Sustainability and climate protection | trends of technology | Worth knowing | How will our water supply develop in the future? What are the driving trends of these developments? And which technologies could play a vital role in this? To answer these questions, our foresight experts look into an alternative future. This time we present our third possible scenario – a fictional future in which water privatization makes premium drinking water the privilege of high-income earners.

innovation | Worth knowing | For the most progressive minds in science, the Nobel Prize is the highest honor of their kind – and a highly-contested accolade. The American Edward Kendall, for example, only received the prize 38 years after his first nomination. Ramon Gaston was nominated 155 times, but never received it, despite his pioneering invention of the vaccine against diphtheria and tetanus. However, one thing is certain: those who received the Nobel Prize have made a difference in our world. We present to you the discoveries of five historical award winners who have become an indispensable part of our engineers' everyday lives.

innovation | Sustainability and climate protection | trends of technology | The market for the bioplastics PLA is growing – but in order to turn our back on crude oil, the industry still faces many challenges. With a new technology, we are making the production of the green plastic alternative economically attractive now.

Engineering | innovation | trends of technology | Computer tomography today generate background noise that many patients find very unpleasant. A new magnetic bearing from thyssenkrupp is providing relief: an X-Ray camera can move on it almost in silence.

Company | Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | innovation | mobility of the future | trends of technology | Seen from above, airports must look like huge anthills: Thousands of people arrive, change gates, board trains, search for their terminal, fly off. How is this inrush actually organized? In order to keep an overview of this bustle - and to guarantee smooth operations - mobility solutions are needed that are intelligent and exchange ideas.

innovation | Sustainability and climate protection | trends of technology | Urbanization | Worth knowing | How will our water supply develop in the future? What are the driving trends of these developments? And which technologies could play a vital role in this? To answer these questions, our foresight experts look into an alternative future. In our second scenario, we tell you the story of a possible society where no one has to suffer thirst anymore – thanks to centrally organized water solidarity.