18th Congress of the Driving Simulation Conference in Straßburg

From 04th to 06th of September the 18th Congress of the Driving Simulation Conference took place in Strasbourg. The focus of the international conference with more than 400 participating scientists, representatives from industry and government was this year on the topics “State of the art in the fields of driving simulation technology”, “Research and development” and “Virtual reality”.

Im Rahmen des Erasmus+ – Programms der TU Darmstadt besuchten drei Doktoranden des IADs das Institut für Innovation und Industrie Management (IIM) der TU Graz. Ziel des Treffens war der wissenschaftliche Austausch zu neuen Methoden und Projekten.

New Design Enhances Functionality for Mobile Devices

Based on a thesis at the IAD the former students of the TU Darmstadt Vitalij Hilsendeger, Waldemar Rupps and Felix Beinenz founded the start-up “Yuna”. The company develops and sells an app for tablet computers which makes the Internet accessible to older people. The design is modified on the basis of their own studies. The fully functional app is designed to make communicating with friends and relatives, enjoying a variety of entertainment services and online shopping as easy as possible for the elderly. The spin-off is supported by an EXIST start-up grant from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy and is affiliated to the IAD.

On 10th of July 2019, Lukas Bier successfully defended his dissertation with the title: “Gamification for the prevention of monotonous fatigue in vehicle driving – in comparison to driver-passenger interaction” Congratulations on passing the PhD examination!