Revolutionary Digital Light” wins German Future Prize 2024!

Revolutionary Digital Light” wins German Future Prize 2024!

Yesterday the German Future Prize 2024 was awarded in Berlin, and the winners are an impressive team of experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM and AMS Osram. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honored the researchers for the revolutionary development of LED technology "digital light", which sets new standards for the automotive industry due to its state-of-the-art structure.

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The newly developed LED technology is based on a matrix of 25,600 LEDs, which enables the road to be precise and illuminated without blinding oncoming traffic. This represents significant progress compared to conventional auto headlights, which mainly use two light sources. The researchers have created a system that controls the light intelligently and adapts to the respective conditions, and this shows the enormous potential of modern lighting technology. In addition, the headlights are capable of projecting pictograms onto the street to provide additional security information, such as warnings of smoothness - an innovative function that could significantly increase vehicle security, such as Fraunhofer IZM reported.

The German Future Prize is considered one of the most important awards for scientific achievements in Germany and is endowed with 250,000 euros. He has been awarded annually since 1997 and recognizes outstanding technical, engineering and scientific achievements. This award not only emphasizes the innovative strength of the Fraunhofer Society, which, according to 10 awards, has now been awarded for Fraunhofer IZM for the first time in recent years, but also shows the close connection between research and industrial application, such as Dr. Ina Czyborra, Senator for Science, Health and Care, emphasized.

The development of digital light not only offers new opportunities for the automotive industry, but also exciting applications in areas such as augmented reality (AR) and optical data communication. This innovation illustrates how technical progress can revolutionize interaction between man and machine and create new opportunities for the digital future, according to Aldo Kamper, CEO from AMS Osram, which underline the potential of this technology.