image and sound quality is encountered all too frequently in the world of video and telephone conferencing, but powerful compression technologies are set to consign these problems to the past – even in the humble living room. At this year’s IFA international consumer electronics exhibition in Berlin (September 4 to 9) Fraunhofer researchers will demonstrate the power and flexibility of these new technologies by holding games sessions in which players compete against each other via the Internet. This is one of the many new developments to be presented by four Fraunhofer Institutes at the TecWatch technology forum in Hall 5.3.
April
Tuner2.com iPhone® Radio App uses Fraunhofer IIS HE-AACv2 Decoder to deliver Superior Sound
- Press Release
- 27.04.2009
Modulation Index makes custom versions of iPhone radio app available to all radio networks.
Modulation Index, Inc., a leading provider of streaming and data solutions for radio stations, has licensed Fraunhofer’s High Efficiency Advanced Audio Codec (HE-AACv2) decoder library for use in its custom iPhone radio apps. The first such app for Tuner2.com is now available through the Apple App Store.
Fraunhofer IIS implements Livewire into ContentServer broadcast server line
- Press Release
- 15.04.2009
Fraunhofer IIS has integrated the Livewire™ standard for IP-Audio connectivity into Fraunhofer ContentServer™, its professional digital radio broadcasting encoder solutions. ContentServer now connects directly with Axia IP-Audio networks and devices via a single Ethernet connection, providing broadcasters with a convenient way to handle audio distribution. Fraunhofer IIS and Axia are jointly demonstrating the updated Content- Server with Livewire functionality at NAB Las Vegas, booth N7620.
February
Body Heat Eliminates Need for Batteries
- Press Release
- 06.02.2009
Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated
Circuits IIS have developed a novel voltage converter
that can handle input voltages as low as 20 millivolts.
This means that tiny amounts of energy extracted from
the environment can be used to power small electrical
loads
Fraunhofer WLAN localization system: First applications on the way
- Press Release
- 16.02.2009
After a year of successful operation in Nuremberg, Germany, the WLAN localization system developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) is being launched in combination with the first applications for end users, i.e. nearly everyone with a WLAN-capable smartphone or PDA.
Fraunhofer Audio Communication Engine: Engine for teleconferencing
- Press Release
- 23.02.2009
At CeBIT 2009, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS will present the Fraunhofer Audio Communication Engine. Providing a complete audio solution of exceptional quality for communication applications, the technology will be demonstrated via a temporary installation (Hall 13, Booth B24) that illustrates the ways in which new generation telepresence systems have the potential to revolutionize social gatherings over long distances.
January
Fraunhofer IIS to Offer Complete AAC Software Suite for Via Licensing’s New Patent-Licensing Program
- Press Release
- 05.01.2009
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, co-inventor and primary supplier of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) technologies, today announced that its complete suite of advanced AAC software solutions is available to support the new AAC patent licensing program administered by Via Licensing Corporation. At Fraunhofer IIS, manufacturers gain access to optimized implementations of all technologies included in this new patent licensing program: AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1 and v2, AAC-LD and AAC-ELD. In addition, Fraunhofer offers an extended suite of conformance bitstreams, testing tools and a logo program, that enables its customers to make complete, interoperable products based on Fraunhofer’s high-quality standards.
Fraunhofer HE-AAC v2 and other MPEG audio codecs available for the iPhone
- Press Release
- 05.01.2009
Fraunhofer IIS is to introduce a broad range of MPEG audio codecs such as MPEG-4 HE-AAC v2 suitable for implementation with multimedia applications on Apple’s iPhone® and other new generation mobile devices at the 2009 International CES (Las Vegas, January 8-11).
Fraunhofer IIS Brings Surround Music to the iPod Community at CES
- Press Release
- 05.01.2009
At the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, a worldwide leading provider of MPEG audio technologies, presents MPEG Surround, the new standard for high-quality surround music downloads. CES show attendees can experience MPEG Surround from a legacy iPod® through a Fraunhofer-designed iPod docking station prototype at booth 3219, North Hall. In addition, MPEG Surround will be demonstrated in one of the many environments to which it is ideally suited – the automobile.
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