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Because he did not like maths tasks, Konrad Zuse (1910- 1995) invented the first binary calculator: the Z3. The first computer managed four basic arithmetic functions in three seconds. It was the beginning of the digital age. Today, 240 million PCs are sold each year, alone eight million of them in Germany
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Simple but ingenious: This is the only way to describe the invention of the plastic rawl plug. For “patents world champion” Artur Fischer the patent for his rawl plug was only one of over 5,000 that he has accumulated during his long life as an entrepreneur
The inventor of the precursor to fax machines Rudolf Hell (1901–2002) had first thought of dividing texts and images into dots and lines back in the 1920s. His Hell telegraph system was the first to transfer texts and images over long distances. In 1963, he invented the first scanner for inputting color images
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Under Patent DE 19 45777 C3 Jürgen Dethloff (1924–2002) and Helmut Gröttrup (1916–1981) opened the door wide to the information society. As a check card, phone card or patient card, today, your chipcard is a firm part of everyday life
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The future of monitors is large and flat thanks to modern liquid crystals. Darmstadt-based company Merck was the first to offer them for sale, in 1904. The breakthrough came in 1976 with substances with enhanced optical and chemical display properties
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The world’s first maglev ran in Hamburg. Today, the German “Transrapid” travels at 430 kph from Shanghai airport to the CBD. The ingenious idea for magnetic levitation dates back to work in 1933 by engineer Hermann Kemper (1892–1977)
